Job overview

1.0 fte Assistant Psychologist working predominantly with adults (18-65) 

1.0 fte Assistant Psychologist working predominantly with older adults (65+) 

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Wallasey and West Wirral Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) covers the Wirral and supports people with mental health difficulties from the age of 18, including older people. We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist to join our team. This is an exciting time of change as the team participates in the national Community Mental Health Transformation programme.  

The successful applicant will be joining a friendly, supportive, and forward-thinking CMHT, and will be well supported by our Clinical Psychologists, including the provision of regular supervision. There will be opportunities for developing clinical skills through direct and indirect work with service users. They will take responsibility for carrying out psychological screening assessments and brief interventions, including group interventions. There will be opportunities to complete audit and small-scale research projects, and to contribute to, and deliver training to colleagues. Additionally, there will be opportunities to contribute to service development projects. 

They will also receive regular supervision from a Clinical Psychologist and join a team that has a good track record in supporting people with applications to the Clinical Psychology training courses. 

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Psychologist to help shape our services and work in a specialist team.

Main duties of the job 

·         Completion of Psychological Screening Assessments with service users on the therapy waiting lists, including completion of initial formulations 

·         Contribute to the assessment of dementia, including neuropsychological assessment 

·         Provision of low-level and brief psychological interventions 

·         Completion of audits and small scale service-related research 

·         Designing and co-facilitating psychological group interventions, including the potential for developing group interventions in the community 

·         Attendance at relevant meetings – including weekly Team Meetings 

·         Providing support to the psychology team, and the wider CMHT 

·         Support for ongoing service development projects, including projects relating to the psychology team and to the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme 

The post holder will also assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

Working for our organisation

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you. 

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone.  We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. 

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.