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Job requirements
Essential
6 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Car driver to have access to independent means of transport for work purposes and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
- Skills
Ability to manage own clinical practice, caseload and time, with supervision
- Skills
Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, relating to complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Experience
Relevant experience in psychological difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Experience of working with people within mental health services
- Experience
Evidence of working in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Qualifications
Good Honours undergraduate degree (with GBC) in Psychology
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist to work within our Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) Service, alongside the Integrated Non-custodial Service (INCS). If you are seeking a new challenge, and have a keen interest in the criminal justice service, we encourage you to apply to be part of an exciting and important service.
Please submit your application early as this advert is likely to close early when sufficient applications are reached.
Main duties of the job
The Primary MHTR service provides psychological intervention to people coming into contact with the criminal justice system who are granted a mental health treatment requirement as part of a community order. The Assistant Psychologist (MHTR Practitioner) role is central to assessing suitability and offering brief interventions to this client group, under the supervision of a Principal Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical Lead).
The team, with support of criminal justice partners and colleagues, aims to divert people away from the criminal justice system and short custodial sentences, and reduce reoffending via improving access to psychological interventions by addressing underlying unmet needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for details.
Please note that this post requires a Psychology degree meeting the requirements for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership with the British Psychological Society.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Assistant Psychologist (MHTR Practitioner) with Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust in Coventry, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Assistant psychologist role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Oct 2026.
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