Assistant Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Job Summary

This is an innovative service offering assessment and treatment of young people between 14 and 25 with a variety of complex mental health needs. We are looking for psychology graduates with previous Assistant Psychologist or relevant clinical experience who are interested in working with young people with emotional and mental health difficulties, who can be compassionate, thoughtful and have the ability to apply psychological theory to their work.

Weekly supervision for this post will be provided by a clinical psychologist within the team.We have good links with the University of East Anglia (UEA) Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme with previous post holders having been accepted onto the clinical doctorate and regularly have Trainee Clinical Psychologists on placement.

We request that as part of your application you answer the following question in 500 words or less at the beginning of the supporting information section on your application form:

“How may you need to differentiate your treatment offer for young people accessing our moderate to severe mental health service to meet their needs?”

**Please note that applications that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered for shortlisting**

 

Main duties of the job

Within this role the post holder will have the opportunity to help assess, formulate and deliver a range of psychological interventions to young people and families across the CAMHS age range, as well as opportunities for delivering both group and family interventions. Working as part of the MDT this role will involve working with staff to offer psychologically informed care, develop psychological formulations as well as supporting the wider team with undertaking routine outcome measures and reporting on these outcomes.

Further responsibilities of this post will be conducting reviews alongside Clinical Psychologists within the team, supporting the wider psychological therapies team and supporting with monitoring of clients on waiting lists. There will also be the opportunity to be involved in service evaluation.

 

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A BPS accredited degree in Psychology

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of quantitative research

Desirable

  • Experience of research in the NHS.

Skills

Essential

  • Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.

Desirable

  • Presentation skills
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues.
  • Presentation Skills.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of mental health
  • High standard of report writing
  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care

Desirable

  • An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
  • An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context.

other

Essential

  • An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
  • Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
  • Ability to travel independently

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: 09 June 2026

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