Assistant Psychologist

Keys Children; Taunton; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Keys Group is seeking an Assistant Psychologist to support therapeutic, trauma-informed practice across homes in the region, under supervision of qualified clinicians, using the Keys Connect model.

You’ll contribute to CPD and research, develop skills, and help shape high-quality care for children and teams while travelling to services within your region. The role involves working from home with travel and requires a psychology degree and driving license.

Qualifications

• Degree in Psychology or equivalent/related field.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience using IT systems and recording information appropriately.
• Experience working with care-experienced children and families.

Responsibilities

• Support assessment and therapeutic care of children and young people under supervision.
• Assist with psychometric assessments, outcomes, and resource development.
• Contribute to service development, multidisciplinary working, and communication with partner agencies.
• Engage in regular supervision, meetings, and professional development.
• Apply evidence-based practice and contribute to research activity where appropriate.
• Adhere to policies including safeguarding and confidentiality.
• Complete admin duties and travel as required.

Skills

Driving licence

Multidisciplinary teamwork

IT systems experience

Care-experienced children work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field

Job description

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Assistant Psychologist

Salary: up to £26,300

Working Pattern: Monday – Friday. Home based with travel to services within your region.

Do you want to support therapeutic, trauma‑informed practice and help care‑experienced young people and their teams to thrive? Are you passionate about working in an organisation that truly lives its EPIC values (Excellence, Passion, Integrity, Caring)?

Keys Group is growing, and we’re looking for enthusiastic Assistant Psychologists to join our Clinical Team. You’ll support qualified clinicians to embed therapeutic, trauma‑informed practice across homes in your region, using our Keys Connect model. With a strong focus on CPD and research, this is a great opportunity to develop your skills while helping shape high‑quality care for children and teams.

About you

You will work collaboratively with operations and other colleagues across Keys Group to support the embedding of high-quality therapeutic practices, meeting the needs of children and young people who live within our Children’s Residential Services.

The Assistant Psychologist role within Keys Group aims to provide core opportunities to develop in the following areas (in line with British Psychological Society Standards of Recruitment and Employment of Assistant Psychologists, June 2024):

• Understanding professional practice and ethics
• Understanding and using supervision
• Developing team working skills
• Understanding risk assessment and management
• Developing knowledge of psychological formulation, assessment, intervention and evaluation
• Developing research knowledge and skills
• Understanding key principles of equality, diversity and inclusion on a practice and knowledge level

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the assessment and therapeutic care of children and young people, delivering psychological interventions under supervision and promoting the Keys Connect model.
• Assist with psychometric assessments, outcome measures, and the development of therapeutic resources and training.
• Contribute to service development, multidisciplinary working, and effective communication with partner agencies.
• Engage in regular clinical supervision, team meetings, and ongoing professional development.
• Apply evidence‑based practice, support research activity where appropriate, and produce required reports and records.
• Work within professional, ethical, safeguarding, equality, and organisational policies, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Complete administrative duties, travel as required, and undertake other reasonable duties appropriate to the role.

What you’ll need

• Degree in Psychology or equivalent/related field.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience using IT systems and recording information appropriately.
• Experience of working with care experienced children including working with teams around the child.

Due to the nature of the role, it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken (DBS).

Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.

As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for. If you feel that you meet the criteria for this, please ensure that you have your military experience detailed on your CV for one of our resourcing team to get in touch.