Assistant Psychologist

at  West London NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist with both a strong interest, and demonstrable experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties and/or challenges with emotional regulation, to join West London CAMHS Service. We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Psychologist in a new tri-borough Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) service. We are seeking to employ candidates with a real interest and commitment to working with young people and their families with mental health difficulties. You will support the DBT team in key tasks associated with this service in addition to supporting the team in generic tasks related to the delivery of high quality patient care. You will attend training in Intensive DBT in November 2024 with the DBT team. You will then assist with the preparation and delivery of DBT skills groups. The Assistant Psychologist may also be required to contact some service users between skills sessions to support their learning of the skills. An additional key task will be administering, collecting and analysing outcome data collected from service users.

In summary the Assistant Psychologist will support and enhance the professional psychological care of Young People and their carers by:

• Supporting the DBT team with the successful preparation and delivery of multi-family DBT skills groups.

Contributing, where service needs dictate, to direct psychological assessment under the supervision and direction of a qualified clinical psychologist of young people referred to the service.
Where service needs indicate, supporting and contributing, at a developmentally appropriate level, a range of psychological interventions to the young person and their family such as individual therapy (using DBT model)
Working within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
Assisting in clinically related administration, collection and analysis of outcome data, QI, audit and service evaluation.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Please refer the Job description for details