Assistant Psychologist - YOS

Job summary

Are you passionate about working with children, young people and their families?

Are you looking to pursue a career in Child and Adolescent Mental Health? Do you have an interest in working with vulnerable teenagers in a trauma-informed and compassionate way?

This is an exciting opportunity to join Southampton CAMHS as an Assistant Psychologist within the core specialist CAMHS team. This is a part-time post based at CAMHS Horizon Centre in Southampton.

The Southampton CAMHS team is a strong and supportive team and has excellent structures to offer regular supervision and support. This is a great opportunity to join our team in Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Trust Children & Families Service line to support in the delivery of high-quality children's mental health services. We are looking for exceptional individuals with the right attitude, skills and knowledge who share our passion to deliver the best quality care experience for children and their families.

Please note this advert may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Main duties of the job

This is an Assistant Psychologist post supporting the work we do at Southampton CAMHS with the Youth Justice Service (YJS). Southampton Youth Justice Service (SYJS based at Southampton City Council, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY) works with children from as young as 10 up to 18 years of age, that break the law. These children could have been sentenced by a court or have come to the attention of the police but not been charged.

The post holder will work closely with clinical psychology colleagues and the Southampton's Youth Justice Team to support the delivery of care for the young people referred to CAMHS that also receive support from the Youth Justice Service. You will support the development of psychological formulations that seeks to understand how a young person's experiences of trauma, neurodivergence, and/or their interactions with different systems creates distress and vulnerabilities to further harm.

We require an Assistant Psychologist who has experience working with a children's social care or mental health setting as this is a higher banding AP post.

If this sounds like your next challenge, then apply today!

Please contact Dr James Knight (Senior Clinical Psychologist) if you have any further questions about this post on 0300 123 6617.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

• Date posted: 29 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: 348-CFS-11710
• Job locations: Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre, William Macleod Way, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 4XE, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.