Senior Assistant Psychologist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements - 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Education/Qualifications
• Membership of BPS

Desirable criteria

• graduate level PWP qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• 2 years post degree experience
• Previous AP experience
• Experience of working with people with mental health difficutlies
• Community or forensic experience
• Delivering 1:1 psychological interventions

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a criminal justice setting i.e. probation, courts, prison etc.
• Experience of working with community offenders
• Experience of working in a trauma informed environment
• Service development, evaluation, audit and/or research

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of factors that contribute to offending behavior and complex presentations
• Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for working with complex presentations and mental health difficulties.
• Knowledge of relevant risk assessment tools and risk management frameworks
• Working collaboratively with service users and others involved in their care

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of neurodiversity needs of the offender population

Skills

Essential criteria

• High level organisational and communication skills (written and verbal).
• IT skills
• Use own initiative
• Work collaboratively with others
• Communicate sensitive risk information to others
• To show resilience within a challenging working environment
• Good presentation skills
• Engage in clinical supervision effectively
• Undertake audit and service evaluation projects

Other

Essential criteria

• ability to travel

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www..nhsemployers.org

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - click here.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• JD senior assistant psychologist (PDF, 248.4KB)
• Senior assistant psychologist person spec (PDF, 384.4KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)