Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good honours degree in Psychology (2.i or above). Eligibility for Graduate Membership of BPS
• To undertake breakaway training or equivalent following appointment.

Desirable

• Advanced keyboard skills
• Other related academic qualifications at the Master’s or Doctorate level.

Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• The ability to communicate complex/ sensitive information where barriers to understanding exist. For example, instances requiring empathy and reassurance.
• The ability to make judgements involving a range of facts or situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options. Also skills for assessing children/young people in one-to-one sessions, group dynamics, or those who are participating in research.
• The ability to organise straightforward tasks, activities, or programmes, some of which may be ongoing. Also, the ability to plan and prioritise own workload, research programme activities, group sessions, etc.
• Working to Professional Guidelines.
• Must be capable of working within guidelines; receives regular supervision/ direction

Desirable

• Ability to use routinely available spreadsheet/database software (Excel, Access, etc.)
• Record of having published in either peer-reviewed, academic, or professional journals and/or books

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable relevant work experience or knowledge of working with children, young people or adults with mental health difficulties.

Desirable

• Relevant work experience with adolescents with mental health problems.
• Desire to progress to Clinical Training (DClinPsy)
• Relevant work experience with young people or adults with Eating Disorders.

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).