Assistant Psychologist

Job overview

I am Vicky, the Consultant Clinical Psychologist for the Learning Disability (LD) Care Hub.  At the LD care hub we serve adults aged 18+ years and with some provision to children and young people.  The LD care hub includes Radcliffe Place which provides short-term accommodation and therapy for people with a learning disability, aged 16 to 25 years, from across Greater Manchester, as well as five community teams across the footprint of Pennine Care. We are looking for a innovative and compassionate assistant psychologist. We have an established a consultant led specialist learning disability clinical psychology pathway that works as an essential element of a multidisciplinary model of care.  Clinical Psychology is valued locally within our community teams and within the wider Trust. Working base will be discussed at interview. We offer a robust supervision and development structure. You will be part of an expanding, energetic, innovative LD care hub team that values coproduction and working alongside people with lived experience and promotes trauma informed care. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multi-agency team, working alongside Clinical Psychologists,  assistant psychologists, Learning Disability Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists,  Psychiatrists and other multidisciplinary mental health practitioners.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of psychological work within Pennine Care Learning  Disabilities Care Hub. The post holder will work under the clinical supervision of  the Clinical Psychologists within the team, working with service users with a  learning disability.  To support and enhance the psychological care of adults, within the  Community Learning Disability Teams, providing psychological assessments and interventions under clinical supervision. • To work independently to agreed operational objectives that are set and assessed at agreed intervals by the supervising qualified Clinical Psychologist. • To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits and projects, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, outcomes  measures, teaching and project work as required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Under the clinical supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist, to assist in the psychological assessment of adults with learning disabilities, using a range of assessment methodologies, including psychometric and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, direct and indirect structured observations, semi- structured interviews, screening tools and routine outcome measures.  • Under the clinical supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist, to undertake assessments of psychological and mental health problems, to inform interventions from the team or assist in the signposting of clients to appropriate services.  • Under the clinical supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist, to participate in functional assessment of challenging behaviour/ behaviours of dsitress, and assist in the development and implementation of positive behaviour support plans for clients with complex and challenging needs.  • To contribute to multi-dimensional formulation of clients presenting problems, and assist in the formulation and delivery of psycho-educational and psychological interventions, and appropriate to level of knowledge, experience and training, under the clinical supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist. This might include the delivery of individual psychological therapy and the co-facilitation of group and family interventions.  • Under the clinical supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist, to write clinical reports, tailored to a range of audiences, including adults with a learning disability and their carers’.  • To assist the Clinical Psychologists in the delivery of psychological interventions at a systemic level, including psychological consultancy and training.  • To work collaboratively with a range of staff from the multi-disciplinary learning disability teams, other service providers and referrers, to assess needs and formulate action plans along directorate care pathways.  • To attend and contribute as appropriate to multi-disciplinary meetings, including liaison with the Community Learning Disability teams and other service providers as required.