Assistant Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This Assistant Psychologist role is part of a multi-disciplinary team at Clare Lodge, a secure children's home. The post involves clinical work, research, and evaluation, focusing on implementing the Attachment, Regulation Competencies Framework. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, contributing to care plans and supporting young people with mental health challenges. It requires a strong team ethic, accountability, and excellent communication skills.
Key responsibilities
- Assist the delivery of one-to-one/group interventions based on psychological formulation.
- Assist the multi-disciplinary team in meeting the needs of young people through care plan formulation and attendance at relevant meetings.
- Support the implementation of the Attachment Regulation Competencies Framework.
- Work alongside residential staff to support therapeutic interactions with young people.
- Assist in clinically related administration, conducting audits, collecting data and statistics, and developing audit/research projects.
- Work alongside the senior psychologist to complete testing for cognitive assessments and report writing.
Essential criteria
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Experience using databases or data-analysis.
- Experience of working with people with mental health challenges.
- Experience of psychometric testing and scoring.
- Ability and willingness to reflect on work practice and be open to constructive feedback
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health changes
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge, underpinned by theory to a trauma focused context
- Ability to manage stress and to plan and prioritise workload
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health challenges.
- An understanding of Complex Trauma.
- An understanding of relevant, evidence-based treatments as detailed in NICE guidance.
- To have knowledge of the Attachment, regulation, competencies framework.
- Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working.
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
Desirable criteria
- Further post graduate training or a doctoral degree in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
- Experience of working with children and adolescents.
- Experience of working in an NHS mental health setting
- Experience of assisting in the production of audits or service evaluation projects
- Experience of delivering structured therapy programmes
- Experience using software systems for databases or data analysis
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.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Psychologist
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
Clare Lodge is a secure children's home located on the outskirts of Peterborough. We work within a trauma informed model of care with a group of children (12-18 females only) who have been placed by the courts in order to secure their welfare and improve their overall wellbeing. The unit is run by the local authority, and we operate as an in-reach health team commissioned by NHSE and located onsite.
Our work has developed over the past 2 years, and we now have a large multi-disciplinary team consisting of Psychiatry, Psychology, Nursing, AHPs and admin support. We are a supportive, friendly, and committed team working within a wider team of local authority and education staff. We are looking for like-minded staff to join us in helping us achieve positive outcomes for the children placed with us.
Main duties of the job
This post is for an Assistant Psychologist to be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective implementation of the Attachment, Regulation Competencies Framework at Clare Lodge. You will work under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist and the post will have a split between clinical work and research and evaluation.
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of acc
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