Assistant Psychologist

NHS; Mountain Ash; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Wales is looking for two Assistant Psychologists to join their psychology team. The role involves assisting psychologists in therapy groups, managing a small caseload, and requires a degree in psychology as well as effective communication skills. This is a fixed-term position with potential for full-time hours. Application deadline is 09 October 2025.

Qualifications

• Eligible for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
• Experience working with adults with mental health difficulties.
• Welsh language skills at Level 3 or above are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist CMHT psychologists in preparing and running therapy groups.
• Conduct audits and evaluations for service development.
• Manage a small individual caseload under supervision.

Skills

Communication skills

Research design and methodologies

High level communication in spoken and written form

Working with mental health problems

Education

Upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology

Job description

Go back Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Assistant Psychologist

The closing date is 09 October 2025

This post is fixed term 12 months from start date due to funding

We are pleased to be recruiting two Assistant Psychologists to join our psychology team, due to the current Assistant Psychologists gaining places on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. The roles are supported and supervised by a psychologist.

Each post will be split across two Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) in Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB. Location of each post will be agreed at interview.

Both roles are advertised as 30 hours/week, but there may be scope to increase to full time roles. This could be discussed at interview.

Please note: Wewill not be closing applications earlier than the proposed date, so please take your time with your applications. Interviews will bein person only, unless exceptional circumstances apply.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

The role will involve helping the CMHT psychologists to prepare for and run therapy groups, conduct audits and evaluations, and carry out other tasks to support psychological working and service development in the CMHTs. You will also have a small individual caseload for clinical work which will be fully supported and supervised. You will be joining an innovative psychology service that is integrated into multi-disciplinary teams.

We have good links with the South Wales Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn\'t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn\'t need to have skills in Welsh, we\'ll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn\'t \"fluency\", just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see \"Welsh Language Guidance\" in the documents right at the bottom.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

Person Specification

Qualifications and knowledge

• An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
• Ability to use word processing and computer packages for both report writing, layout.

Experience

• Experience of working with adults with mental health difficulties.

Aptitude and abilities

• Competence in research design and methodologies.
• Possession of high level communication skills both in spoken and written communication, including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
• An ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems. An ability to plan and prioritise own workload.
• An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to an adult mental health context.
• Confidence in working with people with mental health problems and their families.
• Ability to work independently with clinical supervision.
• An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines and be involved in training members of staff.
• An ability to manage emotional issues arising from working with clients in significant distress.
• Welsh language speaking/listening skills at a Level 3 or above.

Other

• Satisfactory DBS check

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.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

£31,516 to £38,364 a yearper annum pro rata