Assistant Psychologist | Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

To work as an Assistant Psychologist based within Mental Health Services for Older People. The post is based in the Psychology Service for Older People, working alongside the Community Mental Health Team for Older People, Memory Service and Specialist Dementia Service. All clinical work will be under supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist and the role will include some joint work with members of the multi-disciplinary team

The role will working with clients with mental health problems and/or cognitive difficulties/dementia and their carers. This will include delivering the START programme, which is a manualized CBT-based intervention for carers of people living with dementia, as well as managing the database of referrals to the programme. The role will also include delivering some psychological informed interventions for individuals as well as group work, for example the Haringey Older People's Enablement group and Cognitive Stimulation Therapy

The partnership between Barnet,Enfieldand Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originallyestablishedin 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

Why choose to join the Partnership?

• We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.



• Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.



• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users,staffand visitors.



• Creating and working together to becomea great placeto work for all our staff.



• We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.



• Generous Annual Leave Allowance



• NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.



• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.


Specific duties will be determined on the basis of skills and experience and operational service requirements, and may vary occasionally as service needs/priorities change. The post holder will need a high level of administration and organisational skills in order to manage the multiple aspects of the role. The role will include some audit and quality improvement work to support ongoing community transformation work as part of the NHS Long Term plan agenda