Assistant Psychologist

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive, creative and highly motivated Assistant Psychologist who is passionate about supporting children and young people in a secure setting.

As an aspiring psychologist you will join our fantastic multi-disciplinary team at Millenium Lodge, Secure Children's Home, which will be the new site in 2027, for Lincolnshire Secure Children's Home currently rated Outstanding by both CQC and Ofsted. The service sits within our Children's and Young Person's Complex Care Service Line, alongside the Harmful Behaviour Service and Complex Needs Service. Our New Secure Children's Home will provide care for up to 28 young people aged 10-18.

Many of the young people we support have experienced significant adversity, including trauma, mental health challenges, neurodevelopmental difficulties and risk of harm to themselves or others. You'll be part of a team that includes forensic and clinical psychologists, psychiatry, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, mental health and physical health nurses, resettlement practitioners.

You will work with a range of professionals to create a safe, containing environment and support intervention delivery that helps young people understand themselves, their mental health and their offending behaviour.You will be required to have an undergraduate / post graduate degree in psychology.

For further information, please contact Natalie Islip at: [email protected]

Main duties of the job

You will adhere to Health Trust and Local Authority standards and work in line with both HCPC and BPS professional standards while collaborating closely with health colleagues, Local Authority staff members and wider professionals involved in supporting children, young people and their families.

You could be involved in:

Carrying out various assessments and behavioural observations.

Contributing to multidisciplinary discussions about a young person's diagnosis, intervention, risk assessment and care plan.

Finding out more about a young person's background by reading notes, investigating histories and supporting formulation.

Carrying out interventions directly with young people.

Working with carers, relatives and other professionals involved in their care plan.

Researching, data collection and gathering information.

You'll be supervised by a registered practitioner psychologist with overall clinical responsibility for the young people you work with. You will be provided with ongoing supervision to help you engage in self-reflection, seek and respond to feedback, and develop your professional knowledge and skills.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details of responsibilities.

Information gathering to support the development of formulation, assessment and delivery of therapeutic interventions.

Attend relevant meetings for children and young people. Attend staff meetings where service provision and developments are discussed and planned.

Be familiar with LPFT Trusts policies and implement policies as appropriate and relevant to your areas of work.

To engage with regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.

Responsible for assisting in the collation and provision of data needed for performance reports, audits etc. as guided by senior staff and doing this within the time limits set out by LPFT.

If appropriate to undertake research and development activities and provide research advice to others. As part of this undertake literature searches, questionnaire development, data collection, computerised statistical analysis and produce reports.

Assist Psychology and other relevant staff with administrative tasks associated with the provision of psychology input to service users e.g., preparation and production of reports and letters; photocopying; production of training packs and psycho educational resources.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details of responsibilities.

Information gathering to support the development of formulation, assessment and delivery of therapeutic interventions.

Attend relevant meetings for children and young people. Attend staff meetings where service provision and developments are discussed and planned.

Be familiar with LPFT Trusts policies and implement policies as appropriate and relevant to your areas of work.

To engage with regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.

Responsible for assisting in the collation and provision of data needed for performance reports, audits etc. as guided by senior staff and doing this within the time limits set out by LPFT.

If appropriate to undertake research and development activities and provide research advice to others. As part of this undertake literature searches, questionnaire development, data collection, computerised statistical analysis and produce reports.

Assist Psychology and other relevant staff with administrative tasks associated with the provision of psychology input to service users e.g., preparation and production of reports and letters; photocopying; production of training packs and psycho educational resources.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A good Honours Degree (minimum 2:1) in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society as conferring Graduate Basis for Registration

Desirable

• BPS membership

Experience

Essential

• Application of knowledge acquired through Psychology Degree on psychological theory to therapy. Including good knowledge of: oPsychological theories relevant to trauma informed care. oPsychometric statistics and theory
• Knowledge of principles of proficiency in administration of: oPsychometric assessments. oBehavioural assessment (e.g., Functional Analysis). oAssessment by observation. oAssessment by interviewing. oAssessment by analysis of archive material
• Knowledge of research methodology, proficiency in research including: oSampling oQualitative data collection and analysis oQuantitative data collection and statistical analyses
• Skilled in communicating under difficult circumstances: oAble to overcome major barriers to communication with clients who have limitations in comprehension and expression

Skills

Essential

• High level of computer literacy, Power Point, Excel, SPSS etc
• Good written and communication skills
• Ability to work with clients on a one-to-one basis or group setting
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to develop good working relationships with clients and colleagues
• Ability to communicate highly sensitive information to clients, carers and colleagues in a constructive and understandable way
• Ability to adapt communication style if barriers to understanding and/or expression are present
• Ability to be empathic and offer reassurance
• Ability to deal sensitively with highly emotive/hostile situations
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to use own initiative and discretion in planning, prioritising and managing own caseload under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist
• Ability to adapt to unpredictability of workload and prioritise flexibly
• Ability to engage in intense concentration for extended periods of time during assessments and therapeutic sessions and to cope with unexpected interruptions or unpredicted behaviour by clients

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• A good Honours Degree (minimum 2:1) in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society as conferring Graduate Basis for Registration

Desirable

• BPS membership

Experience

Essential

• Application of knowledge acquired through Psychology Degree on psychological theory to therapy. Including good knowledge of: oPsychological theories relevant to trauma informed care. oPsychometric statistics and theory
• Knowledge of principles of proficiency in administration of: oPsychometric assessments. oBehavioural assessment (e.g., Functional Analysis). oAssessment by observation. oAssessment by interviewing. oAssessment by analysis of archive material
• Knowledge of research methodology, proficiency in research including: oSampling oQualitative data collection and analysis oQuantitative data collection and statistical analyses
• Skilled in communicating under difficult circumstances: oAble to overcome major barriers to communication with clients who have limitations in comprehension and expression

Skills

Essential

• High level of computer literacy, Power Point, Excel, SPSS etc
• Good written and communication skills
• Ability to work with clients on a one-to-one basis or group setting
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to develop good working relationships with clients and colleagues
• Ability to communicate highly sensitive information to clients, carers and colleagues in a constructive and understandable way
• Ability to adapt communication style if barriers to understanding and/or expression are present
• Ability to be empathic and offer reassurance
• Ability to deal sensitively with highly emotive/hostile situations
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to use own initiative and discretion in planning, prioritising and managing own caseload under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist
• Ability to adapt to unpredictability of workload and prioritise flexibly
• Ability to engage in intense concentration for extended periods of time during assessments and therapeutic sessions and to cope with unexpected interruptions or unpredicted behaviour by clients

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Lincolnshire Secure Unit

Rookery Avenue

Sleaford

NG34 7TY

United Kingdom

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