Assistant Psychologist inRayleigh inRayleigh PUBLISHED FRI 2 MAY 2025
Opportunity to work in a dynamic and dedicated team focused on community mental health.
Hands-on experience in delivering psychological therapies and support under the supervision of qualified professionals.
Possibility to participate in audit and research projects, enhancing your clinical and research skills.
Access to high-quality supervision and a comprehensive Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme.
Flexibility in working arrangements, with encouragement to explore various settings and responsibilities.
Benefits such as NHS discounts, season ticket loans, and a salary sacrifice scheme for leasing cars or cycling.
The chance to engage with a multi-disciplinary team, broadening your professional network and psychological knowledge.
Join us in Rayleigh as an Assistant Psychologist and take the next step in your psychology career with Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. This role offers a fantastic opportunity for a passionate psychology graduate to join our vibrant team, dedicated to providing exceptional psychological support within the Adult Community Psychological Service across South East Essex. If you're a caring individual keen to make a difference in people's lives, this position will allow you to develop your skills alongside qualified psychologists, contributing to meaningful mental health initiatives.
In this supportive environment, you'll assist in assessments, co-facilitate group therapy, and engage in exciting research projects, all under expert supervision. Whether you’re looking to expand your clinical expertise or collaborate with diverse healthcare professionals, this role will empower you to grow while you help others. With flexible working options and a commitment to staff development, EPUT values your work-life balance and offers excellent benefits such as NHS discounts, comprehensive training opportunities, and the chance to join our dedicated staff bank. If you're ready to support and uplift individuals in your community, we’d love to hear from you!
In this supportive environment, you'll assist in assessments, co-facilitate group therapy, and engage in exciting research projects, all under expert supervision. Whether you’re looking to expand your clinical expertise or collaborate with diverse healthcare professionals, this role will empower you to grow while you help others. With flexible working options and a commitment to staff development, EPUT values your work-life balance and offers excellent benefits such as NHS discounts, comprehensive training opportunities, and the chance to join our dedicated staff bank. If you're ready to support and uplift individuals in your community, we’d love to hear from you!
Opportunity to work in a dynamic and dedicated team focused on community mental health.
Hands-on experience in delivering psychological therapies and support under the supervision of qualified professionals.
Possibility to participate in audit and research projects, enhancing your clinical and research skills.
Access to high-quality supervision and a comprehensive Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme.
Flexibility in working arrangements, with encouragement to explore various settings and responsibilities.
Benefits such as NHS discounts, season ticket loans, and a salary sacrifice scheme for leasing cars or cycling.
The chance to engage with a multi-disciplinary team, broadening your professional network and psychological knowledge.
Job Overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated psychology graduate to work in the Adult Community Psychological Service across South East Essex. This is an exciting post which provides an excellent opportunity to be part of a dynamic and dedicated team. Services across EPUT greatly value psychology and are committed to embracing a multi-disciplinary approach.
The Adult Community Psychological service provides a specialist community psychology delivery into the 3 specialist mental health teams in South East Essex locality. Services are committed to enhancing the capacity to deliver psychological therapies and to utilise psychological skills within MDTs. Services have undergone influential restructuring processes to enhance the capacity to deliver psychological therapies and to utilise psychological skills within MDTs. The established Clinical Director of Psychological Services works closely with the senior management team to develop and improve delivery of psychological therapies, and to enable psychologists to develop and implement their leadership skills. This provides an environment for Psychology staff to develop their skills through high quality supervision and a supported CPD programme.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Psychologist will work alongside qualified Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Psychotherapists and Clinical Associates in Psychology providing an Adult Community Psychological Service to local community mental health teams. Psychologists provide direct client contact in the form of assessment and treatment, as well as providing consultation and supervision to other professionals.
The post-holder should have a passion for developing their clinical and research skills, and be keen to work flexibly and in a variety of settings. You will be expected to support qualified psychologists in the preparation and co-facilitation of group therapy programmes and the delivery of specific components of clinical treatment under close supervision. There will be a key responsibility to support the service undertake audit and research projects. There will be significant opportunity to gain experience of working in a multidisciplinary team, including liaison with allied professionals, contributing to the sharing of psychological knowledge and case discussion. Remaining time will include attending referrals meetings, participating in departmental forums and opportunities to shadow other team members. Your work will be closely supervised by an experienced psychologist and you will therefore also gain extensive experience of the supervisory process.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Important Professional References
Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.
Equal Opportunities Employer
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on or email and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to th
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated psychology graduate to work in the Adult Community Psychological Service across South East Essex. This is an exciting post which provides an excellent opportunity to be part of a dynamic and dedicated team. Services across EPUT greatly value psychology and are committed to embracing a multi-disciplinary approach.
The Adult Community Psychological service provides a specialist community psychology delivery into the 3 specialist mental health teams in South East Essex locality. Services are committed to enhancing the capacity to deliver psychological therapies and to utilise psychological skills within MDTs. Services have undergone influential restructuring processes to enhance the capacity to deliver psychological therapies and to utilise psychological skills within MDTs. The established Clinical Director of Psychological Services works closely with the senior management team to develop and improve delivery of psychological therapies, and to enable psychologists to develop and implement their leadership skills. This provides an environment for Psychology staff to develop their skills through high quality supervision and a supported CPD programme.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Psychologist will work alongside qualified Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Psychotherapists and Clinical Associates in Psychology providing an Adult Community Psychological Service to local community mental health teams. Psychologists provide direct client contact in the form of assessment and treatment, as well as providing consultation and supervision to other professionals.
The post-holder should have a passion for developing their clinical and research skills, and be keen to work flexibly and in a variety of settings. You will be expected to support qualified psychologists in the preparation and co-facilitation of group therapy programmes and the delivery of specific components of clinical treatment under close supervision. There will be a key responsibility to support the service undertake audit and research projects. There will be significant opportunity to gain experience of working in a multidisciplinary team, including liaison with allied professionals, contributing to the sharing of psychological knowledge and case discussion. Remaining time will include attending referrals meetings, participating in departmental forums and opportunities to shadow other team members. Your work will be closely supervised by an experienced psychologist and you will therefore also gain extensive experience of the supervisory process.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Important Professional References
Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.
Equal Opportunities Employer
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on or email and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to th
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Useful skills for an Assistant Psychologist:
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To work as an Assistant Psychologist in the UK, several skills and qualifications are generally expected. While specific requirements may vary by employer, here are some key skills and attributes that are typically valuable for this role:
1. Educational Background
- Relevant Degree: A degree in psychology or a closely related field, typically at least at the upper second-class level (2:1) is usually required.
- Knowledge of Psychological Principles: Understanding of psychological theories, research methods, and statistics.
2. Experience
- Work Experience: Previous experience in a psychological or clinical setting is often beneficial. This could include volunteering, internships, or paid roles that involve direct contact with clients.
- Research Experience: Experience in conducting or assisting with psychological research can be advantageous.
3. Communication Skills
- Verbal Communication: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with clients, colleagues, and other professionals.
- Written Communication: Strong writing skills for documenting assessments, reports, and research findings.
4. Interpersonal Skills
- Empathy and Rapport Building: Ability to empathize with clients and build strong therapeutic relationships.
- Active Listening: Skill in listening to clients’ concerns and responding appropriately.
5. Analytical Skills
- Critical Thinking: Ability to analyze complex information, assess clients' needs, and contribute to treatment plans.
- Problem-Solving: Aptitude for addressing challenges and developing effective solutions.
6. Organizational Skills
- Time Management: Ability to manage time efficiently, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.
- Record Keeping: Strong attention to detail in maintaining accurate and confidential records.
7. Teamwork and Collaboration
- Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals, including psychologists, therapists, and healthcare staff.
8. Sensitivity and Professionalism
- Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality and professionalism.
- Awareness of ethical considerations in psychology.
9. Adaptability and Resilience
- Capacity to adapt to changing circumstances and manage stressful situations effectively.
10. Continued Professional Development
- A commitment to ongoing learning and development within the field of psychology, including engaging in relevant training and workshops.
Additional Considerations:
- Membership in Professional Bodies: While not always required, registration with organizations like the British Psychological Society (BPS) may enhance your qualifications.
- Specialized Skills: Depending on the specific area the role is focused on (e.g., clinical, educational, forensic psychology), additional specialized skills may be relevant.
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