Job Overview
We are looking for enthusiastic & committed individuals to join the CNWL Harrow Talking Therapies team. We are a well established service that is responsible for the provision of Low and High Intensity therapies within the standards of stepped care model at steps 2 and 3. Alongside high and low intensity CBT interventions, the CNWL Talking Therapies service also has a counselling service at step 3.
Individual & group based treatments are provided. In the past, our Assistant Psychologists have moved on to either Doctorate in Clinical Psychology training or Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) training.
The overall aim is for the post holder is to support & enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care; providing psychological assessment of a routine nature, under the direct supervision of a qualified high intensity therapist/psychologist drawing on their supervisor’s expertise and intervention as & when advised and directed.
The successful candidate will possess a degree in Psychology. Applicants must have clinical experience of delivering psychological interventions in a mental health setting in order to be shortlisted for this position. Applicants with psychology qualifications who have not worked in a mental health setting will not be shortlisted.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out regular assessments and review calls and will contribute to the duty screening of referrals and the delivery of assisted interventions within the service such as psychoeducational workshops. The post holder will work with the community development lead to create and implement digital advertisements, social media posts and co-facilitate on various community-based outreach projects.
The post holder will work with the clinical lead to analyse and coordinate clinical data and produce reports as appropriate. They will also work according to a plan agreed with a qualified high intensity therapist/psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. Additionally, the post holder will assist in the overall clinical service administration along with the CWNL Harrow Talking Therapies admin team, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, training & teaching and project work.
The post holder will be expected to participate in up to one evening session per week provided by the service both with administrative support and clinical services.
The post holder will receive regular clinical supervision and support from a qualified high intensity therapist/psychologist and work closely with other assistant psychologists and clinical practitioners within the team.
Working for our organisation
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
The team hub is based at 12-14 Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2SL. The Service is currently offering a combination of face-to-face and remote working (delivered either via home working or from our office base).
The team consistently meets its access and recovery targets and undertaking further projects and service innovation work to meet new demands and needs of the local population. There are clear and well defined systems for triaging and screening of incoming referrals, allocation of clients to step 2 and step 3, management of waiting lists and stepping up and stepping down clients as appropriate.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The post holder will be required to support and enhance the psychological care of service users of the CNWL Harrow Talking Therapies Service and carry out duties under supervision such as conducting brief telephone assessments, co-facilitating groups, and offering telephone reviews.
Other duties include:
1. To assist in the conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit projects, teaching and project work.
2. To work within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures, working with a team of clinical and counselling psychologists, high intensity therapists, psychological wellbeing practitioners and primary care counsellors.
3. When required, to be involved in routine clinical and administrative tasks of the service which includes managing telephone and reception cover, and supporting the admin team.
4. To assist in administration tasks, clinical data entry such as booking in referrals, in particular the collating and analysis of service data and management of waiting lists and any other duties as delegated by the Clinical Lead or Senior Administrator.
5. To assist patients by participating in rota for telephone duty along with other members of the admin team, induction of patients and support of evening clinics as per rota.
6. To assist in the design of regular social media posts and other relevant outreach related flyers in addition to daily maintenance of the service’s social media accounts.
Please refer to the job description and specifications document for further details.
Person specification
Training And Qualifications
Essential criteria
* An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology.
* Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable criteria
* Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working within an IAPT service.
* Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
Knowledge And Skills
Essential criteria
* An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
* High level of proficiency in working with databases such as Excel and designing spreadsheets and other tools for analysing and reviewing data.
* High level communication skills (written and verbal).
* Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
* An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context.
* An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
Desirable criteria
* Experience using microcomputers for databases or data analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.
PERSONAL
Essential criteria
* An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
* An ability to interact with people with mental health problems disabilities.
* Ability to work reliably and consistently with work agreed and supervised at regular intervals.
Desirable criteria
* An interest in working with people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
Other
Essential criteria
* Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
Desirable criteria
* A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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