Assistant Psychologist
Job Description
Job summary
Cygnet is seeking to recruit a full-time, experienced and motivated Assistant Psychologist to join Cygnet Sherwood House in Mansfield. This role will be working 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday. The post is a permanent position. Sherwood House Cygnet Sherwood House in Mansfield is a 30-bed specialist high dependency inpatient and rehabilitation service for men. Cygnet Sherwood House is a multi-disciplinary and psychologically informed service. The focus is on providing a high quality environment for promoting long-term recovery.
Main duties of the job
At Cygnet, we support our people to grow their careers, gain new skills and keep stepping up. Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others every day.
About us
Cygnet Health Care was established in 1988. Since then we have developed a wide range of services for individuals with mental health needs, autism and learning disabilities within the UK. We have built a reputation for delivering pioneering services and outstanding outcomes for the people in our care. Our expert and highly dedicated care team of 10 000 employees empower 2864 individuals across 150 services to consistently make a positive difference to their lives, through service-user focused care and rehabilitation.
Job responsibilities
Cygnet is seeking to recruit a full-time, experienced and motivated Assistant Psychologist to join Cygnet Sherwood House in Mansfield. This role will be working 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday.
The post is a permanent position.
Sherwood House
Cygnet Sherwood House in Mansfield is a 30-bed specialist high dependency inpatient and rehabilitation service for men.
Cygnet Sherwood House is a multi-disciplinary and psychologically informed service. The focus is on providing a high quality environment for promoting long-term recovery.
Job Role
The role of the Assistant Psychologist will be to support and enhance the psychological care of clients within Sherwood House by assisting the Qualified Psychologist in the delivery and evaluation of effective services that meet Cygnets Healthcare objectives, national strategic and policy guidelines, commissioner requirements and user and carer needs and expectations. To thereby help understand, prevent and ameliorate psychological distress and disorder and improve mental health and wellbeing of clients. The role involves the administration, scoring and report writing of psychometric assessments, standardised risk assessments, clinical formulation and supervised individual and group interventions. Clinical supervision will be provided as an important part of personal and professional development, and additional training will be supported.
Candidate Profile
You will be a strong team player, confident, motivated and well organised. You will have a good understanding of the role of therapeutic boundaries, clinical risk and the importance of evidence-based interventions. Patience and commitment are essential, but above all youll be someone with a genuine desire to help others. We are looking for someone with a good degree in Psychology, further postgraduate training in relevant area of applied psychology and mental health is desirable. Previous experience of working within mental health services and settings is essential, and previous experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist and delivering 1:1 therapeutic work and/or group therapy sessions is essential.
Please note successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
This vacancy may close prior to this date if a large number of applications are received.
Closing date: 04/04/2025
Person Specification
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Cygnet Health Care
Address
Mansfiled
NG21 0HR
