Assistant PsychologistNHS

Job summary

Assistant Psychologist - South Warwickshire Community Mental Health Team

37.5 hours

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join our South Warwickshire Community Mental Health Team. The service provides biopsychosocial interventions for individuals with a wide range of mental health presentations. The post will primarily have a focus on working with people with a diagnosis of psychosis as part of the psychosis pathway within the CMHT. However there may also be opportunities to work with people with other mental health presentations.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join a multi-disciplinary team and work across both of the teams bases located in Leamington Spa and Stratford Upon Avon.

The post holder will support the qualified psychologists with psychological assessments and provide low intensity psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.

Psychological Professionals staff from the South Warwickshire Service have close links with other psychological professionals in the Trust through peer supervision, service development meetings, specialist interest groups and CPD events.

The service regularly offers core and specialist trainee placements as it has strong links with the Coventry and Warwickshire Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Course.

Job description

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the main responsibilities of the post.

About us

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At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.