Assistant Psychologist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

27 days annual leave

Learning and career development

Cycle to Work

Wellbeing tools

Retail discounts

Staff networks

Maternity/paternity leave

Free parking

Job summary

Assistant Psychologist role with Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Slough (Berkshire East CAMHS SCT). Salary £29,812–£32,715 per year, full-time, permanent, based at Upton Hospital with travel to other Berkshire sites.

The role involves assisting senior clinicians, coordinating data/reporting, admin tasks, and contributing to group interventions and service development. Benefits include flexible working and generous leave.

Qualifications

• Teamworking in multidisciplinary settings.
• Interest in children/young people mental health.
• Data collection and reporting skills.
• Ability to engage with families and carers.

Responsibilities

• Assist and work with senior clinicians following their recommendations.
• Gather data and information as required by the service.
• Undertake administrative tasks to support the team, including notes and audits.
• Support clinical and operational leadership within the team.
• Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency system.
• Maintain continuing professional development and contribute to team CPD.

Skills

Teamwork

Interest in child and family mental

Data collection & reporting

Clinical note taking

Job description

Assistant Psychologist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £29,812 - £32,715 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Slough, SL1 2BJ

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 20 Oct 2026

Closing date: 19 Nov 2026

We are seeking a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist, to take up the exciting opportunity to work in the Berkshire East CAMHS Specialist Community Team (SCT). An excellent opportunity has become available for an Assistant Psychologist to cover Slough, Bracknell and Windsor and Maidenhead boroughs. This role is full time (1WTE) 9-5pm, with the main base being at Upton Hospital, Slough with expected travel to other Berkshire sites.

CAMHS SCT provides a responsive, formulation led intervention for children and young people experiencing complex mental health difficulties or needing urgent and/or intensive specialist support. The service develops an early, holistic understanding of each young person by coproducing formulations with them, their families and key professionals across education, social care and the voluntary sector. This shared approach clarifies the young person’s difficulties and the systemic factors influencing their presentation and creates the best care plan to meet their needs.

• Assist and work jointly with senior clinicians, following their clinical recommendations.
• Respond to the needs of the service, gathering data reports and information as the service requires.
• Undertake administrative tasks to support the multidisciplinary team and senior staff including taking accurate clinical meeting notes and engaging in audit and service evaluation.
• Work with colleagues to support the clinical and operational leadership of the team.
• Work effectively in a multi‑disciplinary team and within a multi‑agency system.
• Maintain own continuing professional development and contribute to team professional development initiatives.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work‑life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The “must haves” for this role:

1. To work as part of a team.

2. To have an invested interest in the mental health of children, young people and their families.

3. To support the clinical and operational leadership of the team

4. IT, data and reporting Skills

The post holder will join a team of clinicians from various disciplines to assist and work jointly with senior clinicians undertaking assessments, care‑coordination, and evidence‑based psychological interventions with young people and their families.

The post holder will respond to the needs of the service and is likely to co‑ordinate and assist in the development and delivery of group interventions and to occasionally work individually with service users and their family/carers. This may also involve supporting the development and running of relevant training to carers, staff and system partners.

The post holder will undertake administrative; audit and service evaluation tasks as directed and deliver reports and presentations associated with any such undertakings as required.

There will be support through regular clinical and management supervision as well as receiving support and guidance through the regular Multi‑Disciplinary Team approach. You will be provided with a supportive induction, and in‑house training opportunities.

The ideal clinician will be thoughtful and reflective, and a team player. We are an experienced team that is supportive, compassionate and welcoming. As a service we can provide a supportive structure and a safe, working environment with manageable caseloads.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Bharti Kumar on 07815485178 or email: [e-mail] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Tuesday 27 Oct 2026

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