Honorary Assistant Psychologist/ Therapist inRomford inRomford PUBLISHED 23 SEP 2024

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


Department:
Havering IAPT (NELFT)


Reports to:
CBT Therapist/Senior HI Therapist


Accountable to:
Clinical Lead or Service Manager


Location:
Various locations in the Borough of Havering (Petersfield Centre & Gubbins Lane)

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


Key Responsibilities


  • Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the clinical/training element of the post.
  • Apply learning from the training programme in practice.
  • Receive supervision from educational providers in relationship to course work to meet the required standards.
  • 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!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Murphy Job title: PWP Team Lead Email address: Telephone number:

Hannah Murphy

PWP Team
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

Department:
Havering IAPT (NELFT)

Reports to:
CBT Therapist/Senior HI Therapist

Accountable to:
Clinical Lead or Service Manager

Location:
Various locations in the Borough of Havering (Petersfield Centre & Gubbins Lane)

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


Key Responsibilities

  • Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the clinical/training element of the post.
  • Apply learning from the training programme in practice.
  • Receive supervision from educational providers in relationship to course work to meet the required standards.
  • 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!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Murphy Job title: PWP Team Lead Email address: Telephone number:

Hannah Murphy

PWP Team


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