Band 5 Assistant Psychologist | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

We have exciting opportunities for x2 WTE Assistant Psychologists to join our children and families division neurodevelopmental pathway. We are looking for creative and enthusiasticAssistant Psychologists to support the delivery of clinical services.We are a specialist multi-disciplinary team and if you are passionate about supporting the development of services and to support the delivery of high quality input to neurodiverse people then we would love to hear from you.

Providing clinical services citywide, you will work with the qualified psychologists and multidisciplinary team to support the delivery of specialist psychological neurodevelopmental assessments for individuals, groups and families. We pride ourselves on ourcompassionate and inclusiveways of working with a strong agenda around equality and diversity at work and have a focus on staff wellbeing, both for ourselves as a psychology team, but also for our colleagues, clients and staff teams that we work with.

We are a friendly, city-wide team and you would be expected to travel throughout Birmingham, with occasional out of area visits. You will be based at one of our community bases across the city (Kings Heath, Spark Hill, Castle Vale or Handsworth).

Our psychology department is well established for example, within the Learning Disabilities and Adult Specialist Rehabilitation Divisions. We are looking for committed and passionate psychologists who will work with us to develop and grow psychology department within the Children and Families Division in the same vein. You will be joining an established wider group of friendly, committed and supportive Psychologists.The post holder will also be part of the professional network of Applied Psychologists working across Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, within our Learning Disabilities, Neuro Rehabilitation, Pain Management and Weight Management services.

Our psychologists work closely with colleagues within MDT to strive for care that is trauma informed, compassionate and formulation based. Birmingham is a diverse and multi-cultural community, we are mindful of the additional challenges that clients from marginalised communities may encounter when accessing our services. Our team is activelyengaged in research projectsand have strong links with Aston University and we are keen to facilitate opportunities for quality improvement projects.

The Psychology Service offers support and close links with other psychologists through facilitated reflective practice groups, CPD events and team meetings. There are good links with the local DClinPsy training courses and the MSCi pathway at Birmingham and Coventry Universities.

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

There may be someopportunities to work from homewithin your working week, in line with the needs of the team.
1. To undertake evidence based psychological assessments of children, including psychometric assessment, self-report measures, rating scales, direct structured observations and semi-structured interviews with children, family members and others involved in the child's support.
2. To assist in the formulation and development of children's and families recommended support plans involving the psychological support and/or management of a child's difficulties, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.
3. To assist in the coordination and running of pre and post assessment groups.
4. To work with other staff to assess children and review their histories, setting information and current presentation in preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.
5. To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and support to the benefit of all children and families in the service, across all settings where support takes place.
6. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
7. To communicate complex and sensitive information, including condition related information to children, families and staff within wider systems, as appropriate.
8. To record personally generated clinical observations and collect clinical data.
9. To work with clients with complex and emotive problems and be able to reflect on and contain own emotions.