Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-FH-20550
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Brighton Probation Office
- Town
- Brighton
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Assistant Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
Are you excited by the challenge of being involved in a new and expanding service? The Reflect Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service is commissioned by NHS England to provide Community Sentence Treatment Requirements in collaboration with the Probation Service and substance use services. The service provides Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirements for eligible people who are sentenced at Sussex Magistrates Court and county wide Crown Courts.
You will be based in Brighton Probation and work closely with our partner agencies, the Probation Service and CGL, to deliver high quality, evidence based psychologically informed interventions to an often high need and marginalised population.
As Senior Assistant Psychologist you will be skilled at working alongside multi-disciplinary colleagues and able to support with clinical governance, data collection, audit, research and service development under the supervision of the clinical lead. With support, you will undertake psychological assessments and deliver psychologically informed interventions to the client group. You will be part of a broader psychology professions team working in forensic mental health services, with access to psychological professions networks that will support you to develop and take the next step in your career.
Experience of working in the Criminal Justice System is advantageous.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Assistant Psychologist is central to the MHTR pathway to support and enhance the psychological care of users of the service, providing psychological assessments and interventions within the scope appropriate to level of experience and training, and undertaking related tasks to enhance assessment, intervention and evaluation within the care group. The Senior Assistant Psychologist will work independently with work managed and goals agreed and reviewed through regular supervision by an HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist.
Working for our organisation
At Sussex Partnership we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.
If you haven't thought about living in Sussex before then you should consider the following:
- Journey from the coast to the countryside in minutes
- Enjoy a lifestyle where there are renowned cycle routes and picturesque walks, including the famous South Downs Way in the South Downs National Park!
- Embrace taking time to discover all the miles of scenic coastline, including Hastings, Bexhill on Sea and Eastbourne
- Easy access to airports - Gatwick and Heathrow are both within 90 minutes of the county, providing links to Europe and beyond
- London is within easy reach via local and national bus routes and national mainline stations
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· 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.
· To undertake direct clinical work that is managed, and goals agreed and reviewed through regular supervision by a qualified applied HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist.
· To liaise with a range of services (including health, social care and voluntary agencies) relevant to the working area.
See Attached JD and PS for full details of role.
For further details about this role or to arrange an informal visit, please contact:
Dr Gabriel Schnitzer
Clinical Lead / Principal Psychologist
Mobile: 07887571686
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS
Desirable criteria
- Further post graduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice, and / or research design and analysis
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with complex needs
- Experience of working with people with disabilities, in a health or Mental Health setting and or work with people with complex needs
- Relevant clinical and research skills
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Basic knowledge of databases, research skills and methodology
- Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact
Desirable criteria
- Experience of the use of psychometric tests
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Steve Eaton
- Job title
- Interim Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07464 925097
- Additional information
Dr Gabriel Schnitzer
Clinical Lead / Principal Psychologist
[email protected]
Mobile: 07887571686
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