Band 4 Assistant Psychologist - ICCR | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Birmingham is seeking a full-time Assistant Psychologist. The position involves working in an integrated care team, providing support to clients with severe mental health issues. Candidates should have a psychology degree and relevant experience. This is an excellent opportunity to develop clinical skills within a supportive environment and contribute meaningfully to community mental health.

Benefits

Training and supervision opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Psychology graduate with relevant clinical experience.
• Interest in working with severe and enduring mental health problems.
• Desirable: post-graduate training in psychological interventions.

Responsibilities

• Engage in 1:1 client work and group work.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams and conduct audits.
• Receive 1:1 clinical supervision from a psychologist.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Team collaboration

Psychological interventions

Education

Psychology degree

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for the chance to work creatively to meet the diverse needs of service users with severe and enduring mental health problems? Do you like working alongside different disciplines? Do you want to work in a multi-cultural environment?

If so, please come and join us. We are excited to be recruiting to 2 x Assistant Psychologist (Band 4) Full-time (37.5 hours) posts within our Integrated Community Care and Recovery (ICCR) Services. 1 post is based at Orsborn House Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) in Handsworth and the other post is based at Northcroft CMHTs, Erdington. These are fixed term contracts for 18 months.

Responsibilities

• Good opportunities for 1:1 client work, group work, working with the MDT and research and audit.
• Be part of a well-established, supportive and friendly psychology teams. Both teams serve vibrant and diverse inner-city populations.
• You will have the opportunity to learn how the psychological services team work as part of the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team and how we develop services within our hub and across the trust.
• The post holder will receive 1:1 clinical supervision from a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist. This post may involve periodic travel to other Trust bases.
• We are looking to recruit a psychology graduate who has relevant clinical experience and is interested and passionate about working with people who have severe and enduring mental health problems.

About the ICCR Services

The posts are based within the Integrated Community Care and Recovery (ICCR) Services of the Trust. The post holders will have the opportunity to work closely with Psychology and Psychological Services colleagues based in a number of geographical areas and within new integrated team structures that provide a service for people who have complex interpersonal and emotional difficulties. This includes presentations of depression, anxiety, PTSD, trauma, personality disorder diagnoses, psychosis, and dual diagnoses, some of whom present a challenge to services.

Qualifications and Experience

• Successful applicants will have excellent opportunities to gain experience of multilevel service provision and to further develop support skills in clinical assessment, formulation and intervention as well as involvement in relevant auditing and evaluation of clinical services, working alongside qualified staff. There is an expectation that part of the job plans for all Assistant Practitioners will include supporting routine collection and reporting of evaluation data such as CORE.
• Experience of working in teams is desirable as is any post-graduate training in psychological interventions.
• Given that the work is dispersed at a number of bases it is also desirable if applicants are car drivers.

What we offer

The successful applicants will be part of friendly and supportive psychological services who are committed to developing its staff through clinical experience, training, supervision and research opportunities.

About Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Additional information

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Sep 2025