Assistant Psychologist at NHS

• Job Location London, England, United Kingdom
• Seniority Internship
• Type Contract

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Job Summary We encourage applications from those identified as under-represented groups within the Psychology profession, this includes people from ethnic minority background and those from low income families.

The ASPIRE scheme is designed to support psychology graduates who face challenges accessing paid or unpaid assistant psychologist roles due to systemic barriers and contextual factors.We are looking for recent psychology graduates who are passionate about working in mental health services, are curious to understand and support others, and are open to learning.

This year, we are offering three part-time, paid placements lasting 6 months, providing valuable clinical experience to help participants progress toward their career goals.

The role offers the development of clinical experience in working as an Assistant Psychologist within the NHS.

This will be gained through observation of the clinical work of qualified members of staff (psychologists and other psychological professionals), joint working with the supervisor and others and, as agreed with the supervisor, supervised independent clinicalworkand related clinical tasks.

We anticipate that the successful applicants will work in one of three services.

Likely to be from these settings: EnfieldIntegratedLearning DisabilitiesService(EILDS) St.

Ann's Eating Disorder Service(SAEDS) Unplanned Care(inpatient wards and/or Same Day Emergency Services) Main duties of the job The main duties of the job are tosupport and enhance the professional psychological care of service users within the service.