Band 4 Assistant Psychologist - Recovery Services

Job summary

Three exciting opportunities have arisen for enthusiastic and motivated assistant psychologists to join Assertive Outreach, the Intensive Community Rehabilitation Team (ICRT) and Steps to Recovery services in Birmingham and Solihull.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has 6 Assertive Outreach Teams (AOTs). Steps to Recovery services consists of seven rehabilitation units. The ICRT is a new team offering rehabilitation within service users' homes. One post is a six-month fixed term post, based with Central and North AOTs. The second post is a six-month fixed term post based at two complex care units, and the third post is a 24-month fixed term post within ICRT. The post holders will join specialist multidisciplinary teams providing intensive, flexible, and holistic support to people with complex psychosis or bipolar disorder. They will be warmly welcomed into a well-established and supportive team of psychologists working across ICCR.

The post holders will be working under the supervision of a clinical psychologist and will receive regular clinical supervision and have access to peer support through the Assistant Psychologists Group and assistant psychologist reflective practice groups. There is a comprehensive CPD training programme.

We welcome applications from individuals with an upper second-class psychology degree who are eligible for graduate membership of the BPS and who are interested in pursuing a career in clinical or counselling psychology.

Main duties of the job

Within our Assertive Outreach Teams and Rehabilitation Services, we use a well coordinated, team-based approach. The successful applicant will be assisting with the delivery and evaluation of psychological services to service users and families within the teams. This will include working with individuals, providing structured low-intensity psychological interventions under the supervision of a clinical psychologist, as well as supporting clinical psychologists in the provision of more complex assessments and therapeutic interventions for individuals, families, and groups. There may be the opportunity to contribute to interventions with teams, comprehensive psychological assessments through the administration and scoring of questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and psychometric assessments. There will be opportunities to assist with the development and delivery of teaching and training packages to other staff groups and the honorary assistant psychologist group.

The post holder will work in conjunction with team members from other disciplines and contribute to multi-disciplinary discussions and meetings. The post holder will participate in the collection, analysis, and presentation of data for other audit and service evaluation projects within the teams.

Please contact us for further information about the post (details below).

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.