Assistant Psychologist/Seicolegydd Cynorthwyol job at Swansea Full Time NEW

The Assistant Psychologist will bring knowledge of psychological theory and practice to the Hope and Healing team in Wales, and to the wider partnership. You’ll contribute to project activities and interventions with communities and stakeholders, including leading pieces of work that are focused on trauma-informed and relational approaches to mental health. You’ll also be able to work directly with and be led by people in communities that face disadvantage and trauma, as well as professionals from different levels of the system. You’ll also be able to build strong relationships with partners, including offering healthy challenge and meaningful collaboration.

You’ll be able to draw on research and other evidence and to shape work, and bring a reflective and evaluative mindset. You’ll help ensure that we gather and mobilise learning from the project, with a particular focus on listening to people’s stories.

You’ll be part of our Hope and Healing Wales Communities Hub, as we develop our approach to putting the idea that ‘community is a mental health intervention’ into practice. The Hub is led by the Head of Hope and Healing and includes our Assistant Psychologist,Communities and Development Partner, and Communities and Development Manager – Wales.

There will be opportunities for you to bring existing expertise and develop your skills as an assistant psychologist e.g. through working with community members, training development and delivery, research and co-production.

Bydd y Seicolegydd Cynorthwyol yn dod â gwybodaeth am ddamcaniaeth ac ymarfer seicolegol i dîm Gobaith a Gwellhad yng Nghymru, ac i’r bartneriaeth ehangach. Byddwch yn cyfrannu at weithgareddau prosiect ac ymyriadau gyda chymunedau a rhanddeiliaid, gan gynnwys arwain darnau o waith sy’n canolbwyntio ar ddulliau o ymdrin ag iechyd meddwl sy’n seiliedig ar drawma ac yn berthynol. Byddwch hefyd yn gallu gweithio’n uniongyrchol gyda phobl mewn cymunedau sy’n wynebu anfantais a thrawma a chael eich arwain ganddynt, yn ogystal â gweithwyr proffesiynol o wahanol lefelau o’r system. Byddwch hefyd yn gallu meithrin perthnasoedd cryf gyda phartneriaid, gan gynnwys cynnig her iach a chydweithio ystyrlon.

Byddwch yn gallu defnyddio ymchwil a thystiolaeth arall i lywio eich gwaith, a dod â meddylfryd myfyriol a gwerthusol. Byddwch yn helpu i sicrhau ein bod yn casglu ac yn gweithredu ar ddysgu o’r prosiect, gyda ffocws penodol ar wrando ar straeon pobl.

Byddwch yn rhan o’n Hwb Cymunedau Gobaith a Gwellhad Cymru, wrth i ni ddatblygu ein dull o roi’r syniad bod ‘cymuned yn ymyrraeth iechyd meddwl’ ar waith. Mae’r Hwb yn cael ei arwain gan Bennaeth Gobaith a Gwellhad ac mae’n cynnwys ein Seicolegydd Cynorthwyol, Partner Cymunedau a Datblygu, a Rheolwr Cymunedau a Datblygu – Cymru.

Bydd cyfleoedd i chi gynnig yr arbenigedd sydd gennych eisoes a datblygu eich sgiliau fel seicolegydd cynorthwyol e.e. drwy weithio gydag aelodau’r gymuned, datblygu a chyflwyno hyfforddiant, ymchwil a chyd-gynhyrchu.

We work with people experiencing challenges with their mental health, and with communities who want to create a greater sense of wellbeing in the places that they live. Through our projects, we work with thousands of people each year.

We believe that long-lasting wellbeing comes about by understanding how lives can be shaped by traumatic experiences, identifying people’s strengths and focussing on healing. We know we can’t ‘fix’ people, but we can walk alongside people and help where we can on their journey.

We try hard to make Platfform a great place to work, we live our values and mission in everything that we do.