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Assistant Psychologist – Band 4 - Permanent, Full-Time post - 1.0 WTE

Inpatient Services

Brooklands Hospital, Marston Green, Birmingham

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust has an exciting new opportunity for an Assistant Psychologist to work in our Inpatient Services for people with Intellectual (Learning) Disabilities and Autism. There are six specialist services on the Brooklands Hospital site, providing inpatient assessment and treatment services to adults (men and women) and young people with an Intellectual Disability. This includes both secure and non-secure services.

Your role will be to provide support to the qualified Clinical team in delivering a high quality psychology service within some of the inpatient services, working in a multi-disciplinary team and engaging with young people and adults with complex needs and who can display a range of behavioural challenge. These are busy professional roles in which energy, initiative and reflective practice are vital.

The post holder would be joining a dynamic team with a range of clinical interests and expertise in a variety of therapeutic models including DBT, Compassion Focussed, EMDR and Narrative approaches.

Positive Behavioural Support is a major part of our treatment philosophy and the service ethos is to ensure that effective, evidence based interventions are provided to people who can present considerable risk, to ensure that they can return to a less restrictive environment in the community as soon as possible.

All members of the team receive excellent support, good quality supervision and opportunities for continuing professional development. There are good links with psychological services staff across the Trust, developing Special Interest Groups across speciality and an annual conference. The Psychological services team also has strong links with local clinical and forensic training courses, and regularly provides placements for trainee clinical and forensic psychologists, supervision for DClinPsy and DForPsy research, and teaching on the courses.

Candidates with experience of working within a range of clinical settings including CAMHS, Forensic, Mental Health, Social Care and Learning Disabilities are welcomed. We support continuing professional development and offer training and regular supervision within these roles.

**Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received**

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. These include: generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us * flexible working opportunities and excellent learning and development opportunities. We are always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

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JOB SUMMARY:
To provide assessments and low intensity psychosocial interventions to individuals using the service under the supervision and direction of a qualified psychologist. This could include direct observations of service users’ behaviours, co-facilitating groups and supporting the development of positive behavioural support plans.

To work independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

To carry out clinically related administration, conduct service audits, collect various statistics, and complete complex statistical analysis as required.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POST:
Carrying out observations and assessments with service users under the guidance of a qualified psychologist

Carrying out psycho-social interventions under the guidance of a qualified psychologist.

Creating materials to support the work of others in the team and the wider service (e.g. patient booklets, group materials/resources)

Contributing to service audits and research including the collection and analysis of statistical data

Undertaking literature reviews for the service

Assisting with the organisation of training provided by the team