Assistant Psychologist

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Achieving for Children Full time

Job Information

Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us

We are responsible for the entire range of children’s education, health and social care services in all three boroughs. We use a Signs of Safety practice model and approach which ensures the voice of the child is at the heart of everything we do. There’s never been a better time to join AfC, we are growing our workforce, implementing new flexible working arrangements and have increased our virtual wellbeing offer.

The Emotional Health Service (EHS) is a dynamic and progressive Tier 2 CAMH team of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Art Psychotherapists. We have teams at Richmond (Twickenham base) and Kingston (Chessington base) and work closely with our colleagues in Early Help and Social Care. We have staff working in specialist posts in Safeguarding, Looked After Children and deliver a local Neurodevelopmental Assessment Service. We have a strong sense of team and work together to support children and young people’s emotional wellbeing.

Our Assistant Psychologist posts are central to the service. You will be part of an Assistant Psychologist group of 12. The roles focus on providing clinical, administration and audit support to the teams under the supervision of qualified staff.

**We are currently recruiting for 4 Assistant Psychologist on a 12 month fixed term.**

About the role

We have 4 vacancies in our team of 13 Assistant Psychologists, due staff gaining places on training courses in the Autumn:
**Post 1**

is focused on the Neurodevelopmental Team (NDT) Autism and ADHD assessment service**Posts 2 & 3**

are split between the NDT and cluster teams who provide psychological support**Post 4**

is n the cluster team focused on waiting list support.

The roles are varied and provide opportunities for supervised clinical work in assessment, interventions and groups, supporting the team with report writing and clinical discussions with colleagues, ad hoc audits and service development work.

For further information or an informal discussion about the role(s), please contact;

About you

You will be:

- Educated to degree level in Psychology (2:1 or above)
- ADOS trained (ideally for posts 1 & 3)
- Experience of working in CAMHS or other child mental health service
- Experience of working with children with ASC or ADHD
- A knowledge of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

About our benefits

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:

- 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years.
- Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
- Stable and supportive leadership
- Hybrid and mobile working (between home and work) with latest technology to facilitate this
- Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
- Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- A range of staff benefits and discounts
- An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway

To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children For our social work offer

Important Information

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**Safeguarding**: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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