# Assistant Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/ab340e10-6ba8-4a04-b1ae-aa7aa1fe7ece - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/ab340e10-6ba8-4a04-b1ae-aa7aa1fe7ece.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Worthing - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 pa - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term for 12 months) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday -Friday 9-5) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T07:12:16.387Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Worthing/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8004945 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8004945?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an Assistant psychologist  Would you like experience working with clients with psychosis supported by an experienced Multi disciplinary Team.   If so, our fixed term role for 12 months working across the Worthing and Bognor Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) may be the role for you! The Worthing and Bognor Community Rehabilitation Service  (CRS) is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, a Psychologist, Psychiatrists, Support Workers, and a Pharmacy Technician. We operate creatively and flexibly, sharing responsibility for risk management to support service users with a primary diagnosis of psychosis. We run groups for service users and adopt a biopsychosocial approach. The Worthing  CRS is currently based at Swandean Hospital  but this will be moving to the Worthing Integrated Care Centre in central Worthing.  The Bognor Team is based at the Bedale centre. ### Main duties of the job - To work with individuals presenting complex needs, including severe & enduring mental health needs, substance misuse, forensic issues, and housing difficulties. - To provide high-quality, safe, and effective rehabilitation for adults with psychosis and complex mental disorders. - To collaborate with patients to deliver personalised rehabilitation in their local area, supporting meaningful recovery, improving quality of life, and enabling social inclusion and participation in the wider community. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description document for full details on the role and responsibilities. If you are ready to take on this rewarding role and make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply. Join us in our mission to provide exceptional mental health care and support to our community. ## Job Details Are you an Assistant psychologist Would you like experience working with clients with psychosis supported by an experienced Multi disciplinary Team. If so, our fixed term role for 12 months working across the Worthing and Bognor Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) may be the role for you! The Worthing and Bognor Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, a Psychologist, Psychiatrists, Support Workers, and a Pharmacy Technician. We operate creatively and flexibly, sharing responsibility for risk management to support service users with a primary diagnosis of psychosis. We run groups for service users and adopt a biopsychosocial approach. The Worthing CRS is currently based at Swandean Hospital but this will be moving to the Worthing Integrated Care Centre in central Worthing. The Bognor Team is based at the Bedale centre. ## Job Description - To work with individuals presenting complex needs, including severe & enduring mental health needs, substance misuse, forensic issues, and housing difficulties. - To provide high-quality, safe, and effective rehabilitation for adults with psychosis and complex mental disorders. To collaborate with patients to deliver personalised rehabilitation in their local area, supporting meaningful recovery, improving quality of life, and enabling social inclusion and participation in the wider community. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description document for full details on the role and responsibilities. If you are ready to take on this rewarding role and make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply. Join us in our mission to provide exceptional mental health care and support to our community. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. ### Knowledge/Experience **Essential** - Experience in highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment across outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings. - Post-qualification experience as a practitioner psychologist with approximately 50 hours of clinical supervision. - Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, design and complex data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of applied psychology. - Experience working with diverse client groups across the lifespan, addressing a wide range of clinical severities, and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in challenging situations. - Skilled in teaching, training and/or supervision. - Experience of applying psychology in different cultural contexts and working within a multicultural framework. - Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care. - Experience or demonstrable knowledge of working with the particular client group served by the team/service. - Knowledge of relevant national and local guidance, legislation, and mental health frameworks. - Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc). - High-level proficiency in at least two specialised psychological therapies and neuropsychology, with continued practice or training post-qualification. - Formal training in supervision of other psychologists. - Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC. **Desirable** - Lived experience of mental health issues ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254) - [job description (pdf, 728.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10290227) - [psychological therapist (pdf, 504.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10290228) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.