Assistant Pyschologist job at Nottingham Full Time

As part of the Specialist CAMHS Community South Team, the Assistant Psychologist will support and enhance the psychological care and assessment of young people and their families/carers, under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. You will support care served with Nottingham city and Nottinghamshire county areas.

To support and carry out a range of psychometric and other assessments with people who have mental health difficulties.

To support and carry out defined therapeutic interventions with young people with mental health difficulties.

To support interventions with staff teams, such as consultancy, training, identifying resources, multi-disciplinary working, signposting staff to appropriate services and service promotion.

To support data collection and analysis, for both clinical and service evaluation, as required. This may include collecting and reviewing a variety of data such as psychometric scores, interview data, historical information, literature searches. It may also involve data analysis and report writing under supervision.

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire’s biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

To undertake the above tasks across Nottinghamshire City and County under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. This will include direct individual and group work with young people and their families/carers, liaison with external agencies (e.g., schools) and in conjunction with other registered professionals offer consultative work to MDT.

Provide and receive complex and sensitive information with clients and staff, e.g. relaying condition related information, in situations where there are barriers to communication, understanding and acceptance such as disability, cultural differences or mental health needs. Communicating in a highly emotive atmosphere (such as therapeutic sessions, social care, educational environments) where there is a degree of resistance or antagonism to the information being communicated requiring the use of a high level of interpersonal and communication skills. Communicate effectively with a range of professionals and agencies within different settings. To communicate in group settings which might include therapeutic groups and liaison with external agencies, such as school/college.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.