Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
High level of communication skills (written and verbal)
- Skills
Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance
- Skills
Ability to devise observational measures
- Skills
An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
- Skills
Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
- Knowledge
An understanding of the difficulties of children with neurodevelopmental conditions and / or mental health problems and the needs of their carers
- Knowledge
An understanding of psychology applied to health care
- Knowledge
Knowledge of child development
- Experience
Experience as a Psychology Assistant
- Qualifications
An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
High Standard of report writing
- Skills
An interest in working with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
- Skills
A desire to explore a career in Clinical Psychology
- Knowledge
Evidence of ability to design and evaluate research projects relevant to Clinical Psychology
Job overview
We are looking for a highly skilled, compassionate assistant psychologist to join us in Pennine Care NHS foundation trust CAMHS.
Why Pennine Care CAMHS?
We are passionate about staff well-being and compassionate leadership in the CAMHS Care Hub.
We support staff to work flexibly and recognise and respect the roles our colleagues hold outside of their working hours.
Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the top of our agenda. We believe that a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture is vital; that everyone’s value should be recognised and respected.
We proactively challenge injustices, and are the only Trust in the North West to publicly recognise our commitment to becoming anti-racist and supporting our transgender and non-binary colleagues. We also have thriving staff networks to make sure everyone has a voice.
We are committed to staff development and have an extensive psychological therapies training programme
Our trust values are:
Kindness, Fairness, Ingenuity and Determination
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an assistant psychologist committed to these values and with a passion for working with children and their families to join us and work with neurodevelopmental team within HMR CAMHS.
You will support the psychology lead by assisting in the delivery of aspects of neurodevelopmental assessments including developmental histories and observations and working as an MDT within the wider neurodevelopmental team.
Does this sound like you? If so we’d love you to join us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
These can be found in the attached job description and person specification in the documents to download section below.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Assistant Psychologist - CAMHS with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Stockport, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Assistant psychologist role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Sep 2026.
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