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Achieving For Children

Assistant Psychologist

The closing date is 14 December 2025

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Job summary

The emotional health service sits within our Education Directorate. The service is a dynamic team of Mental Health professionals including Clinical / Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Creative Therapists. The service sits alongside our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools. The EHS is focused on providing fully integrated, high quality and swift mental health consultation, advice, training and reflective practice space for our social care and education colleagues. This is a newly created service, following our local independent CAMHS review and therefore there are many opportunities for development. We are a supportive group of professionals who recognise that the emotional wellbeing of the workforce is central to the work we deliver.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this post is to support children and their families with neurodivergence. As an Assistant Psychologist in the Emotional Health Service for Achieving for Children, you will be responsible for:

  • Developing and delivering our local offer of the post diagnostic pathway
  • Offer parents regular check-ins via phone calls or video calls and following it up with signposting
  • Co-facilitating post diagnosis groups for young people focusing onpsychoeducation and coping strategies co-facilitating post diagnosis groups for parents
  • Supporting consultation with Child and Family teams

You will also receive clinical supervision and line management within the service.

About us

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

Details

Date posted

09 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£31,158 to £32,535 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0458-09DEC25-2195

Job locations

42 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BW


The Moor Lane Centre

Moor Lane

Chessington

Surrey

KT9 2AA


Job description

Job responsibilities

About the service

The emotional health service sits within our Education Directorate. The service is a dynamic team of Mental Health professionals including Clinical / Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Creative Therapists. The service sits alongside our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools. The EHS is focused on providing fully integrated, high quality and swift mental health consultation, advice, training and reflective practice space for our social care and education colleagues. This is a newly created service, following our local independent CAMHS review and therefore there are many opportunities for development.

About the role

As an Assistant Psychologist in the Emotional Health Service (EHS) you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will provide input and support to the Child & Family Help social care teams with a focus on neurodivergent children and families with outreach to the Family Hubs in the community. You will support the EHS Clinician for Child & Family Help team to deliver consultations, reflective practice and bespoke training to specialist education, social care and family support worker colleagues. You will also support the team with group work and aspects of assessments and interventions. You will be part of a team of clinicians providing access to regular peer supervision and many exciting development opportunities. You will also receive clinical supervision and line management within the service.

About you: Our role specification

Qualifications

Educated to a degree level in Psychology (2.1 or better)

Additional CPD in Autism and ADHD

Skills and experience

Experience of working in CAMHS or other child mental health service

Experience of working with children and/or young people with Autism or ADHD

Experience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomes

for children and young people

A knowledge of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Have the ability to demonstrate a high level of determination, personal drive, energy and

ambition to achieve challenging targets

Have high-level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different

communication styles and techniques to present ideas and influence others

Have knowledge and understanding of legislation, statutory frameworks, child development

and relevant pedagogy including Safeguarding

Have the ability to recognise your own professional limitations and gaps and to use clinical

supervision and regular CPD to overcome limitations and close knowledge gaps

Have good IT skills including use of database or spreadsheet packages

Personal attributes

A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young

people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives

Evidence that you put children and young people first

Evidence that you work in partnership to improve services

Evidence that you focus on quality and innovation

Evidence that you listen and learn to develop the EHS and AfC as an organisation

Evidence that you champion inclusion and value diversity

Job description

Job responsibilities

About the service

The emotional health service sits within our Education Directorate. The service is a dynamic team of Mental Health professionals including Clinical / Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Creative Therapists. The service sits alongside our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools. The EHS is focused on providing fully integrated, high quality and swift mental health consultation, advice, training and reflective practice space for our social care and education colleagues. This is a newly created service, following our local independent CAMHS review and therefore there are many opportunities for development.

About the role

As an Assistant Psychologist in the Emotional Health Service (EHS) you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will provide input and support to the Child & Family Help social care teams with a focus on neurodivergent children and families with outreach to the Family Hubs in the community. You will support the EHS Clinician for Child & Family Help team to deliver consultations, reflective practice and bespoke training to specialist education, social care and family support worker colleagues. You will also support the team with group work and aspects of assessments and interventions. You will be part of a team of clinicians providing access to regular peer supervision and many exciting development opportunities. You will also receive clinical supervision and line management within the service.

About you: Our role specification

Qualifications

Educated to a degree level in Psychology (2.1 or better)

Additional CPD in Autism and ADHD

Skills and experience

Experience of working in CAMHS or other child mental health service

Experience of working with children and/or young people with Autism or ADHD

Experience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomes

for children and young people

A knowledge of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Have the ability to demonstrate a high level of determination, personal drive, energy and

ambition to achieve challenging targets

Have high-level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different

communication styles and techniques to present ideas and influence others

Have knowledge and understanding of legislation, statutory frameworks, child development

and relevant pedagogy including Safeguarding

Have the ability to recognise your own professional limitations and gaps and to use clinical

supervision and regular CPD to overcome limitations and close knowledge gaps

Have good IT skills including use of database or spreadsheet packages

Personal attributes

A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young

people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives

Evidence that you put children and young people first

Evidence that you work in partnership to improve services

Evidence that you focus on quality and innovation

Evidence that you listen and learn to develop the EHS and AfC as an organisation

Evidence that you champion inclusion and value diversity

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working with children preferably in CAMHS or other child mental health service
  • Experience of working with children and/or young people with ASD or ADHD
  • Experience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomes for children and young people
  • Have high-level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different communication styles and techniques to present ideas and influence others
  • Have knowledge and understanding of legislation, statutory frameworks, child development and relevant pedagogy including Safeguarding
  • A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to a degree level in Psychology (2.1 or better)
Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working with children preferably in CAMHS or other child mental health service
  • Experience of working with children and/or young people with ASD or ADHD
  • Experience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomes for children and young people
  • Have high-level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different communication styles and techniques to present ideas and influence others
  • Have knowledge and understanding of legislation, statutory frameworks, child development and relevant pedagogy including Safeguarding
  • A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to a degree level in Psychology (2.1 or better)

Employer details

Employer name

Achieving For Children

Address

42 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Achieving For Children

Address

42 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

09 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£31,158 to £32,535 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0458-09DEC25-2195

Job locations

42 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BW


The Moor Lane Centre

Moor Lane

Chessington

Surrey

KT9 2AA


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