Assistant Psychologist

We have an exciting opportunity for an assistant psychologist with experience of working with psychosis in adult mental health settings to join our new Community Rehabilitation Team in our Rehabilitation Service Pathway. As part of the pathway, we also have a dedicated inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, called Somerset Villas based a Chase Farm Hospital site as and a local 'step-down' community home for people who are ready to move from this inpatient unit while still requiring some further work to improve their recovery. The community home offers a multi-disciplinary specialist rehabilitation service for people recovering from and coping with varying degrees of psychosis and provides a range of skills based and social inclusion oriented interventions aimed at enabling individuals to regain functioning in key aspects of their lives and to manage their physical and mental health needs. Individual residents will be supported to develop skills and confidence to face the challenges of stigma and (re) integrate into their local communities and where possible to rebuild family and social networks. It will form an integral part of the local adult rehabilitation mental health care pathway, working in partnership with key stakeholders., The duties of the post holder will include:

• Co-facilitating therapy groups
• Holding a small caseload of therapy of patients under supervision of a qualified psychologist
• Supporting the management of the waiting lists including managing system to regularly contact those on the waiting list to carrying out risk assessments, problem-solving and signposting
• Management of the outcome measure collection and auditing
• Monthly reporting on care pathways and waiting times
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
• To be involved in new service developments within the team in developing the transformation plans.
• Working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
  
  Our vision is embedded within our clinical strategy. We want to help people live, love, do.
The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.