Assistant Psychologist - Young Adult Services (P/T 15hrs p/w)

CompanyCentral and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

LocationAshford, England, United Kingdom

Posted At3/13/2026

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Description

Job Overview

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.

In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist (part-time 15 hrs p/w) within the Young Adults Service at HMP/YOI Bronzefield .

By joining our Surrey Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of the prisoners, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being.

Working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to existing offenders (and those at risk of offending) in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.

Why not see what our staff say about working within our award winning teams: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice

Main duties of the job

To undertake projects relating to service development and evaluation.

To set up databases, spreadsheets and using advanced IT skills in evaluation audit and research.

To support assessment and treatment interventions undertaken by the service as appropriate to level of competence and training.

To undertake direct and indirect clinical work as required under live or regular supervision from qualified applied HPC registered Psychologist.

To plan, organise and co-teach psycho-educational courses and groups with appropriately qualified professional staff.

To liaise with a range of services (including health, social care and voluntary agencies) relevant to the working area.

Working for our organisation

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:

Monthly supervision
Annual personal development plans/appraisals
Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.

Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities such as but not limited to:

Preceptorship Programme
Support and guidance with Revalidation
Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies

Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:

Health and wellbeing services
Season ticket loans
Cycle to work scheme
Relocation package

The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching.

All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Supporting and enhancing professional psychological practice within the service. Providing support, co-ordination and administration to clinical, training and research functions within the scope appropriate to level of training and competence, and undertaking related tasks to enhance assessment, intervention and evaluation within the team or care group. To work independently according to a plan agreed and reviewed through regular supervision by a qualified applied HPC registered Psychologist and/or Psychological Therapist

Clinical

To undertake assessments and interventions (for example neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews of clients, family members and others involved in the clients care), as appropriate to level of training, competence and under live or regular supervision from a qualified practitioner Psychologist.
To assist in the development of psychologically based frameworks of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service.
To formulate and deliver care, training or research plans within settings where there may be a hostile atmosphere, challenging behaviour or high levels of expressed emotion.
To conduct literature searches, collate audit and outcome evidence, analyse relevant data and produce reports to inform and enhance care delivered by the service.
To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups, training or research projects
If required, to compile risk histories to inform care plans, risk and crisis plans.
To work with other team members to improve care, training and research practices and the quality of life of clients.

To attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings.

To support the delivery of evidence based psychological interventions for clients.

To carry out other clinical and administrative tasks as appropriate to the post holder’s grade.

To be up to date with both de-escalation, physical breakaway and PMVA techniques appropriate to the service environment.

Administration

To develop and manage systems for efficient administration and co-ordination of care, training or research.
To establish and maintain records and statistics concerning the service.
To be acquainted with, implement and maintain all relevant Trust and Psychology and Psychological Therapies policies and procedures.
To report immediately any incidents affecting staff, users or visitors on health service property in accordance with Trust policies.
To maintain and manage systems for stock control of Psychology tests, test materials and other equipment.
To manage diaries, work plans and project plans as required.

Professional Issues

To abide by the BPS code of Ethics and Conduct and the Division of Clinical Psychology Professional Practice Guidelines.

To maintain confidentiality in line with Trust policy

To participate in clinical and professional audit.

To participate in and contribute to Quality Assurance initiatives.

To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.

Research and Service Evaluation

To design and implement agreed elements of audit and research projects.
To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.
To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research in order to promote evidence based clinical practice. This will contribute to the clinical work of Applied Psychologists and other team members.

General

To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through the active participation in internal and external Continuing Professional Development training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holders manager.
To maintain the highest standards of record keeping and report writing in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.

To undertake administrative duties as required.

To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade, which may be required, from time to time, by the Psychology Manager.

To participate fully in the Trust’s performance review and personal development planning process on an annual basis.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Honours degree at 2:2 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS

Desirable criteria

Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

Experience

Essential criteria

Relevant clinical and research skills
Experience of working as part of a team
Basic knowledge of databases, research skills and methodology
Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a health context
An understanding of psychology applied to health care

Desirable criteria

Experience of working with people with disabilities, in a health or Mental Health setting and or work with people with complex needs

Experience of working with people with complex needs

Experience of the use of psychometric tests

Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact

Experience of in-patient settings

Experience of teaching other health professionals

Lived experience of mental health issues

Skills

Essential criteria

To be able to communicate effectively under pressure and maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times
To be able to provide and receive complex sensitive or contentious information in a potentially highly emotive atmosphere
To be able to work with resistance to ideas
High standard of report writing
To assimilate complex information and use reflective/analytic thinking, to apply psychological perspectives in work in a healthcare setting
Ability to work independently and know when to ask for and use supervision, identifying when there is need for advice and using supervision at agreed intervals
Ability to be flexible and cope with multiple demands.
To have highly developed IT skills and good working knowledge of statistical packages

Requires manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination to administer neuropsychological tests and use computer key boards.

Able to carry out PMVA interventions

Abilities

Essential criteria

Need to maintain frequent high levels of concentration for long periods in managing agreed projects alone or with team members
Ability to tolerate and remain calm in the face of high levels of emotional distress and emotional demands
Ability to tolerate occasional exposure to verbal abuse and hostility
Ability to use a PC
To sit for extended periods of time in constrained positions in order to complete PC-based projects and other project tasks