Trosolwg o'r swydd

** Please note this vacancy may close before the end date due to a high volumes of applicants. **

We are looking for a highly skilled, compassionate assistant psychologist to join us in Pennine Care NHS foundation trust CAMHS. 

Why Pennine Care CAMHS?

We are passionate about staff well-being and compassionate leadership in the CAMHS Care Hub. 

We support staff to work flexibly and recognise and respect the roles our colleagues hold outside of their working hours.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the top of our agenda. We believe that a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture is vital; that everyone’s value should be recognised and respected.

We proactively challenge injustices, and are the only Trust in the North West to publicly recognise our commitment to becoming anti-racist and supporting our transgender and non-binary colleagues. We also have thriving staff networks to make sure everyone has a voice.

We are committed to staff development and have an extensive psychological therapies training programme

Our trust values are:

 Kindness, Fairness, Ingenuity and Determination

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

We are looking for a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join our inpatient CAMHS team. A  passion for working with young people and their families and a commitment to Pennine Care values is essential.

The successful candidate with work as part of a diverse MDT to support the needs of young people with complex difficulties. Under the supervision of a qualified psychologist, there will be opportunities for some  work with young people and their families. The Assistant Psychologist will work within the psychological therapies team to support and enhance the psychological care of young people within the service. You will assist in the delivery of psychological interventions (1:1 and group), and clinically related administration, including clinical audit, service evaluation and research.  You will also support the qualified psychologists in teaching and project work.

The  accompanying  Day Service is currently in development with working hours expected to be Monday-Sunday 8am-8pm. There is an expectation that the successful candidate would work into this service once established. 

Does this sound like you?  If so we’d love you to join us.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.