# Assistant Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/e28fa88c-a727-41cd-825d-12a87064f2a9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-psychologist/e28fa88c-a727-41cd-825d-12a87064f2a9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - **Town:** Cardiff - **Region:** Cardiff - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £30,420 - £37,030 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2025-07-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2025-07-11T12:20:37.564Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Cardiff/Cardiff_Vale_University_Health_Board/Assistant_Psychologist/Assistant_Psychologist-v7232276 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7232276?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://cavuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview We are excited to offer a rare opportunity to join the Enfys service as an Assistant Psychologist. The team support families of children who are in foster care, residential care and adopted children. This post is community based and offers a fantastic opportunity to work alongside families in their homes as well as linking in with schools and other agencies involved in a child's care, alongside our partners in the Local Authority. The post holder will have the opportunity to run groups, participate in research, work clinically in a variety of settings and receive supervision from a Clinical Psychologist in the Enfys team. The post holder will be part of the wider Child Psychology Service, which delivers psychological services to children and families in Cardiff and Vale. The department enjoys a good relationship with the South Wales Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology, and offers core and elective placements. The service is committed to supporting staff in their continuing professional development and specialist interests. It is essential for this post to hold at least an upper second-class honours degree or higher in Psychology, and to have eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. We warmly welcome applicants who identify as minority ethnic / global majority. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will contribute to the services provided for children, young people and their families with regard to assessment, intervention and consultation on development, behaviour and emotional wellbeing. Enfys are a DDP-informed team, and also draw on a wide range of psychological therapies e.g. systemic, ACT, DBT. You will promote service initiatives, take a role in enhancing multi-disciplinary team work and developing links with the wider network. You will also contribute to research and audit projects within the team. Regular supervision, joint working and training are key aspects of the service. You will be expected to attend weekly team meetings, participate in reflective practice sessions, CPD sessions and team-based nurture activities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Job Details We are excited to offer a rare opportunity to join the Enfys service as an Assistant Psychologist. The team support families of children who are in foster care, residential care and adopted children. This post is community based and offers a fantastic opportunity to work alongside families in their homes as well as linking in with schools and other agencies involved in a child's care, alongside our partners in the Local Authority. The post holder will have the opportunity to run groups, participate in research, work clinically in a variety of settings and receive supervision from a Clinical Psychologist in the Enfys team. The post holder will be part of the wider Child Psychology Service, which delivers psychological services to children and families in Cardiff and Vale. The department enjoys a good relationship with the South Wales Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology, and offers core and elective placements. The service is committed to supporting staff in their continuing professional development and specialist interests. It is essential for this post to hold at least an upper second-class honours degree or higher in Psychology, and to have eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. We warmly welcome applicants who identify as minority ethnic / global majority. ## Job Description The post holder will contribute to the services provided for children, young people and their families with regard to assessment, intervention and consultation on development, behaviour and emotional wellbeing. Enfys are a DDP-informed team, and also draw on a wide range of psychological therapies e.g. systemic, ACT, DBT. You will promote service initiatives, take a role in enhancing multi-disciplinary team work and developing links with the wider network. You will also contribute to research and audit projects within the team. Regular supervision, joint working and training are key aspects of the service. You will be expected to attend weekly team meetings, participate in reflective practice sessions, CPD sessions and team-based nurture activities. ## Responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability to use word processing and computer packages for both report- writing, layout and data analysis. - Ability to accept and use clinical supervision appropriately and effectively. - Willingness to undertake continuing professional development. - Ability to travel across the Health Board to meet the needs of the service. **Desirable** - Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner. - Ability to speak Welsh. ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant clinical experience. **Desirable** - Experience of applying clinical/counselling psychology in the NHS (counselling or psychological interventions under supervision) - Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team - Previous experience of audit and/or service evaluation - Experience of working with children who are looked after and/or adopted ### Qualifications **Essential** - An upper second-class honours degree or higher in Psychology - Eligibility for graduate basis for chartership with the British Psychological Society -GBC **Desirable** - Additional training in relevant areas e.g., mental health practice, research design, psychological therapy ### Special Knowledge **Essential** - An understanding of the needs and difficulties of (older) people with mental health problems. **Desirable** - Ability to carry out standardised psychological assessments. - Specialist knowledge related to the area of work. ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Interest and enthusiasm for working with people to increase their psychological skills. - An ability to manage emotional issues arising from working with clients in significant distress. - Empathic interpersonal style. - Reflective capacity. - Ability to be flexible towards service requirements. ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to use high level communication skills in both spoken and written communication, including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive. - An ability to communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance. - An ability to interact with people with psychological problems. - Competence in research design and methodologies. - Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context and an understanding of Psychology as applied to health care. - Ability to plan and prioritise own workload. - An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines and be involved in training members of staff. - Ability to work independently with clinical supervision. **Desirable** - High standard of clinical and audit/research report writing. ## Documents - [guidance notes for applicants april 2024 (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2843) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 736.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9465407) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 696.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1630) - [croeso i fwrdd iechyd prifysgol caerdydd a’r fro (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2422) - [welcome to cardiff and vale university health board (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2421) - [occupational health - functional requirements form (docx, 102.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9582795) ## 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.