Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 4 Research Assistant Psychologist - Bristol
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Research Assistant Psychologist
We are looking for a committed Research Assistant Psychologist to support the development of an evidence base for two key areas of our Integrated Non-Custodial Service (IN-CS). You will be supporting the planning and delivery of service evaluations of our Peer Wellbeing Service and the Women's Criminal Justice Pathway, across Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire. Due to the nature of the project, you will need to commit to working on the project for 12 months. This role will provide valuable research and evaluation skills, and clinical contact will be limited to data collection with both service users and peers. There may also be opportunities for training and other continuing professional development activities relating to your role. You will receive regular clinical supervision to support you in your role.
Please see Key Local Information document for further information about these roles.
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This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
Role
You will be supporting the planning, implementation, and evaluation of two service evaluation projects across the AWP footprint. Under the supervision of a qualified Forensic Psychologist, your role will include:
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- Researching and understanding the current service specification for the Peer Wellbeing Service and the Women's Criminal Justice Pathway.
- In conjunction with the wider research team, exploring the options to use both quantitative and qualitative data in meeting the aims of the service evaluations.
- Taking a lead role in data collection, which will include some clinical contact with service users and peers, through interviews and potentially focus groups.
- Supporting data analysis under supervision.
- Contributing to the writing up and dissemination of research reports.
- Engaging in regular clinical supervision with a qualified Forensic Psychologist, as well as other members of the team.
- Opportunities for continuing professional development, via training, shadowing, and connections with other criminal justice services within IN-CS.
About Us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities, and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire.
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We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective, and provide a positive all-round experience for our patients, families, and carers. We believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect, and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million people.
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.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Darius Cavina
- Job title: Consultant Forensic Psychologist for IN-CS
- Email address: darius.cavina@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07771930677
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