Assistant Psychologist

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for two Assistant Psychologists to join the Liverpool and Sefton Intensive Support Function based across Norris Green Hub and Hartley Hospital. The successful applicants will support the work of the qualified Clinical Psychologist in improving the psychological offer to people with a learning disability who may have mental health difficulties and/or behaviours that challenge.Specifically, you will support the Clinical Psychologist and wider team with assessments, formulations, interventions and teaching/training sessions. There is also opportunity for audit/service data collection and analysis. You will gain experience of working within a vibrant multi-disciplinary team and working alongside other team members across the Community Learning Disability Service, including Community Learning Disability Nurses, Assistant Practitioners, Support Workers, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists.You will have the opportunity to develop your psychological knowledge, skills and experience while undertaking creative psychological work with adults who have a learning disability. As an assistant psychologist your work will be supervised by the Principal Clinical Psychologist. There will be opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills through supervision and joint working, and to attend relevant CPD events. You will also become part of a wider Psychology workforce across Mersey Care's Specialist Learning Disability Service.The Assistant Psychologists will support and enhance the psychological care of clients who are referred to the Liverpool and Sefton Intensive Support Function by providing psychological assessment, formulation and interventions under the close supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist. They will also work independently according to a plan agreed with the multi-disciplinary team. There is also a requirement to provide occasional support to the On-call nurse as part of the Community Learning Disability Service On-call Rota.We are looking for people who share our core values of continuous improvement, accountability, respect, enthusiasm and support.Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Bell Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist Email address: louise.bell@merseycare.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01704 383030