Job overview

To support and enhance the professional psychological care provided to young people and to provide support to professionals working with those young people within NSFT and Norfolk County Council, across all aspects of care;

Providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist and within the overall framework of the teams’ policies and procedures. 

To assist in clinically related administration, teaching, and project work. 

To take part in research; to collect, input and analyse routine data and to report this to clinical teams, managers, and others, including stakeholders.

Main duties of the job

To carry out protocol based and HSB specific psychological assessments of patients, including neuropsychological tests, self- report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi- structured interviews with patients and others involved in their care, under the supervision of a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist.  
 
To assist in the formulation and delivery of patient care involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a patient’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist.

Where required and appropriate, to assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups, under the supervision of a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist.  
 
Where required and appropriate, to prepare psychology reports, under the supervision of a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist.  
 
Where required and appropriate, to attend and contribute to appropriate multi- disciplinary meetings.  
 
To discharge statutory social care functions as delegated under Section 75 agreement with Norfolk County Council for Service Users and Carers on behalf of the organisation (For Norfolk Service Users only).  
 
To provide appropriate health and social care interventions according to service users’ recovery goals (For Norfolk Service Users only).  
 
To assess health and social care needs as part of an integrated team and implement/commission packages of care where appropriate. (For Norfolk Service Users only) 

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.