Assistant Psychologist - Community Mental Health Team (CMHT)
Band 5 - Full time - Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join the South Warwickshire CMHT. The CMHT is a multi-disciplinary team that provides interventions to people with a range of mental health difficulties.
We are looking to recruit a psychology graduate who has relevant clinical experience and is interested and passionate about working with people who experience complex mental health needs.
The post holder will be part of a well-established psychological therapies team and will be offered ample opportunities for 1:1 client work, group work, working with the MDT, managing service databases, audits and service evaluations.
Please note that the expectation is that the post holder will be based in the team, although consideration will be offered to ad-hoc remote working, depending on duties.
Please note that this post covers both the Leamington and Stratford localities.
The post holder will support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, such as supporting psychological assessments and providing low intensity psychological interventions (group and individual) under the supervision of an HCPC Practitioner Psychologist.
The post holder will also assist in clinically related administration, collecting data, managing service databases, conducting service audits and evaluations to determine effectiveness of interventions, as well as identifying areas of service development, and the dissemination of research outputs.
The successful applicant will be line managed and overall accountable to the Principal Clinical Psychologist in the team.
Candidate Information Pack Dec 24
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
excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
staff networks and support groups
We’re 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.
As this role involves travel to training venues and meetings at other service bases, it is essential that you have access to a car and can travel around the county as required (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
You are required to hold a Psychology Degree giving GBR status with the British Psychological Society, Grade 2:1 or above.
Please note: It is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
