Job overview

Hope Service,

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

The Hope Service offers a PTSD care pathway for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, including victims of trafficking.  We also support people with an asylum seeking background living in Initial Accommodation (IA) hotels across the region. We are offering an opportunity to join us as an Assistant Psychologist. 

The role will involve providing support and assistance to staff and members of the team and undertaking clinical tasks under the supervision of the qualified clinical psychologist.  There will also be an opportunity to get involved with routine ongoing audit, research and service evaluation within the team.

Our service supports with people with a refugee/asylum seeking background and both experience and a passion for working in this field are essential. People with lived experience of seeking asylum are particularly invited to apply. In return we can offer the opportunity to be part of a dynamic and effective team.

The Hope Service works primarily from Gloucester House, Southmead Hospital but the role could involve some remote working and community based work across the area. 

Please note this is a part time (18.75 hours per week) role.

For further information email: [email protected]

Main duties of the job

Main duties are to assist clinical psychologists / therapists and art therapist in tasks including psychological assessment and intervention under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist or art therapist working independently within the limits agreed.

Working for our organisation

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. 

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.  

AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.