Assistant Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and organised Assistant Psychologist to join the ACSEND (Sexual Assault and Abuse Service) Team. You will support sexual assault and abuse recovery by undertaking psychological assessments, assisting in care plan formulation and delivery, and co-ordinating therapeutic groups. The position offers opportunities to build clinical skills, develop interventions, and utilise research skills within a multi-disciplinary team. Good time management and ability to handle competing demands are essential.
Key responsibilities
- To undertake protocol based psychological assessments with service users, family members and others involved in the service user's care.
- To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a service user's problems, including simple procedures and techniques related to psychological therapies.
- To assist in the co-ordination and running of therapeutic groups including receiving and managing referrals under guidance, facilitating service user attendance, co-delivering the workshop material and recording outcomes.
- To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary pathway meetings.
- To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.
- Assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
Essential criteria
- Psychology Degree
- Experience of work with people with mental health problems or disabilities, or other relevant problems or disabilities (e.g. learning disabilities, organic impairment).
- High level of interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to work and effectively communicate complex or sensitive information in highly emotive and emotionally charged settings involving conflict and significant personal distress.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
Assistant Psychologist
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Assistant Psychologist to join the ACSEND (Sexual Assault and Abuse Service) Team. Ascend is an evidence-based, psychological service, supporting sexual assault and abuse recovery, working in partnership with local voluntary sector services (Staffordshire Women's Aid/Survive), and alongside existing NHS services, including Talking Therapies and secondary mental health services.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Assistant Psychologist to join the team. You will become part of an established multi-disciplinary team that has a strong emphasis on delivering evidence based psychological interventions to meet the needs of individuals referred to our service.
The role is varied and provides opportunity to build upon clinical skills, develop and implement group interventions, utilise service evaluation and research skills and develop multidisciplinary team working skills; therefore good time keeping skills and being able to manage multiple, competing demands are essential to the role.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake protocol based psychological assessments with service users, family members and others involved in the service user's care.
- To assist in the formulation and deliver
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