Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

The North Lincolnshire 0-19 Service is advertising an exciting new role in their Parent Infant Emotional Wellbeing team, supporting the local Start for Life Programme. The team delivers a specialist pathway supporting Parent Infant relationships and perinatal mental health in North Lincolnshire. The team comprises a Clinical Psychologist, Specialist Perinatal Health Visitors, and Parent-Infant Intervention Workers, and works in collaboration with the Local Authority Family Hubs and other key agencies and professionals to develop specialist Parent-Infant relationships provision, and to support existing local perinatal mental health provision, as part of the Start for Life programme.

The postholder will support the team to deliver specialist assessment and therapeutic support to parents, infants and their families through engagement work in the community, co-facilitating groups, and delivering intervention under the supervision of a Senior Clinical Psychologist. The postholder will also support the team to undertake Teaching and Training, Service Evaluation, audit and research.

An Honours degree in Psychology (BSc) and previous experience working as an Assistant Psychologist with mental health and/or psychological presentations, are essential requirements. The successful applicant will have demonstrable passion and enthusiasm for developing skills in perinatal and infant mental health.

We may close this post early dependent on the number of applications received.

Main duties of the job

As an Assistant Psychologist within the team, you will be involved in assisting the assessment, formulation, and delivery of care plans involving psychological treatment of identified perinatal mental health needs. Co-working cases with qualified clinicians and providing therapeutic support where appropriate, you will utilise and enhance your clinical skills and knowledge in parent-infant relationship work and infant mental health. There is also a service evaluation project that will be a core part of this role.

The post holder will have experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist and have an enthusiasm for working with parents and infants in the perinatal period. They will be comfortable working in busy environments, be adaptable and resilient and demonstrate skills in relationship building.

Please make sure that you meet ALL of the essential criteria in the job description and evidence this in your application before applying. Candidates can only be shortlisted on the basis of what they have done, not what they are hoping to do in the future; e.g., only applicants who have completed their undergraduate degree and who have relevant work experience at the time of applying can be shortlisted for interview.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

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https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook