Central London Community Health Trust

Assistant Psychologist

The closing date is 24 July 2025

Job summary

The Tri-borough Learning Disabilities service in Kensington and Chelsea is a well-established team co-located with the RBKC learning disabilities social care team. Providing high quality services for people with learning disabilities. Within this team psychology plays a key role in the development and delivery of these services.

We are seeking an assistant psychologist with a keen interest in working in adult learning disability services. You will demonstrate knowledge and/or experience of the context of services for individuals with learning disabilities and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will undertake work directly with service users with learning disabilities, autism and challenging behaviour, their carers, family members and other agencies and indirectly as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The person appointed will have a Psychology Degree (first class) or a Masters Degree in Psychology. Knowledge of research methodology, computer literacy, experience of data analysis, and a high level of written communication skills are required.

The service good links with the North London Doctoral Training courses in Clinical Psychology, to which it regularly provides clinical placements to doctoral trainees.

Main duties of the job

Under close supervision to undertake protocol based psychological assessments of service users. This may include applying psychological tests, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service user's care.
To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a service user's problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, in both community and in-patient/residential settings.
To assist in the co-ordination and running of therapeutic groups.
To work with other staff in assessing service user's needs and review their care in preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.
To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all service users of the service, across all settings where care takes place.

About us

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Date posted

21 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£35,964 to £43,780 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

824-INNER-7307854

Job locations

CLCH Hub - St Marks Road

1-9 St Marks Rd

London

W11 1RG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A minimum 2:1 honours degree or higher in psychology.
Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health and/or learning disability practice and/or research design and analysis.

Experience

Essential

Work with people with learning disabilities and those who have a dual diagnosis (i.e. additional mental health problems).

Desirable

Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
Experience of working in the NHS.

Skills

Essential

High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with learning disabilities and those who have a dual diagnosis (i.e. additional mental health problems).
An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health/learning disability context.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A minimum 2:1 honours degree or higher in psychology.
Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health and/or learning disability practice and/or research design and analysis.

Experience

Essential

Work with people with learning disabilities and those who have a dual diagnosis (i.e. additional mental health problems).

Desirable

Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
Experience of working in the NHS.

Skills

Essential

High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with learning disabilities and those who have a dual diagnosis (i.e. additional mental health problems).
An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health/learning disability context.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

CLCH Hub - St Marks Road

1-9 St Marks Rd

London

W11 1RG

Employer's website

https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

CLCH Hub - St Marks Road

1-9 St Marks Rd

London

W11 1RG

Employer's website

https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)