Job overview
MONTHS FIXED TERM CONTRACT
We are pleased to be able to offer an exciting opportunity for a Higher Assistant Psychologist.
Our diverse team work together to provide an innovative, trauma focused treatment programme for male offenders within a high secure prison. Our cutting-edge treatment relies upon people skilled and interested in using research, evaluation and audit practice.
Post-holders will support a number of exciting projects that help our therapeutic team to monitor treatment quality and the progress of patients in our service. You will also have involvement in service development projects and support our responsivity treatment programme.
You will be supported with regular supervision, access to varied training opportunities and encouraged to build relationships with our external research links. The role is fixed for one year, with the possibility of extension. Scope to work from home on a weekly basis exits.
Please note - this post is subject to CTC security clearance checks which require residency in the UK for the last years, with no more than a break of months abroad
Main duties of the job
To support the professional psychological care of individual high risk patients who have a history of acute developmental trauma, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist. The successful candidate will contribute to the implementation of research projects on the unit, as well as assisting in a number of assessment and evaluation activities that require direct patient contact. We deliver a neuro diverse treatment that you will be attached to by delivering structured support sessions outside of the group setting. In addition there are a number of clinically related administration and audit tasks attached to the post. The post-holder will be required to work independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
The post involves working with patients within the OPDP Fens Services, situated within a High Secure male prison. The working environment includes exposure to extremely high levels of distress in others. A major element of the job is the constant potential for direct exposure to verbal and physical aggression, and high levels of emotional distress. There is a requirement for substantial periods of concentration and sitting. The nature of the working environment requires routine exposure to security procedures such as searches.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
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