Assistant Psychologist

We recruit people based on their values and believe that their lived experience is an advantage. We seek out potential, not perfection, and this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for.Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

Are you looking to join a service which prioritises psychologically informed and innovative approaches, with an emphasis on collaboration and coproduction? A service where the workforce prioritises service users driven by a combination of mental health professionals and people with lived experience working side by side?

CREST is an award winning (National Service User Awards 2023; Positive Practice in Mental Health awards 2024) and recently award-shortlisted (Nursing Times 2024 awards category - 'Best Recruitment Experience') regional community mental health service. Hosted by LYPFT on behalf of the West Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS), supporting individuals from the five places across West Yorkshire: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. CREST delivers new ways of working for people placed out of area (OOA) in locked settings, often termed "complex rehabilitation", across the country, to support them to be effectively repatriated from inpatient settings and forge new lives in less restricted environments. The aim is to empower people to define, build and live meaningful, independent, and satisfying lives nearer to home. Recurring feedback from evaluation with service users/families, providers and other stakeholders is that people working with the programme "feel included", "clear
on the plan" and appreciative of "commitment", "transparency" and "coproduction"., The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.