Assistant Psychologist

Location

Sale, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom

Job description

Under supervision, the post holder will be expected to assist qualified Clinical Psychologists and senior members of the clinical team, in implementing psychological interventions. This will include using a variety of assessment procedures to collect relevant data (rating scales, self-report measures etc), analysis of data and undertaking clinical interventions with qualified clinicians including group intervention and specific individual interventions. In undertaking these duties, the post holder will be expected to communicate sensitive information with children and families both verbally and in writing. The post holder will be expected to liaise with other professionals such as school teachers and social workers in arranging meetings, gathering information and undertaking observations within early years settings. The post holder will be expected to assist and support the TIPS group delivery programme. This will include recruiting parents, offering catch up sessions and supporting clinicians to deliver groups. The post holder will be expected to attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings The post holder will be expected to assist qualified Clinical Psychologists and other senior clinicians in undertaking teaching and training. This will include the production of relevant literature and contributing to training initiatives under supervision across the early years sector. The post holder will also assist clinical psychologists and other senior clinicians in undertaking clinical research. This will include undertaking literature searches relevant to particular projects and the preparation and presentation of summaries and reports. Communicate with others, both professional and client groups, in both oral and written form, including the writing of complex clinical reports, training and presentations. Maintain accurate contemporaneous records in accordance with relevant standards Will have a thorough understanding of consent to treatment issues and will effectively demonstrate analysis which leads to clinical judgment in client notes The post holder will be expected to attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings The post holder will be provided with a job plan to support them to organize their day to day work tasks and activities and make appropriate judgements regarding urgency. Guidance will be provided via weekly supervision with a member of the clinical team. The post holder will be expected to input data onto the trust electronic patient record system. To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects To undertake data collection, data analysis and the production of reports and summaries to aid service development.

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Salary

£25.15k - £27.6k per annum