Job Summary
We are looking for an Assistant Psychologists for the Croydon CAMHS Keeping in Touch Team who offer a mental health service to children and adolescents with moderate to severe mental health disorders and/or ADHD.
You will contribute to the provision of services to meet the needs of these young people by supporting initial assessments and preparation of draft reports, supporting the running of parent information groups and supporting initiatives to reduce waiting times.
Career Progression pathways and development opportunities: We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support their career aspirations. For this role, we regularly offer support to Assistant Psychologists looking to progress on to a career in Clinical Psychology by gaining a place on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme. Group and Individual supervision are offered to Assistants in the aim of helping them to progress in their career.
Main duties of the job
- To assist practitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist assessments and interventions. Working collaboratively to assess the needs of the service users, planning, implementing and evaluating the care given in the Croydon treatment team
- To provide clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision, of a practitioner psychologist. This may involve co-facilitation of psychoeducation and therapeutic groups.
- To assist in clinically related administration, e.g. assessment/discharge reports, conduct audits, collect statistics, develop audit and/or research projects.
- To work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, while closely supervised and regularly seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A First-class or Upper-second-class Bachelors degree with Honours in Psychology that is accredited by the British Psychological Society and confers the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in related areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
- Experience of paid or voluntary work within a Mental health setting
- Experience of paid or voluntary work with children with mental health problems
- An ability to develop a therapeutic relationship.
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience
Desirable
- Experience of improving patient experience of the clinical environment
- Experience of working with individuals with a neurodevelopmental disorder.
Skills
Essential
- Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis.
- Good theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by children and adolescents with mental health conditions and with neurodevelopmental conditions and of methods of assessment and treatment. Awareness of racial and diversity issues through attendance of relevant training. Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, sensitive or contentious information to clients, families and colleagues.
- Consultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups within own service.
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. Ability to identify and follow relevant clinical governance procedures.
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions.
Desirable
- Skilled in the communication of sensitive issues.
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, participating in effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
- Ability to communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to people who may have impediments to understanding. (A/I)
Desirable
- Ability to co-facilitate therapeutic groups. (A/I)
- Ability to conduct psychological assessment of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. (A)
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.
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: 16 October 2025
