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Assistant Psychologist
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
311-HYM738-26-A
Employer
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Stopford House
Town
Stockport
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/03/2026 23:59

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Assistant Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 4

 

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values

 

Job overview

We are recruiting an enthusiastic and compassionate Assistant Psychologist to join us within the ND pathway at Stockport CAMHS. 

This is a new post at Stockport and the role will include supporting the children and young people who are referred to the service for an autism or ADHD assessment as well as their families.  

This position will close once the maximum number of applications has been reached. 

Main duties of the job

Supporting psychological intervention delivery in the ND pathway including direct, indirect work and various research, development, and evaluation projects.

Working for our organisation

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the top of our agenda. We believe that a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture is vital; that everyone’s value should be recognised and respected.

We proactively challenge injustices, and are the only Trust in the North West to publicly recognise our commitment to becoming anti-racist and supporting our transgender and non-binary colleagues. We also have thriving staff networks to make sure everyone has a voice.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

We are committed to staff development through shared learning, training and peer supervision. We are working hard at Walkerwood to reduce restrictive practices, and to provide trauma-informed care.

Our trust values are:

Kindness

Fairness

Ingenuity

Determination

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • An understanding of the difficulties of children with neurodevelopmental conditions and / or mental health problems and the needs of their carers
  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care
  • Knowledge of child development
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of ability to design and evaluate research projects relevant to Clinical Psychology

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology
  • Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable criteria
  • Undergraduate research relevant to Child Psychology
  • Further training in relevant areas of psychology and / or mental health

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Work as a Psychology Assistant in Child Speciality
Desirable criteria
  • Experience using micro computers for data analysis, especially SPSS for Windows

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • High level of communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance
  • Ability to devise observational measures
  • An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines
  • An ability to interact with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
  • Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
Desirable criteria
  • High Standard of report writing
  • An interest in working with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
  • A desire to explore a career in Clinical Psychology

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNo smoking policyDisability confident employerNorth West BAME

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We may close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure your application is considered, please apply as soon as possible.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Christine Fraser-Thomson
Job title
ADHD Clinical Nurse Specialist / NMP
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 716 5868
Additional information

Lauren Moss

Operational Manager

[email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
225 Old Street
OL6 7SR
Telephone
01617163181
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