Assistant Psychologist

Clinical (approximately 3 days per week) To provide psychologically informed support through the TIC+ Chat anonymous text/phone drop-in service, including one evening until 9pm. Following the FREED model of intervention for eating difficulties, to provide an initial engagement call with all young people accessing the newly launched TIC+ Eating Difficulties Service (TEDS), allocate the young person to a suitable counsellor (including booking a suitable room) and provide ongoing support. You may also have a role in completing assessment calls for TEDS clients and in occasionally attending the NHS Eating Disorder triage meetings to represent the TEDS team, with support from the TEDS Lead Counsellor. As partto our Coordination and Safeguarding team, to review and assess risk of online referrals, take appropriate safeguarding action and allocate young people to a suitable counsellor.

Prepare for (reading and becoming familiar with Nav Hub referrals for the meeting) and attend the Navigation Hub meeting to contribute to the multi-agency discussion and decision making. To assist in the coordination and delivery of psycho-educational groups and workshops, face-to-face and/or virtually and including evening work. This will involve being available to attend online training on the 1st and 3rd of July, 2024. To receive regular clinical supervision from a qualified clinical psychologist.

TIC+ are leading providers of training and you will be expected to engage in regular internal and external CPD, in consultation with your team manager and supervisor. Clinical Resource Development(approximately 0.5 days per week) To be responsible for the shared resource hub, and ensure all materials added are credible and psychologically informed. To help in the production of teaching material for counselling training, in collaboration with the TIC+ counselling tutors. Participation and Outreach(approximately 0.5 days per week) At TIC+, co-production is key to our approach and you will be involved in running the Young Peoples Voices Group, and the Parent and Carers Voices Group.

This will include recruiting to the group, preparing resources for consultation and facilitating the discussion. Engagement with service users, parents and professionals to include the promotion of TIC+ services through outreach events including school assemblies, mental health awareness events and written materials. You may be required to attend networking events, where you will be expected to represent TIC+ and provide a detailed overview of the charitys services, while building relationships with other local organisations. There may also be opportunities to deliver training sessions to external organisations.

Research and Evaluation(approximately 1 day per week) To have a critical appreciation of the relevant research literature and to produce systematically informed literature reviews when requested. To lead on a service evaluation project, in collaboration with the Clinical Advisor and Research Lead, with the aspiration to publish the findings in a peer reviewed academic journal and increase the national profile of TIC+. You may also be required to develop surveys, interview schedules and written materials to facilitate staff feedback and promote internal engagement with new services and initiatives. Alongside the TIC+ data analyst team, to be involved in the collection and analysis of data related to the above and annual evaluationse.g.