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Assistant Psychologist – One Full time, 1wte (37.5 hours per week) across Epsom Community Mental Health Recovery Service (CMHRS) and Mole Valley CMHRS or two Part time posts 18.75 hours at Epsom CMHRS and 18.75 Mole Valley CMHRS at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Location – Epsom (Epsom CMHRS)  We are seeking a conscientious and dedicated full-time Assistant Psychologist to work across two CMHRS’s.  We are looking for a person who is a team player and able to work well in a multi-disciplinary team setting.  A person who preferably has experience of working in mental health team settings.  The CMHRS is for adults aged 18 years plus with complex, severe and enduring mental health problems.  We have a multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, nurses and psychiatrists.  The principles and philosophy of care are based on the recovery model.  The post holder will be supervised by a psychologist to deliver therapeutic interventions for this client group including running of CBT groups, STEPPS groups and one to one low intensity interventions.  They will be involved in service evaluations, audits, outcomes and service development projects.  They will attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings and locality psychology meetings.  The post holder will have access to appropriate training and continued professional development opportunities. 

Main duties of the job

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of people who use services by providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist working within the service, and by working independently according to a plan agreed with the team leader and the supervising psychologist. 

To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of outcome statistics, and/or other project work as appropriate and agreed with the team leader and supervising psychologist.

To facilitate/co-facilitate the running of therapeutic groups. 

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!