Assistant Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Psychologist to join the established Psychology Team within the Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team (SST). The role involves providing community psychological services to individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism who present with forensic risk or risk of hospital admission. You will develop skills in psychological formulation, risk assessment, and consultation under the supervision of qualified clinical psychologists, working directly and indirectly with service users and their support networks. The position requires working in various community settings, including service users' homes and potentially prisons, dealing with distressing material related to personal histories and offending behaviour.
Essential criteria
- A First or Upper Second honours degree in psychology OR a lower class with a post-graduate qualification. (e.g., Master's degree).
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (GBR)
- ECDL or demonstrable proficiency with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Publisher and SPSS
Desirable criteria
- Degree included study of psychopathology/ clinical/ forensic issues
- Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, MH practice, PBS, autism, PD and/ or research design and analysis
- Knowledge of psychological approaches to working with people who have mental health needs or behaviours that challenge (e.g., Positive Behaviour Support, Trauma Informed Care, Person Centred Care etc)
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mh problems....
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a learning dis context
- Good written and spoken English
- Good keyboard skills
- Good inter-personal skills
- Good organisational skills
- Ability and willingness to travel for work
- Recognises the limits of own competence and need for supervision.
- High standard of report writing
- Ability to carry out instructions, use own initiative but recognise own limits and can utilise and tolerate supervision effectively
- High level of communication skills including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
- Ability to use library effectively
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
- Has experience of face-to-face work within psychology
- Experience of working in a setting comparable to that in which the post in based
- Experience of working in MDT
- Experience of research methods
- Has worked with other psychologist and/ or mental health professionals
- Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis
- A First or Upper Second honours degree in psychology OR a lower class with a post-graduate qualification. (e.g., Master's degree).
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (GBR)
- ECDL or demonstrable proficiency with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Publisher and SPSS
- Degree included study of psychopathology/ clinical/ forensic issues
- Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, MH practice, PBS, autism, PD and/ or research design and analysis
- Knowledge of psychological approaches to working with people who have mental health needs or behaviours that challenge (e.g., Positive Behaviour Support, Trauma Informed Care, Person Centred Care etc)
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mh problems....
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a learning dis context
- Good written and spoken English
- Good keyboard skills
- Good inter-personal skills
- Good organisational skills
- Ability and willingness to travel for work
- Recognises the limits of own competence and need for supervision.
- High standard of report writing
- Ability to carry out instructions, use own initiative but recognise own limits and can utilise and tolerate supervision effectively
- High level of communication skills including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
- Ability to use library effectively
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
- Has experience of face-to-face work within psychology
- Experience of working in a setting comparable to that in which the post in based
- Experience of working in MDT
- Experience of research methods
- Has worked with other psychologist and/ or mental health professionals
- Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis
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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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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Psychologist
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an Assistant Psychologist to our established Psychology Team which provides a community service across Greater Manchester to service users with a learning disability and/or autism who present with forensic risk or risk of hospital admission or placement breakdown.
The Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team (SST), based in Eccles, provides additional support to those who are at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System or Hospital admission. The SST is a multidisciplinary team consisting of Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, and Support Workers. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in multidisciplinary and systemic working, as the role involves liaising with the local Learning Disability, Mental Health and Autism services and Criminal Justice agencies to develop proactive and preventative risk mitigation support.
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills of psychological formulation and advice and consultation under supervision of, and joint working with, qualified clinical psychologists. This role involves direct and indirect working to develop specialist risk assessments and formulations.
You will receive regular clinical supervision from a qualif
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