Assistant Psychologist/ Family Worker

Role Overview & Responsibilities

This is an exciting opportunity for aninnovative and dynamic Assistant Psychologist/Family Worker who enjoys working collaboratively and interacting with other multi agency partners, children, young people and their families.

The Specialist Mental Health Learning Disability Service is an exciting new team that will transform the support mechanisms for children and young people with a learning disability. The new service will be based at Erleigh House which is situated on the Reading University Campus.

The post holder will have a dual role:
1. A key project focus on improving the use and collection of data (including service user outcomes and satisfaction) and producing innovative and simple methods to clearly show key stakeholders, in layman’s terms, how our interventions improve the mental health outcomes for children and young people with a mental health condition and a learning disability. This will also include working with local and regional colleagues on how we demonstrate the impact of the service.
2. They will hold a caseload of children and young people who will require evidence-based family support interventions. These interventions will be carried out in the family home and the community (as appropriate).

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

The trust employs almost 5,000 people over more than 100 sites and community settings across Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.

As an inclusive employer, we value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall 100 Top Employer. Whatever your background or individual needs, at Berkshire Healthcare you’ll be supported by friendly and professional managers to succeed.

These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
• Annual leave – 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Salary sacrifice scheme for a new car
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
• Advanced IT enablement and support 
• Confidential telephone care service providing independent support and advice for staff.
• And so much more

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.