Assistant Psychologist

Job overview

Base: Bexley Mental Health Support Team (MHST), Goldie Leigh, Abbeywood SE2 0AY

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated psychology graduate who is keen to gain experience in order to progress towards applied training in clinical psychology. The post is focused upon supporting data collection processes for Children and Young Peoples IAPT (CYP-IAPT), including clinical outcome monitoring and service–user satisfaction.   The role involves supporting clinical staff in using and interpreting routine outcomes measures, analysing data, producing reports and training staff in outcome measures. Having good IT skills and knowledge of Excel and SPSS would be an advantage.  Excellent communication skills are necessary to be able to liaise and support clinical staff and teams, and an interest in working with children and young people is essential. The post will be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist.  Although the primary task in this role is to support data collection there will be opportunities to undertake clinical work under supervision.

Main duties of the job

Bexley MHST is a friendly, award winning and thriving team, regarded as an accessible and effective service. Staff that work in Bexley MHST describe a warm and caring environment across the whole CAMHS service. We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from individuals from BAME backgrounds to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities with whom we work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are based in Bostall House, Goldie Leigh site in Abbeywood, SE20AY. The site is easily accessible from Kent, SE and East London.  There is free parking on site and in nearby streets. There are also excellent public transport links including close provximity to the Elizabeth Line.

Oxleas Trust has consistently achieved high ratings in quality assessments, patient and staff surveys with a culture of supporting staff whilst providing excellent services within a robust clinical governance framework. There is a programme of work underway ‘Building a Fairer Oxleas’, involving staff from across all directorates, committed to making changes within the organisations that have a positive impact for all staff, but in particular BAME staff, disabled staff and LGBT+ staff.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

For further information please contact Dr Kate Doherty, Principal Clinical Psychologist/Outcomes Lead or Dr Nidhi Dholakia-Wellens Consultant Clinical Psychologist/MHST Clinical Lead on 0203 260 5200.

Oxleas is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We recognise our responsibility to ensure that safe working systems are in place for staff working with children, adults and families in their care. Please note that for some occupations we receive a high amount of applications and where this is evident the post will be closed and we will put a limit on the number of applications that we are able to receive. If you do not hear anything within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted. Please note all communication will be via e-mail so please can you ensure that you regularly check your e-mails. There is a possibility that if you have set filters on your incoming messages that this message could be delivered to your junk mail. It would be helpful if you could enable your settings so that messages sent are directly received to your inbox. Unfortunately the Trust will not be responsible for any correspondence which has not been received/read in light of the above. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities promoting diversity, developing supporting policies and operates a variety of flexible working arrangements.