Job Title: Assistant Psychologist
Agency: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Norfolk, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 28,392 – 31,157 £ / Year
Job summary
This is an innovative service offering assessment and treatment of young people with a variety of complex mental health needs. We will be moving our age range from up to age 14, to 18 years old. 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:
‘What is important to consider when working with children, young people and their families?’
**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 working with individuals with mental health and additional needs
Skills
Essential
- Ability to adapt communication style and approach to working with a variety of children and young people
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of mental health
- High standard of report writing
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care
Desirable
- Understanding of mental health in relation to children, young people and families
other
Essential
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
- Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle
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: 14 September 2026
How to Apply;
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online for this job
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