Assistant Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Job Summary

Herefordshire CAMHS have an exciting full time opportunity for an aspiring clinical or counselling psychologist. We welcome applications from candidates with a BPS-accredited psychology degree, who are passionate in developing in this area. You will be working with psychologists and other professionals offering psychological interventions as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will also undertake audits, evaluation, support clinical pathways and service development, including developing increased service user involvement and co-creation. You will be supported to develop skills in direct work with children and young people under the supervision of a psychologist. We are seeking someone who has the personal qualities and enthusiasm for placing patient care at the heart of services, highly motivated to learn about and improve the psychological wellbeing and outcomes for children. Skills in research and/or audit skills and applying these to service improvement are essential.

Main duties of the job

Assist, under the supervision of qualified Clinical Psychologists, the clinical psychology assessment and treatment of children and their families.

Take on a small individual caseload for individual treatment under the supervision of an appropriately graded Clinical Psychologist.

Assist in the establishment and execution of psychology led clinical projects

Assist with the cataloguing and maintenance of test and other equipment.

Assist with the collection and interpretation of clinical and research data.

Assist with the preparation and production of clinical, research and teaching materials.

Assist, where appropriate, in teaching programmes which are arranged with the Clinical Psychologists.

Assist colleagues, where appropriate, with the organisation of the service.

Attend such meetings, as appropriate, for the efficient running of the Service

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Contact with children/adolescents either through psychology training or personal experience
  • Some awareness of the work of other agencies e.g., social services
  • Some experience of working in teams

Qualifications

Essential

  • Honours Degree in Psychology with the British Psychological Society ratification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of service evaluation
  • Working knowledge of Health Service structure

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: 25 February 2025

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.