Assistant Psychologist

at  Brainkind

WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WITH THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AND QUALITIES:

• Upper Second Class Honors Degree (2:1) or higher in psychology or equivalent
• Eligibility for BPS (British Psychological Society) graduate registration
• Ability to present and teach others
• Ability to work independently and reliably
• Experience of working with adults with complex disabilities

MAIN PURPOSE:

To work under the clinical supervision of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist to provide psychological support to the neuro-rehabilitation programme at our Hospital in York.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the guidance and supervision of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Lead to provide assistance in: -

• Behavioural monitoring with observations, data gathering and subsequent analysis.
• Collection and presentation of behavioural data for weekly clinical team meeting.
• Behavioural modification with writing and maintaining behavioural guidelines with support to the wider staff team in their implementation.
• Neuropsychological assessments with the production and presentation of findings.
• Supporting individual service users with weekly meetings and specific activities.
• To maintain and provide those outcome measures identified within the agreed annual schedule.
• To produce behavioural and emotional progress reports for Review Meetings and present these.
• Group work (e.g. anger management and life skills).
• Training and support of the wider staff team both on induction and written weekly tutorial sessions.
• Liaison role between Clinical Lead, Clinical Team and wider staff team regarding understanding and implementation of behaviour management programme.
• To undertake any other duties as may from time to time be specified by Brainkind, that are within the level and responsibility appropriate to the grade of the post.

*PLEASE NOTE WE WILL BE SHORTLISTING AND INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES ON A ROLLING BASIS UNTIL THE ROLE IS FILLED THEREFORE, WE RECOMMEND APPLYING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *

All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks
Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds