Assistant Psychologist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Denbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services provider in the UK is seeking an Assistant Psychologist to join their team at HMP Channings Wood. The role involves providing psychological assessments and therapy services within a trauma-informed care approach. Candidates should have a degree in psychology and demonstrate strong teamwork and intervention skills. NHS employment benefits are included, along with ongoing personal development opportunities.

Benefits

NHS employment benefits

Career development opportunities

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Support and enhance the psychological care of offenders.
• Provide psychological assessments and interventions under supervision.
• Work independently according to agreed plans with qualified psychologists.

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychological therapy services to service users at HMP Channings Wood.
• Assist with clinically related administration tasks.
• Participate in audits, statistics collection, and research projects.

Skills

Compassionate care

Knowledge of psychological assessments

Motivated teamwork

Therapeutic intervention skills

Education

Degree in psychology

Job description

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast-paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, regardless of their past?

We are currently expanding our recruitment and looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable, and motivated Assistant Psychologist to join our friendly team at HMP Channings Wood.

Our healthcare team has a real impact on promoting health and well-being for those in prison. We pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instill hope for patients' future resettlement into the community. We deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy, and Clinical Substance Misuse services in an integrated healthcare model to provide effective and responsive care, improving wellbeing and supporting better outcomes.

As part of our mental health team, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (including pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service that encourages career and personal development to enhance your clinical and interpersonal skills.

Interviews will be held in person at HMP Channings Wood on Monday, 8th September 2025. Please note that all interviews will be conducted face-to-face and not via Microsoft Teams.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this position.

As an Assistant Psychologist at HMP Channings Wood, you will support and enhance the professional psychological care of offenders. This includes providing psychological assessments and interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with the psychologist, and within the team’s policies and procedures. You will also assist with clinically related administration, audits, statistics collection, research projects, and teaching.

Specifically, you will deliver psychological therapy services to service users at HMP Channings Wood. You will be part of the integrated mental health team within the prison, offering services ranging from self-help literature to individual and group therapies. The team operates within a trauma-informed care model, supporting prison colleagues through teaching, training, and consultation.

Oxleas provides a wide range of NHS healthcare services to community and secure environments. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services, covering prisons in Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, and South London.

Our services also include community healthcare such as district nursing, speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health services including psychiatry, nursing, and therapies.

We operate over 125 sites across the South of England.

Our Purpose: To improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families, supported by our core values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Jessica Brookes
Job title: Forensic Psychologist
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]