Apprentice Clinical Associate Psychologist (Older Peoples Community)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This Band 5 CAP Apprenticeship (funded through an apprentice levy, which is subject to the 2 year NHS Psychology Professions funding rule) is an eighteen-month full time training role. Your time would be divided between work-based clinical practice, academic teaching at university and independent study, leading to a Masters level qualification. The academic component is delivered by the University of East Anglia using a blended learning approach, with approximately 75% of sessions delivered online and the remainder in-person on campus. The successful applicant MUST be in post when the programme commences on 16th September 2024, ideally before this to allow time to familiarise themselves with the service.

The successful applicant will join our professional and friendly multidisciplinary team. We are proud to say that our teams high standards of care attract positive feedback from our service users and carers on a weekly basis and Community Older People Teams in our Trust are consistently rated as Good by CQC. Would you like to do a job that makes a difference every day, using your skills, experience, and compassion with older people and people of all ages with dementia? Then join us.

The team consists of qualified and trainee Nurses, Clinical Psychologist, Consultant Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, Community Support Workers, and Administration staff. The team work collaboratively to support service users' recovery, including living well with dementia.

The post holder will need to be able to undertake the duties of this post in person - this may entailseeing service users in their own homes, residential settings, acute wards, or in the community. Therefore the ability to travel independently is required.

They will also be required to support and work collaboratively with our colleagues within the CMHT service along with and the other organisations and allied teams in our care group.

Upon successful completion of the CAP apprenticeship end point assessment, it is envisaged that the applicant would progress to a qualified CAP post with the South Older People's Community Service at Band 6.

Please find attached our Job Description (pending evaluation) and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Please note you must be able to provide proof of English and Maths at a grade of level 2 (C) or above to be accepted for this post.

Successful applicants must be able to start in post on or before 27thAugust 2024.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as conferring Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBS), or Bachelors degree plus master degree, or PGDip in Psychology accredited by the BPS as conferring GBC (minimum 2:2)
• Level 2 qualification in both Mathematics and English (e.g. GCSE grades A*-C/9-4 or equivalent)

Experience

• Demonstrate commitment to Masters level study and continued professional development

• Demonstrate experience of evaluation or audit in a healthcare setting; demonstrate how new ways of working can be communicated in a healthcare setting

Knowledge

• Able assess limits of professional boundaries and capacity and understand when to seek appropriate supervision/advice on practice and whom to refer to ensure best care

• Discuss observation or understanding of cognitive-behavioural and other psychological assessment methods used within applied clinical practice to underpin assessment

Other

• Skilled in continuous self-reflection, seeking and responding to support and feedback to develop professional knowledge and skills
• Ability to travel independently where required

Skills

• Communicate effectively, share information and check understanding using clear language and appropriate, written materials, making reasonable adjustments where appropriate in order to optimise people's understanding

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Gateway House

Unit 1, Gateway 11 Business Park, Farrier Close

Wymondham

NR18 0WF

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