Assistant Psychologist

Job Location	Glinton
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	Salary negotiable
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Temporary, full-time or part-time

Job Description

Band 4 Assistant Psychologist- CAMHSFull-timeStarting ASAPBased in Peterborough Responsibilities include:

To support the provision of psychological assessments of the young people applying psychological, including neuropsychological, tests, self-report measures, rating scales, with clients, family members and others involved in the service users care.

To support care provision with young people through the provision of brief psychological therapies under the supervision of qualified Clinical Psychology colleagues.

To monitor and evaluate progress, refining interventions as necessary under supervision. To assess and manage risk within an appropriate psychological framework.

To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a young persons problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist in community setting.

To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups/ sensory circuits.

To work with other staff to assess and review service user’s care in preparation for multi-disciplinary treatment reviews.

To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all service users, across all settings where care takes place.

To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary and psychology meetings.

To plan and prioritise workload, exercising autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of patients.

To ensure that the young people are appropriately consulted about relevant aspects of their care and are empowered to express their views in a responsive environment.

To communicate skilfully, tactfully and sensitively highly complex and highly sensitive information with patients, families and colleagues.

To ensure the confidentiality of the information and comply with the Data Protection Act.

To work with the appropriate degree of autonomy and report appropriately to the designated line manager according to Trust occupational guidelines

Please contact Rachel from Piers Meadows Recruitment for more information.

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