Job summary
We are looking for a highly skilled, compassionate assistant psychologist to join us in Pennine Care NHS foundation trust CAMHS.
Why Pennine Care CAMHS? We are passionate about staff well-being and compassionate leadership in the CAMHS Care Hub.
We support staff to work flexibly and recognise and respect the roles our colleagues hold outside of their working hours.
Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the top of our agenda. We believe that a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture is vital; that everyone's value should be recognised and respected.
We proactively challenge injustices, and are the only Trust in the North West to publicly recognise our commitment tobecoming anti-racistandsupporting our transgender and non-binary colleagues.We also have thrivingstaff networksto make sure everyone has a voice.
We are committed to staff development and have an extensive psychological therapies training programme
Our trust values are: Kindness, Fairness, Ingenuity and Determination
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an assistant psychologist committed to these values and with a passion for working with children and their families to join us and work with the consultant clinical psychologist and lead for psychological therapies in the CAMHS care hub to continue to develop psychological therapy services across the care hub.
You will support the psychological therapies lead by assisting in the delivery and reporting on the psychological therapies training programme and the CAMHS psychological therapies services initiatives and supporting the care hub wide psychological therapies group with their projects and reporting on these to the chief psychological professions officer.
There will be opportunities for some supervised clinical work with children and families also.
Does this sound like you? If so we'd love you to join us.
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
These can be found in the attached job description and person specification in the documents to download section below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
These can be found in the attached job description and person specification in the documents to download section below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Psychology Assistant
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of the difficulties of children with neurodevelopmental conditions and / or mental health problems and the needs of their carers
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care
- Knowledge of child development
Desirable
- Evidence of ability to design and evaluate research projects relevant to Clinical Psychology
Skills
Essential
- High level of communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance
- Ability to devise observational measures
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
Desirable
- High Standard of report writing
- An interest in working with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
- A desire to explore a career in Clinical Psychology
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Psychology Assistant
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of the difficulties of children with neurodevelopmental conditions and / or mental health problems and the needs of their carers
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care
- Knowledge of child development
Desirable
- Evidence of ability to design and evaluate research projects relevant to Clinical Psychology
Skills
Essential
- High level of communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance
- Ability to devise observational measures
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
Desirable
- High Standard of report writing
- An interest in working with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
- A desire to explore a career in Clinical Psychology
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
