Assistant Psychologist

Job Overview

South Shropshire Mental Health Service has been chosen to host a two-year Pilot project on behalf of the Shropshire Care Group looking at innovative ways to help support service users with severe mental health needs that are hard to reach and may struggle to engage with traditional models of service delivery.

We are looking for a 30 hour Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join this unique project working alongside side other team members to provide evidence based therapeutic interventions under the guidance and support of Senior Psychology team members. The post offers regular supervision and an ability to develop and learn new skills to help service users work towards their recovery across a rural locality.

Main duties of the job

• The post-holder will support B7 and 8a psychologists to provide psychological assessment and evidence-based interventions.
• The post-holder will work with the multi-agency team.
• The post-holder will use research skills for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service
• The post-holder will compile and disseminate relevant resources.
• The post-holder will work closely with both psychologists and other members of the Multidisciplinary Team
• The post holder will promote and maintain good working relationships with clients, their families, carers and other external agencies
• The post-holder will assist in the development and delivery of individual and group interventions for clients with mental health difficulties delivering evidence based psychological therapies according to the service user’s presenting difficulties and team requirements.
• To use supervision to support own work and to prepare for supervision.
  
  

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
  
  

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For more information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• A First or Upper Second honours degree in psychology OR a lower class with a post-graduate qualification e.g.: Masters degree.
• Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice, research design and analysis.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with people in a clinical or other supportive environment
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with people with psychosis and or Substance misuse