Senior Assistant Psychologist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and compassionate Senior Assistant Psychologist to work within our Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirement (pc-MHTR) Team . This position is based primarily on the Isle of Wight. However, an ability to travel and cover both the Island and the Portsmouth area, if required, is essential. If you are seeking a new challenge, and have a keen interest in the criminal justice services, we encourage you to apply and join our supportive and welcoming team! The pc-MHTR Team are part of MPFT's Health and Justice Service. The pc-MHTR team provide psychological assessments and interventions to people with mental health difficulties who have come into contact with criminal justice services and whose offences may attract a community or suspended sentence order. The team aims to prevent short term custodial sentences and reduce reoffending by improving access to psychological interventions and addressing underlying mental health problems, thereby improving health and social outcomes for the individual and their family. MPFT deliver services across England. We are experienced in working across a wide geographical area and there is no necessity to travel to Trust headquarters, and IT support is virtual. There is an expectation to travel for some specific training events and 'Team Away Days' which are held across the Southeast of England.

Job description

For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents.As a member of the team you will be responsible for undertaking assessments, formulating service users needs and delivering psychological interventions, under the supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist.An understanding of the needs of people with a diagnosis of personality disorder, mental illness, and/or learning disabilities is needed in this role, with the ability to communicate sensitive information to the patient, carer and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.We look forward to receiving your application. If you have any questions regarding the role, do not hesitate to contact us in advance of submitting your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified at Hons degree level in Psychology
• Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

• Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional Psychology, mental health and/or research design and analysis

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner in IAPT, or working in a role where you have direct supervision from an applied psychologist
• Experience of using psychological assessments, formulations, risk assessments and care planning
• Experience in providing psychological interventions (group programmes and/or individual interventions)

Desirable

• Experience of working with offenders.
• Experience of administering, scoring and interpreting psychometric tests.
• Previous experience working in the NHS

About the employer

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;