Senior Assistant Psychologist - Bucks At Risk Mental State Service

Job overview

Are you looking to take a step up as an Assistant Psychologist? Or looking for a change of pace in your clinical work?

We are looking for a Senior Assistant Psychologist to fill a crucial role in the Buckinghamshire At Risk Mental States Service. We provide timely assessment, psychological intervention and monitoring for those at ultra-high clinical risk for developing psychosis. We work closely Bucks Early Intervention in Psychosis Service and with our research partners to ensure that we are providing the most effective interventions.

You'll be working with a small team of psychologists, assistant psychologists, support worker and psychiatrist to provide a highly specialist service to the clients of Buckinghamshire Early Engagement and Prevention (BEEP), across a variety of settings in the community. Great opportunities for development are available and you will deliver low intensity and manualised cognitive behavioural therapy to individuals and family intervention (FI) to clients and their support network as well as assisting the psychologists. You will take the lead on team data and associated reports and will contribute to the promotion of the service. There are opportunities to assist with researcher.

We will offer a supportive, friendly and enthusiastic environment where you'll be able to develop personally and professionally, growing your career with us. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Main duties of the job

• Support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care
• Providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures
• Assist in clinically related administration; conduct of audits; collection of statistics; development of audit and/or research projects; teaching and project work
• Work with the team lead to raise awareness of At Risk Mental States and facilitate appropriate referrals

Applicants must have a full valid driving license and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For this Senior Assistant Psychologist post we are seeking applicants who have previous experience in a similar role as this post has additional responsibilities. Due to the complexity of the client group, and the duties of the role, this post is suitable for applicants with previous experience of working with people with mental health difficulties.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.