Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

Are you looking for an opportunity to work with children and young people, and their families?

Do you have a passion and enthusiasm for supporting young people to improve their mental health and reach their potential?

We are looking to recruit a temporary Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to Lancaster and Morecambe CAMHS / Children's Psychological Service (CPS) for a 6 month period. We are a part of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

Our Area

The north of Lancashire is a beautiful, and often overlooked, part of the country. There is easy access to the countryside and the coast; the Forest of Bowland and the Lake District are both within easy driving distance. You could leave the office and be at the shore of Lake Windermere in 45 minutes. There are direct trains from Lancaster to Manchester (fastest journey time - 60 mins); Glasgow (fastest journey time - 2hrs 10mins); and London (fastest journey time - 2 hrs 35mins).

Despite Lancaster being a small city it is home to two universities; two theatres; a active music scene, a large city park; many restaurants and several independent coffee shops. The people of Lancashire are friendly and welcoming. There is a clinical psychology doctoral training course based at Lancaster University which means we benefit from having local trainee clinical psychologists on placement with us.

Main duties of the job

Our Community

We are lucky to have a number of community resources for children and adolescents in this area, with dedicated professionals and volunteers working to offer young people a chance to thrive. Direct mental health work with young people is only one part of a bigger picture of their recovery. We work with young people, and their parents / carers, to ensure that they are linked in to other opportunities within their local community.

Our Team

We are a supportive CAMHS / CPS team comprising psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, senior CAMHS practitioners, CAMHS practitioners, CBT therapist, senior Art psychotherapist, family therapist, DBT therapist, assistant practitioners, parenting practitioner, and primary mental health workers. There is a separate ADHD service, co-located in the main CAMHS building.

Therapies currently offered by clinicians within the team include: CBT; family therapy; Art therapy; VIG; DBT; IPT-A; Incredible Years Parenting Programme; EMDR.

Supervision will be offered by a clinical psychologist.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ross Centre

Morecambe

LA4 5LE

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ross Centre

Morecambe

LA4 5LE

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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