Assistant Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to expand their experience and knowledge of applied psychology to join our inpatient and community forensic services. Our patient/ service user group includes men and women with learning/ intellectual disability and/ or autism alongside highly complex needs who have been in contact with the criminal justice system.

Within the inpatient work, you will contribute to the delivery of a high-quality Psychology service to men detained under the Mental Health Act at a Low Secure ward (Amber Lodge) in Doncaster. This role will provide you with opportunity to work collaboratively with a full multidisciplinary team and to deliver under supervision a range of psychological activities including assessment, intervention, and research/ audit. You will assist in complex evaluations of patients’ presentation and criminal behaviour, support the development and communication of psychological formulations, and provide data analysis to support the MDT. All patients require secure care as a result of engaging in criminal or high-risk behaviour such as sexual or non-sexual aggression, fire-setting, and self-injury.

This is an interesting and challenging post for a Psychology graduate looking for experience prior to making an application for professional training as a Practitioner Psychologist.

Main duties of the job

To assist and support the work of Registered Psychologists in delivering psychological assessments and evidence-based interventions to adults with a forensic history and learning disabilities and/ or autism. This will include direct and indirect contact with clients living in residential or community settings, and their carers, along with liaison with the multidisciplinary team and referrers/agencies as required.

In addition, the post involves assisting the psychology team in clinically related administration, audit, evaluation, statistical analysis, and ongoing project work. The Assistant Psychologist will work independently according to a plan agreed with a Registered Psychologist and within the overall framework of the Trust’s policies and procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree (2:1 or higher) accredited by the British Psychological Society

Desirable

  • Relevant post-graduate degree
  • Evidence of CPD relevant to forensics and/ or learning disability and/ or autism

Experience

Essential

  • Use of psychometric assessments under supervision
  • Research or service evaluation

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: 17 January 2025

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