Band 4 Assistant Psychologist – Perinatal Community Mental Health Team - Birmingham
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Perinatal Mental Health Community Teams in East Birmingham. Birmingham and Solihull Perinatal Mental Health Services are currently expanding with a focus on developing innovative forms of service delivery in the community.
The Service operates Monday-Friday; 9.00am-5.00pm. This is a full time post working 37.5 hours per week. The Community Perinatal Teams include a Consultant Psychiatrist, Team Manager, Mental Health Nurses, Clinical Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Nursery Nurses and Peer Support Workers.The ability to work flexibly and positively in multidisciplinary teams is therefore essential.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly motivated Assistant Psychologist with a genuine interest in perinatal mental health. The role includes providing support in both clinical interventions and data collection and analysis for service evaluation. You will be part of the multidisciplinary team and will be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist.Applicants will need to have experience of a mental health setting, good communication skills and an ability to understand and analyse data.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally.We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community.If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria- An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice, service evaluation and/or research design and analysis.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria- Relevant clinical experience in a mental health setting e.g. assistant psychology post/internship/graduate health care worker/care work
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
Skills
Essential criteria- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
- Ability to use databases and carry out data-analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.
- Ability to demonstrate understanding/ reflection of working in multicultural settings
Personal Qualities
Desirable criteria- An interest in working in the field of perinatal mental health.
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis.
Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust.
All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your first week with us.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.
If applicable to your role, the Trust will require you to sign up for the DBS Update Service. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.