Job summary
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit an experienced passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Senior Assistant Psychologistto join our Children and Young People’s Service (ChYPS) Springtide Day Service based at Aldrington House, East Sussex.
You will be joining a service of highly skilled and experienced Family and Systemic Psychotherapists, Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Psychology and Assistant Psychologists, Nurses, Dietitian, Support Workers and Occupational Therapists. Our team is responsible for covering all of Sussex.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will support and enhance the professional psychological care to young people within the Child and Young People’s Service (ChYPS). Liaise with families/carers, other professionals and organisations to promote communication and good practice.
You will have prior experience of working with eating disorders and/or young people and families, and experience of using therapeutic models associated with this client group.
You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing psychological assessments and interventions within the scope appropriate to level of experience and training.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS
- Experience of working with people with disabilities, in a health or Mental Health setting and or work with people with complex needs
- Relevant Clinical and Research skills
- Basic knowledge of databases, research skills and methodology
- Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact
- To assimilate complex information and use reflective/analytic thinking, to apply psychological perspectives in work with clients
- Information technology skills. To have highly developed IT skills and good working knowledge of statistical packages
- Capable of using initiative and organise work to agreed goals. Ability to work independently and know when to ask for and use supervision, identifying when there is need for advice and using supervision at agreed intervals
Desirable
- Experience of the use of psychometric tests
- Experience of in-patient settings
- Experience of teaching other health professionals
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 September 2026
