We are seeking to recruit a 1.0 wte Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join a welcoming Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service at Lansdowne Secure Children's Home in Hailsham, East Sussex. It is an exciting opportunity for a creative individual with good communication and organisation skills and an interest in children and young people's mental health to work in a dynamic, multi-agency work environment, under the direct supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. You will also be working alongside a Principal Psychologist, a Mental Health Nurse, Physical Health Nurses, an Occupational Therapist and a supportive admin team.
Lansdowne Secure Children's Home is an 11 bedded social care provision for young people aged 12-17. The young people have complex needs and are described as 'high need/high vulnerability/high risk'.
The health team's focus is informed by the Framework for Integrated Care (also known as SECURE STAIRS). This aims to support trauma-informed care and formulation-driven, evidence-based, whole-systems approaches to creating change for young people within the Children and Young People's Secure Estate (CYPSE).
Main duties of the job
As an Assistant Psychologist, you will be joining our small and welcoming multi-disciplinary health team whose role is to support both the young people and the residential staff within the home.
The post holder's main responsibilities will include:
1. Supporting projects relating to service implementation and evaluation, including the collection of qualitative and quantitative outcome data sets (e.g. depression and anxiety scales).
2. Managing spreadsheets and using IT skills, critical analysis, and presentation skills to conduct evaluations, audits, and research.
3. Supporting assessment (e.g. mental health screening and cognitive assessments) and treatment interventions (e.g. emotional regulation skills work) as appropriate to level of competence and training.
4. Contributing to psycho-educational training groups provided for care staff (e.g. self-harm training and the Therapeutic Parenting group).
Should the post holder wish to pursue an application for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, support with application and interview preparation will be available.
This is a full time post of 1.0 WTE (37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday).
About us
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognize that care for patients is our top priority.
Other key survey results:
* 70% highlighting flexible working as a key point for satisfaction at work.
* 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team.
* 77% identifying opportunities to show initiative in their roles.
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS:
In order to be a successful Assistant Psychologist in our team you will have:
* An honours degree at 2:2 or above in Psychology or equivalent and be eligible for graduate basis registration with the British Psychological Society.
* Relevant or transferable clinical and research skills.
* Experience of working as part of a team.
* Basic knowledge of databases, research skills, and methodology.
* An interest in trauma-informed care and supporting young people who present with complex needs.
It would also be advantageous if you have:
* Previous experience working within an NHS setting.
* Experience of working with people with complex needs.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
The setting
Lansdowne Secure Children's Home is an 11 bedded social care provision for young people aged 12-17. It is located in Hailsham, East Sussex and will require the successful candidate to work on site. The young people are placed with us for welfare reasons, secured under the Children's Act (1989), Section 25. They have a history of persistent absconding and are likely to continue to abscond from anything other than secure accommodation, during which episodes they are likely to suffer significant harm, or injure themselves or others.
Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:
This post may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Honours degree at 2:2 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS.
Knowledge/Experience
* Relevant clinical and research skills.
* Experience of working as part of a team.
* Basic knowledge of databases, research skills, and methodology.
* Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a health context.
* An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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