Job summary
- Main area
- Applied Psychology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-7997312
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lambeth CAMHS
- Town
- Kennington
- Salary
- £38,488 - £46,852 per annum incl. of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Higher Assistant Psychologist
Band 5
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are advertising an Assistant Psychologist (Higher Level) post within the Lambeth CAMHS service. The successful applicant will work under supervision with children, young people and their families and undertake a range of tasks including assessment, research and evaluation. The borough provides CAMH services to children and young people under 18 with a range of mental health needs with different configurations of multi-disciplinary teams. The service is committed to SLAM’s values, and to provide high-quality, collaborative evidence-based services. There are strong academic links and regular CPD opportunities.
Main duties of the job
· To assist practitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service at Lambeth CAMHS.
· To provide clinical work as required by the service, under the clinical and professional supervision of a practitioner psychologist.
· To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
· To work at appropriate levels of independence, following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, and seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager as required.
Working for our organisation
The post will be based within community CAMHS site within Lambeth. Some travel may be required.
Benefits:
It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
· Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
· Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
· Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes.
· Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
· Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
· NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/media/421262/Working%20at%20SLaM.pdf
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will provide psychological assessments for clients at Lambeth CAMHS with a particular focus on those with neurodevelopmental conditions. They will also support the with registration of new referrals to the service by meeting with parents/carers to gather initial information and outcome measures and liaise with other professionals involved in the child’s care to assist the assessment process. The post holder will also be involved in supporting the running of protocol-based groups including parent information groups and in assisting other psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials.
The post holder may also be required, to provide some individual manualised psychological interventions for children and adolescents.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A First-class or Upper-second-class Bachelors degree with Honours in Psychology that is accredited by the British Psychological Society and confers the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable criteria
- Certified ADOS training.
- Experience of running groups.
- Experience of ADHD assessments.
- Experience of research methods.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Sufficient post-graduate experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs including children and young people ad those with neurodevelopmental to be able to work clinically without direct supervision.
- Experience of administering a standardised measure involved in diagnostic assessment of children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions that enable working independently as a pre-qualified practitioner with clinical supervision.
- Post-graduate experience of conducting research projects or audits.
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis.
- Good theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by children and adolescents with mental health conditions and with neurodevelopmental conditions and of methods of assessment and treatment.
- Awareness of racial and diversity issues through attendance of relevant training.
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, sensitive or contentious information to clients, families and colleagues.
- Consultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups within own service.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Michael Brodie
- Job title
- CSL
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02032287370
- Additional information
Rachel Sherley, Clinical Psychologist
02032287370
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