Assistant Psychologist

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We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist to join our team at Cygnet Sedgley House & Lodge.

This role will be working full time, 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday.

Cygnet Sedgley House and Lodge offer a 34 bed high dependency inpatient rehabilitation service for men with complex needs as well as supporting 8 beds in our community step-down houses. The service is designed to provide an environment that promotes mental health recovery by focusing on space, personal privacy and dignity.

Cygnet Sedgley House and Lodge is a multi-disciplinary and psychologically informed service. The focus is on nurturing an enabling environment to deliver a clinical model, developed specifically to meet the needs of service users within an operational framework, providing a high quality environment for promoting long-term recovery.

Your Day-to-Day…
We are seeking an academically strong candidate to support and enhance the psychological care of patients at the service by assisting the Qualified Psychologist with;
• Contributing to assessments, scoring and reporting (verbal / written)
• Clinical formulation and implementing care plans for psychological treatment
• Planning, delivering and evaluating individual / group programmes
• Administration, audit, research and service development

We’re looking for someone who is…
• Salary: £28,826.70 per year
• Degree qualified in Psychology (2:1 or above) or equivalent
• BPS (British Psychological Society) Accredited
• Preferably experienced in health care and/or in an Assistant Psychologist role
• Passionate about learning and working as part of an interdisciplinary team
• Qualified to Master’s degree level or higher in Psychology (preferable)

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…
• Company pension scheme
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme and discount centre e.g. NHS card
• Free meals
• Internal and external CPD opportunities
• Opportunities to become involved in research
• Clinical supervision and peer support

Requirements
Contracted hours: 40 per week

Please note: successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

What next?

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