Job summary
24 Month Fixed Term Contract, 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has become available for an Assistant Psychologists (Band 5) to join the West Yorkshire Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub (WY Hub). We are eager to recruit an enthusiastic and reliable Assistant Psychologist to support the delivery of high-quality services to those that use our services.
Bradford District Care Foundation Trust (BDCFT) is hosting the Staff Psychological Assessment and Treatment arm of West Yorkshire Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, supporting all those in health and care roles health, social and voluntary organisations. The remit is to provide evidence-based psychological therapies to all health, social and voluntary organisations within the Integrated Care System across West Yorkshire.
The West Yorkshire Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub is committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of health care professionals. We offer a range of services designed to promote resilience, reduce stress, and enhance the overall wellbeing of our dedicated staff. This support doesn't stop at service users, we are also committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our employees. As a team we support all new employees to settles into the role and provide a comprehensive 3-week induction period.
Closing date - 17th July 2025Shortlisting date - 18th July 2025Interview Date - 23rd July 2025
Please note vacancy will close once it reaches 25 applications.
Main duties of the job
To provide supervised support to the psychological therapy service and wider team across the range of provision.
Under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist & CBT therapist:
- Conduct initial calls with service users to inform decision regarding suitability and next steps in their journey
- To support project work within the service
- Aid in the facilitation and delivery of Triage
- Collaboratively establish individual service user's goals towards recovery.
- Deliver psychological interventions such as groups to service users; CBT informed structured interventions, guided self-help, cofacilitated group work.
- Support the audit and research activities of the service
- Support the psychological therapy services through data collection & analysis as part of audit, service evaluation and research initiatives
About us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.
Right to Work in the UKApplicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.
Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trusts eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.
As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.
Right to Work in the UKApplicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.
Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trusts eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.
As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology
- Eligible for graduate membership of the BPS
Desirable
- Further post-graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental /physical health practice and/or research design and analysis
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental / physical health problems and/or other disabilities
- Experience working in a paid or voluntary Assistant Psychologist role or equivalent (e.g., IAPT therapist, Research Assistant etc)
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision
- Experience of working in physical health/ neuropsychology
- Experience working with people with Persistent Physical Symptoms /long covid /neuropsychology etc.
Training
Desirable
- Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental /physical health practice and/or research design and analysis
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of mental / physical health problems and/or other disabilities
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology
- Eligible for graduate membership of the BPS
Desirable
- Further post-graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental /physical health practice and/or research design and analysis
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental / physical health problems and/or other disabilities
- Experience working in a paid or voluntary Assistant Psychologist role or equivalent (e.g., IAPT therapist, Research Assistant etc)
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision
- Experience of working in physical health/ neuropsychology
- Experience working with people with Persistent Physical Symptoms /long covid /neuropsychology etc.
Training
Desirable
- Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental /physical health practice and/or research design and analysis
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of mental / physical health problems and/or other disabilities
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
