Assistant Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative person to join learning disability psychological professionals who are based in the community and part of a multidisciplinary learning disability community health service. The service has bases in Preston, Chorley and West Lancashire and also has excellent links with local clinical psychology training courses (Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester).

The post-holder will receive regular supervision from a qualified clinical psychologist.

An upper second-class degree or above in Psychology and eligibility for graduate BPS membership is essential.

This post offers the opportunity to joint work with a multidisciplinary team for adults with a learning disability. The post-holder’s main role will be to work under the supervision of a clinical psychologist and to assist in the delivery of psychological support to adults with a learning disability.

This will include opportunities/requirements to deliver a range of assessments and interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist for adults with learning disabilities.

Previous experience of contact with adults with learning disabilities is essential. There may also be opportunities for service related research.

Main duties of the job

Under supervision from a qualified psychologist to assist in the professional and psychological care of clients within the service across all sectors of care by providing basic aspects of psychological assessment and psychological interventions.

To assist in the development, design and implementation of programme and project work. To assist in the administration and interpretation of outcome related measures, collation and recording of statistics and production of relevant reports.

All clinical work and actions to take place under the management and supervision of qualified psychology staff according to an agreed plan and associated goals within parameters set out by the Division of Clinical Psychology and Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust departmental policies and procedures in connection with Assistant Psychologists.

Formal supervision with a named member of qualified psychology staff to take place on a weekly basis to facilitate work with additional frequent opportunities for informal contact with qualified psychology staff for guidance and advice

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.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • A good knowledge of lifespan psychology applied to health care. An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with psychological/mental health difficulties and learning disabilities.

Desirable

  • An understanding of Clinical Psychology and its applications.

Experience

Essential

  • Contact with people with learning disabilities.

Desirable

  • Experience of paid work with adults with learning disabilities. To have worked as part of a team within a statutory or voluntary care setting. Experience in conducting research projects or service related audit. Experience of delivering training. Experience of group work.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to undertake psychologically informed research projects under supervision. Good communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work across a number of different settings. Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis. Ability to work with people from different backgrounds and of different ages. An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact effectively with clients, family members/paid carers. Ability to work reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.

Desirable

  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to others. Ability to organise and prioritise workload and time.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 05 December 2024

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