Assistant Psychology

3 weeks ago


Southall, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced assistant psychologist or psychological well-being practitioner, who is passionate about working with people a diagnosis of learning disability and/or autism to join the new Community Forensic Learning Disabilities and Autism Team at West London Forensic Service. There are two posts (1.0 wte and 0.5 wte) available.

West London NHS Trust provides a broad range of forensic mental health care in adult male, female and adolescent services, across high, medium and low security settings, as well as in a community and court diversion setting. The trust provides specialist forensic mental health care across eight boroughs in North West London, in addition to national enhanced medium and high secure services. West London Forensic Service has been chosen by NHS England to pioneer a new approach to support the discharge of Service users in Learning Disability and Autism medium and low secure forensic mental health settings and support their transition and community care.

You will work within the new team supporting the provision of a highly specialist psychology service to service users with a diagnosis of learning disability and/or autism and an offending history who are living in the community or in the process of moving from secure inpatient care to the community.

Working within the Community Forensic Learning Disabilities and Autism Team provides an opportunity to pioneer a new approach to support the discharge of service users with diagnoses of learning Disabilities and/or Autism from medium and low secure forensic mental health settings and support their transition and community care.

You will be responsible for supporting the provision of a highly specialised psychology service to culturally diverse service users with a diagnosis of learning disability and/or autism, enduring mental health disorders and forensic histories. As a member of the MDT, you will provide psychological assessments, formulations and interventions focused on mental health and risk, under the supervision of a qualified member of the psychological services who will retain clinical responsibility for work carried out. You will assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work. The role involves working independently according to a plan agreed with the line manager and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We'rerated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

The regulations mandating vaccination for in-scope roles in the NHS have now been removed. The Trust does however continue to encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. Vaccination data will be collected by our recruitment team during your on-boarding if you are happy to provide a copy of your COVID pass.

You will work within the Community Forensic Learning Disabilities and Autism Team to provide a high quality, specialist applied psychology service to service users with a diagnosis of learning disability and/or autism and an offending history who are living in the community or in the process of moving from secure inpatient care to the community.

You will have a psychology degree or higher in psychology, conferring eligibility to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.

You will have experience of working as an assistant psychologist or psychological wellbeing practitioner in a learning disability, adult mental health and/or forensic clinical setting or equivalent, providing psychological assessments and interventions. An understanding of positive behaviour support processes would be an advantage.

You will share our Trust values of Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence and Caring.



  • Southall, United Kingdom EduStaff Full time

    Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant - Ealing, West London - Calling all Educational/Clinical Psychologists and Psychotherapists EduStaff has been granted permission to advertise on behalf of one of our partnership schools: the role is for an innovative Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant in a nurturing primary school in Ealing, West London. This...


  • Southall, Greater London, United Kingdom EduStaff Full time

    Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant - Ealing, West London - Calling all Educational/Clinical Psychologists and PsychotherapistsEduStaff has been granted permission to advertise on behalf of one of our partnership schools: the role is for an innovative Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant in a nurturing primary school in Ealing, West London.This...

  • Assistant Psychology

    3 weeks ago


    Southall, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced assistant psychologist or psychological well-being practitioner, who is passionate about working with people a diagnosis of learning disability and/or autism to join the new Community Forensic Learning Disabilities and Autism Team at West London Forensic Service. There are two posts (1.0 wte and 0.5 wte)...


  • Southall, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    We are looking to appoint 7 WTE, 12 month Fixed Term Assistant PWP's to support two different Improving Access to Psychological Professions (IAPT) services - in Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham in West London. West London is one of the most diverse and vibrant areas of the capital and our staff reflect the diverse communities we serve. Our sense of...


  • Southall, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    We are looking to appoint 7 WTE, 12 month Fixed Term Assistant PWP's to support two different Improving Access to Psychological Professions (IAPT) services - in Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham in West London. West London is one of the most diverse and vibrant areas of the capital and our staff reflect the diverse communities we serve. Our sense of...

  • Assistant Psychologist

    2 months ago


    Southall, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    An excellent opportunity has arisen for experienced assistant psychologists or psychological well-being practitioners to join the Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT) at West London Forensic Service. There are two full-time posts available which are based on St Bernard’s Hospital site in Ealing. You will work within the team supporting the provision...


  • Southall, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    We are looking to appoint 7 WTE, 12 month Fixed Term Assistant PWP's to support two different Improving Access to Psychological Professions (IAPT) services - in Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham in West London.West London is one of the most diverse and vibrant areas of the capital and our staff reflect the diverse communities we serve. Our sense of community...


  • Southall, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join West London Forensic Service, within the Male Medium Secure directorate. The West London Forensic Service provides inpatient secure care and forensic community teams for service-users who have complex needs related to serious mental illness, personality disorder and offending...

  • Assistant Psychologist

    2 months ago


    Southall, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    There are three permanent roles and one Fixed Term (12 months) An excellent opportunity has arisen for a number of Assistant Psychologists to join West London Forensic Service. Three permanent posts will be attached to the Male Low Secure Service, the Women’s Secure service and the Drug and Alcohol Support Service. A further fixed term post will also be...


  • Southall, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    There are three permanent roles and one Fixed Term (12 months)An excellent opportunity has arisen for a number of Assistant Psychologists to join West London Forensic Service. Three permanent posts will be attached to the Male Low Secure Service, the Women's Secure service and the Drug and Alcohol Support Service. A further fixed term post will also be...


  • Southall, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    Assistant Psychologist (Band 4), Full-time, one-year fixed term, with Ealing Crisis, Assessment, and Treatment Team (ECATT) and Single Point of Access (SPA).We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to work as an Assistant Psychology within the Single Point of Access (SPA), based at St Bernard's Hospital. You will be joining a small but dynamic team...


  • Southall, Greater London, United Kingdom EduStaff Full time

    If you are contemplating a career within the Educational Psychologist, Speech & Language, Clinical Psychology or any other related Psychology industry and you would like to gain a years experience working with Primary aged children then you need to applytoday**Learning Support Assistant**Long-term post starting now or in january**2 Form Entry Primary School...


  • Southall, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    Assistant Psychologist (Band 4), Full-time, one-year fixed term, with Ealing Crisis, Assessment, and Treatment Team (ECATT) and Single Point of Access (SPA).We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to work as an Assistant Psychology within the Single Point of Access (SPA), based at St Bernard's Hospital. You will be joining a small but dynamic team...


  • Southall, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    **Assistant Psychologist (Band 4), Full-time, one-year fixed term, with Ealing Crisis, Assessment, and Treatment Team (ECATT) and Single Point of Access (SPA).** **We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to work as an Assistant Psychology within the Single Point of Access (SPA), based at St Bernard's Hospital. You will be joining a small but...


  • Southall, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    Assistant Psychologist (Band 4), Full-time, one-year fixed term, with Ealing Crisis, Assessment, and Treatment Team (ECATT) and Single Point of Access (SPA). We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to work as an Assistant Psychology within the Single Point of Access (SPA), based at St Bernard’s Hospital. You will be joining a small but dynamic...

  • Assistant Psychologist

    2 months ago


    Southall, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    Do you have an interest in working with older people? If so we are looking for an assistant psychologist to work on the Older People’s Mental Health Wards in Ealing and Hammersmith. You will work across our three wards under the supervision of a clinical psychologist. Jubilee and Meridian wards support older people with complex mental health needs...


  • Southall, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    Do you have an interest in working with older people? If so we are looking for an assistant psychologist to work on the Older People's Mental Health Wards in Ealing and Hammersmith. You will work across our three wards under the supervision of a clinical psychologist. Jubilee and Meridian wards support older people with complex mental health needs including...


  • Southall, United Kingdom EduStaff Full time

    If you are contemplating a career within the Educational Psychologist, Speech & Language, Clinical Psychology or any other related Psychology industry and you would like to gain a years experience working with Primary aged children then you need to applytoday! **Learning Support Assistant **Long-term post starting now or in january **2 Form Entry Primary...


  • Southall, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    We are seeking to appoint a Band 5 Assistant Psychologist to work with children and young people as part of the Ealing Intensive Therapeutic and Short Breaks Service (ITSBS) team. The team and post holder are based within the large multi-agency Ealing Service for Children with Additional Needs (ESCAN), Carmelita House, 21-22 The Mall, W5 2PJ. The ITSBS team...


  • Southall, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

    An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Assistant Psychologist to work at Ealing CAMHS within our Neurodevelopmental team. The role combines clinical work with children, young people and their families, alongside opportunities to support team and service development, improvement, and evaluation. We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and...