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At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.
We are seeking dynamic and motivated Assistant Psychologists who are enthusiastic about working with and improving the quality of life of adults with intellectual disability to join our multi-disciplinary teams (MDT). One post is within the Community Learning Disabilities Team (CLDT) based in Warrington (Wakefield House), and the other at Prescot (Willis House). The successful applicants will work under the supervision of clinical psychologists within the respective teams.These roles will involve supporting the work of the multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) alongside self-advocates, their families and/or carers, as appropriate. Our MDTs are holistically minded in respect to care, understanding, and support provided. We have an active group of Assistant Psychologists within our Community Learning Disability Services who meet regularly. We also meet regularly as a broader pan borough team of psychologists working within this specialism. There are opportunities for professional skills development and engagement in service-related projects.
The successful candidate’s role will involve supporting and enhancing the psychological care of clients within the service, proactively addressing psychological needs. The role comprises psychological assessment, formulation and intervention, audit and service evaluation, and administrative support as required.
The successful candidate will receive excellent support and regular supervision from a qualified Clinical Psychologist and training opportunities for continuing professional development. The team have good links with the Liverpool, Lancaster, and Manchester Doctoral Programmes. Applicants should hold a good honours degree, which confers Graduate Basis for Registration of the British Psychological Society. The ability means and willingness to travel between multiple sites in the course of performing duties is essential in this post. The role will involve regular travel across multiple sites in the Mersey Care mid-Mersey catchment area. Therefore, the post holder must be able to meet the travel requirements of this post. Please indicate on your application how you meet this requirement.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alastair Barrowcliff Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number:
We are seeking dynamic and motivated Assistant Psychologists who are enthusiastic about working with and improving the quality of life of adults with intellectual disability to join our multi-disciplinary teams (MDT). One post is within the Community Learning Disabilities Team (CLDT) based in Warrington (Wakefield House), and the other at Prescot (Willis House). The successful applicants will work under the supervision of clinical psychologists within the respective teams.
These roles will involve supporting the work of the multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) alongside self-advocates, their families and/or carers, as appropriate. Our MDTs are holistically minded in respect to care, understanding, and support provided. We have an active group of Assistant Psychologists within our Community Learning Disability Services who meet regularly. We also meet regularly as a broader pan borough team of psychologists working within this specialism. There are opportunities for professional skills development and engagement in service-related projects.
The successful candidate’s role will involve supporting and enhancing the psychological care of clients within the service, proactively addressing psychological needs. The role comprises psychological assessment, formulation and intervention, audit and service evaluation, and administrative support as required.
The successful candidate will receive excellent support and regular supervision from a qualified Clinical Psychologist and training opportunities for continuing professional development. The team have good links with the Liverpool, Lancaster, and Manchester Doctoral Programmes. Applicants should hold a good honours degree, which confers Graduate Basis for Registration of the British Psychological Society. The ability means and willingness to travel between multiple sites in the course of performing duties is essential in this post. The role will involve regular travel across multiple sites in the Mersey Care mid-Mersey catchment area. Therefore, the post holder must be able to meet the travel requirements of this post. Please indicate on your application how you meet this requirement.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alastair Barrowcliff Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number:
These roles will involve supporting the work of the multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) alongside self-advocates, their families and/or carers, as appropriate. Our MDTs are holistically minded in respect to care, understanding, and support provided. We have an active group of Assistant Psychologists within our Community Learning Disability Services who meet regularly. We also meet regularly as a broader pan borough team of psychologists working within this specialism. There are opportunities for professional skills development and engagement in service-related projects.
The successful candidate’s role will involve supporting and enhancing the psychological care of clients within the service, proactively addressing psychological needs. The role comprises psychological assessment, formulation and intervention, audit and service evaluation, and administrative support as required.
The successful candidate will receive excellent support and regular supervision from a qualified Clinical Psychologist and training opportunities for continuing professional development. The team have good links with the Liverpool, Lancaster, and Manchester Doctoral Programmes. Applicants should hold a good honours degree, which confers Graduate Basis for Registration of the British Psychological Society. The ability means and willingness to travel between multiple sites in the course of performing duties is essential in this post. The role will involve regular travel across multiple sites in the Mersey Care mid-Mersey catchment area. Therefore, the post holder must be able to meet the travel requirements of this post. Please indicate on your application how you meet this requirement.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alastair Barrowcliff Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number:
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