Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP)

Nelft; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HCAS 15% Outer London

Job summary

NELFT seeks a Band 6 Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP) for the Older Adult Mental Health Team in London. The role involves 1:1 therapy, group interventions, and joint assessments across multiple sites, with opportunities for leadership, research, and service development.

The post supports inter-disciplinary work with the MDT, community-based direct work, and visits to patients across the borough. Induction and probation apply.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Psychology with Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC).
• MSc Clinical Associate in Psychology (MCAP) qualification from an accredited provider.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and formulation for service users referred to Waltham Forest Older Adult Mental Health team, under supervision from the wider Psychology team.
• Brief interventions for complex presentations above the threshold for Waltham Forest Talking Therapies.
• Group interventions, including some for older people recently diagnosed with dementia and their carers.
• Seeing patients to do 1-1 work with them in the community.
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary and multi-agency team.
• Working with diversity and a range of clinical presentations.
• Opportunities for service development, research projects and audit of interventions.
• Interdisciplinary and inter-agency working.

Skills

GBC

MCAP

Education

Undergraduate degree in Psychology with GBC

MSc Clinical Associate in Psychology (MCAP)

Job description

We are pleased to announce a new vacancy in our Older Adult Mental Health Team based in Waltham Forest - a band 6 qualified Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP).

The CAP role is central to the team's psychological provision, with opportunities for 1:1 therapy, offering group interventions, and joint assessment and consultation. There will be opportunities for leadership, research, service development and consultation to the system, which will involve liaising with professionals involved in the in care of the individual.

The Older Adult MHT works closely as an MDT, with weekly clinical meetings where complex cases can be thought about and MDT formulations can be developed. There is also opportunity to work jointly with other members of the MDT in cases of particular complexity.

The main team base is at Red Oak Lodge in Leytonstone but the successful candidate will be required to visit patients in various locations across the borough.

Job responsibilities

The Clinical Associate Psychologist is a key role within both the psychology team and the wider Older Adult Mental Health team.

Key duties include:

• Assessment and formulation for service users referred to Waltham Forest Older Adult Mental Health team, under supervision from the wider Psychology team.
• Brief interventions for complex presentations above the threshold for Waltham Forest Talking Therapies.
• Group interventions: including some interventions for older people who have recently been diagnosed with dementia and their carers.
• Seeing patients to do 1-1 work with them in the community.
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team.
• Working with diversity and a range of clinical presentations.
• Opportunities for service development, research projects and audit of interventions.
• Interdisciplinary and inter-agency working.

Essential Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Psychology with Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society.
• MSc Clinical Associate in Psychology (MCAP) qualification from an accredited training provider.

Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London

(B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, CEME)

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.

Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.

We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.