Assistant Clinical Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

Do you have experience or a keen interest in working in a mental health service for young people and improving the lives of young people living with anxiety and depression?

If so, our Assistant Psychologist role may be just right for you!

This is a post in our developing CAMHS Cognitive Behaviour Therapy pathway and is part of a wider, well established Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) in Brighton and Hove. We are dedicated to providing a high-quality CBT service that complements the work of our wider CAMHS colleagues, and this role will include explore ways in which to meaningfully evaluate the effectiveness of our work with children and young people.

Sussex CAMHS is also involved in supporting innovative practice using digital technologies and part of this role is likely to involve supporting us to implement these new platforms into our practice.

 

Main duties of the job

To assist qualified CAMHS staff in responding to children, young people in need of mental health support.

To assist with the provision of psychological interventions for young people in CAMHS.

To provide a key role, under supervision, in the monitoring, implementing, collecting and analysis of outcome measures within CAMHS.

To contribute to relevant evaluation, audit and project work, including carrying out relevant literature reviews, preparing databases and writing reports.

The post holder will have their work managed and supervised by a Clinical Psychologist.

We know services improve when they listen to the people who use them, and we are committed to creating a culture of shared decision making within our CAMHS service. Subsequently, in B+H CAMHS we are working hard to find new ways to involve young people and their families in the decisions made about them, and in service improvement initiatives.

This role will provide opportunities, alongside colleagues, to work under the guidance of our participation manager to help exploring new and creative ways of involving our young people in their care and service developments. This may involve activities such as helping to facilitate the local participation groups, focus groups and feedback sessions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Honours degree at 2:1 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: 15 June 2025

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