Administration Assistant

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated administration assistant and/or psychology graduate to work alongside an experienced Principal Counselling Psychologist in the Adult Community Psychological Service across South East Essex. The role is a rare opportunity to support and enable a psychologist with a visual impairment, which in turn offers the successful candidate diverse experience of working in a NHS psychology team. This exciting post provides an excellent opportunity to be part of a dynamic and dedicated team. The role is largely admin based but all work is founded in clinical practice.

The Adult Community Psychological service provides a specialist mental health service to the South Essex locality. Services aim to enhance the capacity to deliver psychological therapies and to utilise psychological skills within MDTs. Services have undergone influential restructuring processes to enhance the capacity to deliver psychological therapies and to utilise psychological skills within MDTs. The established Clinical Director of Psychological Services works closely with the senior management team to develop and improve delivery of psychological therapies, and to enable psychologists to develop and implement their leadership skills. This provides an environment for Psychological Services staff to develop their skills through high quality supervision and a supported CPD programme.

To learn more about working within our Services at EPUT, please view our recruitment videos, where members of the team share their experiences and insights into their roles and what it is like working within our Psychological Services, here at EPUT.

Please view our video link here: Psychological Services

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.

Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.

If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.

Benefits

27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.

Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.

Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.

Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

The post holder will work alongside the counselling psychologist providing an Adult Community Psychological Service to the Recovery and Wellbeing Teams (RWT) and in other aspects of their leadership. The RWT delivers care plans aligned to recovery focused outcomes to clients with longer term needs. Psychologists provide direct client contact in the form of assessment and treatment, as well as providing consultation and supervision to other professionals.

The post-holder should have a passion for developing their clinical and research skills, and be keen to work flexibly and in a variety of settings. You will be expected to support a qualified psychologist in the preparation and record keeping of group therapy programmes and specific components of clinical treatment. The role will offer shadowing experiences as well as assisting with report writing, clinical note keeping and managing databases. There will be significant opportunity to gain experience of working in a multidisciplinary team, including witnessing the liaison with allied professionals, experiencing how psychologists contribute to the sharing of psychological knowledge and case discussion. Remaining time will include attending referrals meetings with the locality psychologist, participating in departmental forums and providing transport between sites as needed. Your work will be closely supervised by the locality psychologist and you will therefore also gain experience of the supervisory process.