TH CAMHS Assistant Psychologist
East London NHS Foundation Trust
London, E1 5NF
Salary
£38,488 to £46,852
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 September 2026
1 days left
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Triage and Emotional & Behavioural Teams. We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Band 5 Assistant...
The post-holder will
Complete triage assessments for new referrals with a wide range of presenting issues, appropriate to the training and skills level of the assistant psychologist, and under appropriate supervision.
Make recommendations for onward referrals and treatment needs of young people in conjunction with the triage team and/or the clinical supervisor.
Communicate the outcome and recommendations of triage assessments to young people, families, schools, and external agencies. Write letters, referrals and reports as appropriate with outcomes and recommendations.
Be involved in other activities supporting the team functioning as required. For example, maintaining the database of third sector agencies, which we refer to. Support EB Clinical Team Leads managing waiting lists.
The post holder will be supported to gain experience on the delivery of evidence based interventions for children, young people and families under the supervision of qualified clinical psychologists. There may also be scope for the post holder to contribute towards our service groups' interventions offer.
Please see Job Description and Personal Specification for full details of role requirements.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Debbie Madell, EB1 Clinical Team Lead - debbie.madell@nhs.net.
Please note that in the case of very high interest for this job, we reserve the right to close the application process before the closing date.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
The service offers hybrid working and therefore, there will be flexibility to do some remote working. This is subject to change in line with service needs.
Other
Essential
- Able to work to professional guidelines
- Must be capable of accountability for own work, working flexibly with a range of different professionals and working towards defined results
Training Qualification
Essential
- Degree (1 or 2.1) in Psychology or master's level
- Graduate membership of the BPS
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Communication & Relationship skills: Well developed skills and ability to communicate effectively orally, and in writing complex, highly technical and or sensitive information for dissemination both within and outside the local authority and NHS
- Analytical & Judgmental skills: Understanding of the interaction between mental health/emotional wellbeing and areas of social care need like trauma, abuse, poverty, family/professional relationships or housing
- Planning and organisational skills: Able to plan, organise and prioritise own workload
- Physical skills: PC skills
- Information resources: Able to record and report on clinical information as required
- Competent in use of Word and Excel
- Research & Guidance: Good research and statistical skills, including ability to access and search evidence based resources
- Cultural awareness: Understanding of the impact of discrimination and disadvantage on mental health and emotional wellbeing
- Flexibility: Able to be flexible and adapt approach according to need
- Able to work independently and to seek support as appropriate
- Able to use supervision to improve work
Desirable
- Information resources: Competent use of other IT packages e.g. PowerPoint, SPSS, Access
- Cultural competence: Understanding issues involved in working with a multicultural population
- Multiagency networking: Able to grasp the complexities of the range of statutory and voluntary agencies involved in providing services for children and families
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a health or social care setting
- Experience of individual or group interventions for parents or young people in a clinical/care/education setting
- Conducting audit and/or evaluation projects
- Work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters
Desirable
- Contribution to research programmes
Personal
Essential
- Able to contain and work with organisational stress and able to hold the stress of others
- Physical effort: Able to sit in constrained positions for a substantial proportion of working time
- Mental effort: Able to concentrate intensely for a substantial proportion of working time, during client contact, teaching sessions, team meetings, preparing written work, etc.
- Emotional effort: Able to manage effectively frequent exposure to highly distressing/highly emotional circumstances and exposure to traumatic circumstances
- Values: Respectful approach to service users, families, carers, colleagues, and other professionals. Willing to negotiate and handle confrontation effectively and professionally
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
1 September 2026
Last checked
1 September 2026
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