Assistant Psychologist

We are seeking to recruit an assistant psychologist to work within WAM MHS in East Berkshire. This is an exciting post, supporting the development and implementation of a new and comprehensive psychological offer for people with significant mental health needs in primary and secondary care.,

• You will be working as part of a team to support and enhance the psychological care of adults with significant mental health issues presenting to services within east Berkshire.
• You will deliver a range of individual and group interventions under supervision of a qualified psychologist. This will include helping people to access and work with existing online resource packages promoting mental health, often as an adjunct to additional therapeutic intervention being undertaken by other members of the team, but also potentially as a stand-alone intervention.
• You will work to promote and support independence and take a strengths and recovery based approach.
• You will also have opportunities to enhance your skills in research, audit, data management and service development.
  
  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
  
  Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites