Assistant Psychologist

The Mental Health Integrated Community Service (MHICS) in Slough has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Psychologist (full time, Monday-Friday 9-5) to join our multidisciplinary team, with some work across the rest of East Berkshire. This vacancy will be available from late July/early August 2024.

MHICS is a community-based mental health service. We work closely with GP Surgeries, Drug and Alcohol Services and Talking Therapies; providing short-term treatment to people whose mental health needs are such that they require more intensive and specialist treatment than Primary Care alone can provide, but who do not generally require Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) involvement. However, we also work very closely and share and office with the CMHT, and many of our patients have had treatment from the CMHT earlier in their recovery journey.

Assistant Psychologists deliver a range of short-term interventions within MHICS under the supervision of a qualified Psychologist. This includes helping service users to access and work with online CBT packages, often as an adjunct to therapeutic intervention with other members of the team, but also as a stand-alone. The role may also include co-facilitating group work online and Face-to-Face.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about this vacancy, please contact Dr Masrita Ishaq (Principal Counselling Psychologist) at [email protected]

• Work under the supervision of a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to fulfil duties associated with the provision of psychological interventions to service users with significant mental health issues.
• Collaborate with service users and their families/carers as appropriate to develop individual and achievable goals and to enable service users to work towards recovery.
• Provide specific, time limited support to service users accessing online CBT.
• Provide additional psychological support within MHICS as required.
• Assess/monitor risks and act to manage these in discussion/collaboration with supervisor or other colleagues to ensure these are appropriately and safely managed.
• Provide information to other team members and multi-agency colleagues to support the particular needs of the service user and to ensure any risks are appropriately managed.
• Ensure clinical records, letters, reports, and other data entry requirements are complete, up to date and of a good quality in line with relevant policies and are reviewed by the supervisor before being shared appropriately within the limits of confidentiality.
• Develop and maintain relationships with other teams and professionals from other agencies as required to facilitate a coordinated approach and to provide mental health information and advice as required.
  
  

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
  
  

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits Of Working For Us Include

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Natasha Berthollier Job title: Consultant Counselling Psychologist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01753 690950