Honorary Assistant Psychologist / Therapist

Liaises with: IAPT colleagues, other psychological therapies staff including, where applicable, members of other disciplines and agencies responsible for a client's care, including team psychologists and clinical team leaders. Evaluation, audits, collection of statistics, development of audit projects, and other special project work., The post holder will achieve this by: + Focusing support to allow individuals to have meaningful lifestyles. + Supporting the Trust Mission and Trust Vision by incorporating the Trust's values and Staff Charter into their day to day role. + Supporting Talking Therapies Havering to implement the national IAPT agenda within a local context. + Having an in depth understanding of the Five Year Forward View for mental health, 1. Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the clinical/training element of the post. 2. Apply learning from the training programme in practice. 3. Receive supervision from educational providers in relationship to course work to meet the required standards. 4. After completing 12 months Honorary therapist/assistant psychologist post, you will be supported to apply for a place on the Band 4 trainee PWP course (associated with UCL) - thereafter, once successful completion of the training - Havering IAPT may offer you a permanent 3 years contract as a Qualified PWP., Havering Talking Therapies is the highest performing NELFT IAPT service and we also pride ourselves with working a strong collaboration with our NEL colleagues (other NELFT IAPT services). We are looking for undergraduate and postgraduates Psychology students or in other social science fields, to join our Honorary team of clinician's within a Excelling performance IAPT service - Havering Talking Therapies!, Post Title: Honorary Assistant Practitioner/Psychologist Grade: Honorary placement (i.e. unpaid) Equivalent level: Band 3 - 4 Hours: Part-time minimum of 3 days (21.0 hours) per week for a minimum of 6 consecutive months and a maximum of 12 months generally, Liaises with: IAPT colleagues, other psychological therapies staff including, where applicable, members of other disciplines and agencies responsible for a client's care, including team psychologists and clinical team leaders. 2. Job Purpose The primary purpose of the post is to support and enhance the psychological care of service users accessing Havering IAPT Talking Therapies Service. In particular, the main focus will be conducting: - + Writing and organising therapy groups (power-point & patient manuals) + Assisting with recruitment for step 2 & step 3 groups + Co-facilitating (Step 2 & 3) groups where appropriate + Calling patients to ascertain administrative information. + Outreach work/projects. + Auditing and Data analysis for treatments. + Ad-hoc tasks instructed by management. + Conducting triages (under close clinical supervision) + Holding a small caseload of clients accessing 1:1 therapy

• (this only relates to applicants that are affiliated to an accredited university studying psychological therapy-CBT)
Benefits We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT: + A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. + A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity. + Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. + Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern. Supporting our Armed Forces We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

We are looking for undergraduate and postgraduates Psychology students or in other social science fields, to join our Honorary team of clinician's within a Excelling performance IAPT service - Havering Talking Therapies!! You will have a passion and interest in mental health, providing high standards of primary care support (assessment and CBT intervention both via group and 1:1 format) and keen motivation in pursuing a career as a Psychological Wellbeing practitioner or Trainee CBT Therapist. 1 year - Hon. Asst Psychologist/Therapist (Havering Talking Therapies (IAPT) Post Title: Honorary Assistant Practitioner/Psychologist Grade: Honorary placement (i.e. unpaid) Equivalent level: Band 3 - 4 Hours: Part-time minimum of 3 days (21.0 hours) per week for a minimum of 6 consecutive months and a maximum of 12 months generally

Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT. Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video