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Psychology
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Band 5
Contract
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Oriau
  • Llawnamser
  • Gweithio hyblyg
37.5 awr yr wythnos
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350-SC8081175
Cyflogwr
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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NHS
Gwefan
Rodney Street
Tref
Liverpool
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£32,073 - £39,043 per annum
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Yn cau
06/07/2026 23:59
Dyddiad y cyfweliad
22/07/2026

Teitl cyflogwr

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Psychologist

Band 5

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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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Trosolwg o'r swydd

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Mersey Care to work as an Assistant Psychologist for the Mental Health Treatment Requirement across Merseyside. This service provides the assessments and psychological interventions with people who have been given Mental Health Treatment Requirements. 

There are currently 3 vacancies -  to work across Liverpool & Sefton Probation Offices.  

The service covers Merseyside and Cheshire, working across the courts and probation services in these regions.  You will spend your mornings at court assessing individuals for their suitability for an MHTR.  You will  also work across their local National Probation services, where you will provide short term psychological intervention. As such, travel is apart of this role.

You will be part of a wider team with regular supervision, joint working, CPD,  and reflective practice. 

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The role will be to provide short-term psychological interventions for a range of psychological difficulties and experiences, including low mood and anxiety, anger, loss, trauma, interpersonal problems and learning difficulties. There will also be the opportunity to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

The post holder will be expected to work in a range of settings. 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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.

Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and requirements of the role.

Manyleb y person

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • A Degree in psychology.
  • Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities as an assistant psychologist or PWP worker.
  • Experience of using psychological assessments, formulations, interventions, risk.
  • Experience of working with people who have to potential to become aggressive and being able to respond appropriately
  • Experience of MDT working and the voluntary sector.
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Experience of working with offenders

Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • An understanding of trauma.
  • An understanding of the Criminal Justice System
  • An ability to apply. psychological knowledge to the context of people’s lives.

Skills

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
  • Has training and experience of audit, evaluation and research
  • An ability to interact with a diverse range of people with complex presentations
  • Ability to work with individuals with a history of violence and/or sexual offending
  • Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team as well as independently reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
  • An ability to work as part of a team and maintain good relationships with colleagues
  • Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
  • Ability to cope with and maintain professional boundaries
  • Align to Trust policies and Procedures
  • Ability to meet the travel requirements for the post.
  • Manage own personal safety being mindful of the potential risk of others including and managing the situation appropriately
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, especially SPSS for Windows
  • An interest in working with offenders
  • A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology

Values

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Continuous improvement – committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all.
  • Accountability – taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care.
  • Respect – how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way.
  • Enthusiasm – demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it.
  • Support – actively supporting others with compassion and courage.

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Dr Mark Walton
Teitl y swydd
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
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[email protected]
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