Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Assistant Psychologist

The closing date is 06 July 2025

Job summary

Please note that this vacancy may close early due to the volume of applicants received.

Do you have a passion for working with adolescents and their families who are struggling with significant mental health difficulties? Would you like experience of working in a supportive and innovative team working across Devon? Are you already an Assistant Psychologist looking to broaden your knowledge and experience as a stepping stone into your Doctoral training in Clinical Psychology? Or are you a looking for your first role as an Assistant Psychologist following BSc/ MSc study?

We are pleased to be advertising for Band 4 Assistant Psychologists to join us at an exciting time of development of our Dialectical Behaviour Service (DBT) within the Mood, Emotions, and Relationships pathway. These are county-wide roles with a requirement to travel to our three locality bases in CFHD (Torbay, Exeter & Barnstable).

The posts will be an ideal opportunity for practitioners looking to develop their knowledge and skills alongside a highly specialised and committed team of clinicians delivering full programme DBT to a group of young people (14-18 yrs) within a specialist CAMHS provision.

This post is full time (1.0 wte) for 1 year.

Main duties of the job

We will ensure that this role offers you the opportunity to:

broaden depth of psychological knowledge and experience
Supervised by clinical psychologist
Direct clinical work
Research & evaluation
Delivery of evidence-based practice as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Gain experience in working with adolescents who have emotional & behavioural dysregulation disorders
Gain experience in adapting psychological interventions for young people with Neurodiversity
Gain experience in a wide range of psychological difficulties such as depression, self-harm, anxiety, eating difficulties, and trauma.
Opportunities to develop skills in group work with appropriate training. This may involve working into late afternoon/early evening e.g. 5-6.30 pm
Gain greater CAMHS experience with complex cases linking with the different Mental Health pathways including Urgent Care, Eating Disorders and Neurodiversity
Opportunities to work within a service improvement, redesign and clinical effectiveness process

We are looking for people who can support the running of our skills groups, work alongside the clinical team delivering therapy, and Clinical and Management Leads to deliver a high-quality service across CFHD. Assistant Psychologists are highly valued in our service, and we are committed to providing you with a valuable experience towards career progression.

About us

Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon, including;

Torbay and South Devon FT

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Date posted

19 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9369-25-0490

Job locations

Evergreen

Victoria Park Road

Exeter

EX2 4NU

Torbay Hospital Annexe

187 Newton Road

Torquay

Devon

TQ2 7BA

Integrated Childrens Services

Fishleigh Road

Roundswell Business Park

Barnstaple

Devon

EX31 3UD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in working with children, young people and families.

Desirable

Experience of working with children and young people with emotional and mental health difficulties, in a clinical or healthcare environment and / or community-based setting

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

Ability to travel and work in a variety of locations, e.g. clinic base, schools, home visits.
The post holder must demonstrate a commitment to research and engage in a programme of research activity and audit as required.
Ability to translate basic psychological theory to clinical populations in a clinical setting.
High standard of report writing

Qualifications

Essential

Bachelor Degree at Honours level, giving eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

Further postgraduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice and/or research design and analysis.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in working with children, young people and families.

Desirable

Experience of working with children and young people with emotional and mental health difficulties, in a clinical or healthcare environment and / or community-based setting

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

Ability to travel and work in a variety of locations, e.g. clinic base, schools, home visits.
The post holder must demonstrate a commitment to research and engage in a programme of research activity and audit as required.
Ability to translate basic psychological theory to clinical populations in a clinical setting.
High standard of report writing

Qualifications

Essential

Bachelor Degree at Honours level, giving eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

Further postgraduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice and/or research design and analysis.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.