Assistant Psychologist (Perinatal Mental Health)

Integrated Care System; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in Sheffield seeks an Assistant Psychologist specializing in Perinatal Mental Health to support families around childbirth. The role includes psychological assessments, interventions, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates must have a strong psychology background and communication skills, as well as experience with mental health issues. This position offers training opportunities within a compassionate work environment.

Qualifications

• An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology.
• Eligible for Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
• Experience in working with people with acute or long-term mental health conditions.

Responsibilities

• To provide psychological assessment and interventions under supervision.
• To assist in audits, data collection, and research projects.
• To support psychological care within the Perinatal Service.

Skills

High level communication skills

Computerized methods of data analysis

Understanding of perinatal mental health

Education

Upper second-class honours degree in psychology

Eligible for Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (GBC)

Job description

Go back Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Psychologist (Perinatal Mental Health)

The closing date is 10 August 2025

This post will include assisting on an NIHR research project and therefore would be suitable for someone with research experience

The Perinatal Service is an expanding specialist mental health service for families around the time of having a baby. We are delighted to be able to advertise for this position to cover maternity leave. The successful candidate will form part of a comprehensive MDT including an expanding team of psychological practitioners. We aim to offer a trauma informed, evidence based, compassionate and systemically focused mental health service. This role will have a central place in the teams goals to deliver on the NHSLTP for perinatal services.

Main duties of the job

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of service users within the Perinatal Service; to provide psychological assessment and structured psychological interventions under the supervision of clinical psychologist/s, working according to a plan agreed with the psychologist/s and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

About us

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of.

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification for a full understanding of the expectations and requirements of the role.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

• oHigh level communication skills (written and verbal)
• oAbility to communicate complex, sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues
• oAn understanding of the needs and difficulties of parents and infants with mental health conditions/symptoms and their families
• oAn ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a perinatal mental health context
• oAn understanding of psychology applied to perinatal mental health care.
• oAbility to use computers for word processing, presentations, databases, spreadsheets and e-mail.
• oExperience of computerised methods of data analysis (eg SPSS for Windows)
• oUnderstands the impact of early relational trauma on attachment and parenting
• oACE aware

Training & Qualifications

• oAn upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology.
• oEligible for Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (GBC)
• oFurther post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, additional practical experience and/or research design and analysis.
• oGraduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Experience

• oExperience of working with people with acute or long-term mental health conditions
• oExperience of paid work in direct care provision
• oExperience of working with people with perinatal mental health issues

Other

• oAn ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
• oAn ability to interact with ease with people who have mental health conditions and/or communication difficulties
• oAbility to work reliably
• oAbility to work in emotionally distressing situations.
• oDemonstrates an interest in working with people with perinatal mental health conditions
• oAbility to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
• oA desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology

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.

Employer name

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust