Assistant Psychologist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS healthcare provider is seeking enthusiastic psychology graduates for Assistant Psychologist roles across multiple locations in Greater London. The positions focus on supporting data collection for mental health treatments, with opportunities for hands-on clinical work under supervision. Candidates must have a psychology degree and a passion for working with children and young people facing complex mental health challenges.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for experience in clinical settings

Access to staff training and development programs

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic psychology graduates keen to gain experience.
• Ability to support data collection and therapy sessions.
• Interest in working with complex mental health difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Support data collection processes for clinical outcome monitoring.
• Assist in assessments, consultations, and therapeutic work.
• Participate in the DBT skills group and related clinical tasks.

Skills

Experience with children and young people

Ability to support data collection processes

Interest in clinical psychology

Teamwork and collaboration skills

Education

Psychology degree

Job description

Assistant Psychologist – 3 posts

Positions: 1) Bexley CAMHS, Park Crescent, Erith, DA8 3EE. 2) Greenwich CAMHS, Woolwich Centre & Highpoint House. 3) Oxleas CAMHS DBT Team, Highpoint House (Greenwich) & Stepping Stones (Bromley) for DBT group on Thursdays.

We are seeking enthusiastic, highly motivated psychology graduates keen to gain experience to progress towards clinical psychology training. All posts are focused on supporting data collection processes for Children and Young Peoples IAPT (CYP-IAPT), including clinical outcome monitoring & service-user satisfaction. The primary task in these roles is to support data collection. There are opportunities to undertake clinical work under supervision from a Clinical Psychologist. The post holder will support assessments, consultations and direct therapeutic work.

Post 1 – Bexley CAMHS

You will join a multidisciplinary team working with children and young people with complex mental health difficulties. You will work with four assistant psychologists within Bexley CAMHS. Staff describe that work in Bexley CAMHS a warm and caring environment across the whole service. Bexley CAMHS is based in a newly refurbished, purposely designed building, easily accessible from Kent, SE and East London, as well as parts of Essex and Surrey. There is parking on site and nearby streets. There are excellent public transport links including a direct train to Erith from London Bridge in under 40 mins. Main duties of the job.

Post 2 – Greenwich CAMHS

This is an exciting opportunity to join specialist teams, the Early Intervention in Schools Team (EIT) in CAMHS & the Integrated Clinical Team (ICT) in Children's Services. The teams offer specialist mental health expertise for CYP experiencing difficulties in behaviour/emotional well-being & vulnerable to mental health difficulties. ICT works alongside Children's services staff with YP & families open to social care, where YP experience anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, family conflict, gender related distress or trauma experiences. The team offer therapeutic treatments to YP/families. EIT provide training to schools, consultation & brief evidence-based intervention. The post holder will work with clinicians, e.g. Clinical Psychologists, Family Therapists & Psychotherapists.

Post 3 – DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy) Team

Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) is an intensive evidence-based treatment for YP aged 13-17 with persistent self-harm & suicidal behaviour due to emotion dysregulation. DBT is community-based and aims to help YP understand harmful behaviours, replace these with more skilful behaviours and help them create a life they want to live. The post holder will assist in clinical admin, collection of KPIs, development of audit/research projects and teaching, plus clinical work, supporting the weekly DBT skills group for YP & parents/carers, and assessments. It is essential to have an interest in working with YP with self harm/suicidal behaviour in a DBT service, to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.

Our Values

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

About Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas Trust has consistently achieved high ratings in quality assessments, patient & staff surveys with a culture of supporting staff. 'Building a Fairer Oxleas', is a programme of work involving staff across directorates, committed to making changes that positively impact all staff, but particularly BAME, disabled and LGBT+ staff. Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services in community and secure environment settings, including community health care e.g. district nursing and speech & language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages. We work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 staff members work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and into Kent. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose