Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology.
• *Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.

Desirable

• *Further post-graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice, and/or research design and analysis.

Experience

Essential

• *Experience of work with people with mental health problems or disabilities, or other relevant problems or disabilities (e.g. learning disabilities, organic impairment).
• *Previous experience as an Assistant Psychologist (paid or unpaid), Assistant Clinical Psychology Practitioner (paid or unpaid), Research Psychologist in an applied clinical setting or qualified member of a relevant health care profession.
• *An awareness and understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems and disabilities and of contemporary issues in the field.
• *An awareness and understanding of the differential needs of people from black and minority ethnic communities and from other minority groups and of the service issues arising within a multi-cultural urban area.
• *Awareness of boundary issues between professionals and between clients and psychologists.
• *An understanding of statistical analysis commensurate with an honours degree in psychology.

Desirable

• *Paid work in a setting providing direct care.
• *Experience working with patients affected by neurological and/or other physical health conditions.
• *Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
• *Experience of collecting research data, including questionnaire design and interviewing.
• *Experience using microcomputers and associated software for purposes of data analysis and reporting, including databases and statistical programmes such as SPSS.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Adaptable and able to work flexibly when required (e.g. in the light of changing service priorities).
• *Capacity for tolerating frustration, change and high levels of demand with an ability to work effectively under pressure.
• *Capacity to attend to and concentrate on clinical and research related information on a frequent basis (e.g. when undertaking client assessments or analysing statistical data) and to concentrate for prolonged periods of time on an at least occasional basis (e.g. when undertaking psychometric assessment).
• *Capacity to frequently sit in constrained positions for client assessment and therapy.
• *A commitment to the involvement of service users and carers on the development and delivery of mental health and other care services.

Desirable

• *An interest in working with people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
• *A desire to explore a career in professional psychology.

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 November 2025

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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