Assistant Psychologist - HMP Feltham • Feltham Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nAssistant Psychologist - HMP Feltham with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust in Feltham, England, United Kingdom\n\n Job Overview To support and enhance the psychological care of adults across the Wellbeing Service in HMYOI Feltham. This includes providing mental health assessment and interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist, and within the overall REFRESHED framework. Main duties of the job To participate in clinical governance and utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the multi-disciplinary team To undertake clinically-related administration and project work To provide assessments and mental health interventions to clients under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist To work independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the clinic’s policies and procedures To liaise with other professional services (OMU, Probation services, CAMHS/CMHTs, Social Care) sharing information where appropriate To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work. Working for our organisation We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL. The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings. Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities To support psychologists in the assessment of adults within HMYOI Feltham. This may include using self-report measures, risk assessment, rating scales, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care. Assessments will involve making judgements involving complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options, as well as requiring prolonged concentration To work in a highly emotive atmosphere with clients with offending histories and / or mental health problems on a regular basis, and be able to communicate sensitive and complex information, whilst maintaining a high degree of professionalism at all times To attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings To support psychologists in preparing for and conducting psychological interventions, both group and individual. To co-facilitate groups with both psychology and non-psychology colleagues when appropriate To work closely with senior colleagues to ensure information in relation to risk is collected and communicated sensitively and comprehensively To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry and recording To attend and contribute to other prison meetings, and to present the view of Mental Health Team for relevant clinical issues. To ensure any actions taken from these meetings are met or that the appropriate individual to carry out the action is informed To ensure that efficient pathways of care are being created for the clients, including collecting collateral information for new clients and making appropriate referrals into the community when they are approaching discharge To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific patient group and mental health. To ensure that all aspects of professional activity (e.g. communication with patients, relatives, colleagues as well as in the assessment, development/delivery of interventions) issues of diversity such as race, culture, identity, gender and sexuality are sensitively considered and incorporated to reflect individual differences appropriately. Person specification Experience Essential criteria Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or offending behaviour problems and/or other disabilities Desirable criteria Experience of paid work in direct care provision. Experience of working in prisons or secure settings. Experience of co-facilitating psychosocial groups. Experience of working within a team. Experience of using computers for databases or data-analysis, especially SPSS for Windows Training & Qualifications Essential criteria Achieved or working towards an upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology Achieved or working towards entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society Achieved or working towards entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society Desirable criteria Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis. Knowledge & Skills Essential criteria High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive. Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses service user’s particular needs. An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities. An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental "}