Assistant Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We are seeking to recruit a 1.0 wte Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join a welcoming Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service at Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home in Hailsham, East Sussex. It is an exciting opportunity for a creative individual with good communication and organisation skills and an interest in children and young people’s mental health to work in a dynamic, multi-agency work environment, under the direct supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. You will also be working alongside a Principal Psychologist, a Mental Health Nurse, Physical Health Nurses, an Occupational Therapist and a supportive admin team.

Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home is an 11 bedded social care provision for young people aged 12-17. The young people have complex needs and are described as ‘high need/high vulnerability/high risk’.

The health team’s focus is informed by the Framework for Integrated Care (also known as SECURE STAIRS). This aims to support trauma-informed care and formulation-driven, evidence-based, whole-systems approaches to creating change for young people within the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate (CYPSE).

Main duties of the job

As an Assistant Psychologist, you will be joining our small and welcoming multi-disciplinary health team whose role is to support both the young people and the residential staff within the home.

The post holder’s main responsibilities will be to support the projects relating to service implementation and evaluation which will include the collection of qualitative and quantitative outcome data sets (e.g. depression and anxiety scales); to manage spreadsheets and to use IT skills, critical analysis and presentation skills to conduct evaluations, audits and research; to support assessment (e.g. mental health screening and cognitive assessments) and treatment interventions (e.g. emotional regulation skills work) undertaken by the service as appropriate to level of competence and training; and to contribute to the psycho-educational training groups provided for care staff (e.g. self-harm training and the Therapeutic Parenting group). Should the post holder wish to pursue an application for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, support with application and interview preparation will be available.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Honours degree at 2:2 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • Relevant clinical and research skills
  • Experience of working as part of a team
  • Basic knowledge of databases, research skills and methodology
  • Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a health context
  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 05 March 2025

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