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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
351-SPS1152-SH
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
L7F9 L2085 Forensic Community Service
Town
Preston
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 Per Annum Pro Rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Psychologist

Band 4

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

•    Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
•    Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
•    Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust (LSCFT) was established in April 2002 and authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1st December 2007. The Trust provides health and wellbeing services for a population of around 1.5million people. The services provided include community nursing, health visiting, and a range of therapy services including physiotherapy, podiatry and speech & language. Wellbeing services provided include smoking cessation and healthy lifestyle services. The Trust specialises in inpatient and community mental health services. Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust covers the whole of the county and employs around 7,000 members of staff across more than 400 sites. 

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust is a great place to work and has a sound future as a leading provider of excellent services. The Trust invests in its staff and seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a keen and enthusiastic band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join the Forensic Community Mental Health Team (FCMHT). FCMHT is part of the Forensic Community Service within the Specialist Services Network. FCMHT is based at The Parlick Centre at Guild Loge in Whittingham, Preston. However, the role will require travelling within the areas of Lancashire and South Cumbria. 

FCMHT is a community based specialist mental health team, providing care designed to support and supervise service users who have a diagnosis of severe mental disorder with a risk to others who have previously received inpatient treatment at low, medium, or high security settings. The FCMHT provides an accessible, responsive and adaptable service, prioritising the needs of service users with complex needs, to maintain the safety of service users, families, carers and the general public.

The post holder will support all aspects of the service delivery, in particular supporting the delivery of the clinical model, engaging in supervision, assessing the needs of those referred, developing collaborative formulations, supporting the development /delivery of structured sessions/group work, undertaking specialist risk assessment under supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist, and collecting and inputting data as required.

Working for our organisation

We want to recruit people to the service who share our values and are confident in their ability to contribute to the demonstrated effectiveness and acceptability of our service.

Staff at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust work to improve lives with a culture based on four core values:

We are kind

We are a team

We are respectful

We are always learning

To keep informed of latest trust news and events follow us on twitter @Lscft_jobs and @WeAreLSCFT

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on the role.  When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you show how you meet each of the criteria of the person specification providing illustrative examples where possible; as this is what you will be shortlisted against. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology.
  • Eligibility for graduate membership of BPS.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of clinical, personal, and professional challenges of working institutional and/or multi-agency and disciplinary service settings with risk-related needs.
  • A good knowledge of lifespan psychology applied to health care.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with clients with complex and enduring needs.
  • Experience of working in institutional and/or multi-agency and disciplinary service settings.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively in both oral and written formats, and in environments which are highly emotive and stressful.
  • Commitment and ability to work with clients where there may be significant clinical, service, and system barriers to engagement.
  • Ability to work independently and using own initiative on a day-to-day basis.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Hannah Scott Shevills
Job title
Principle Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01772 406642
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