Assistant Clinical Psychologist
Job summary
Are you a Psychology graduate with a degree of clinical experience within Mental Health?
We are advertising 2 Assistant Psychology posts to work within our Forensic CAMHs teams. Both roles have different focus of roles and responsibilities, and you are welcome to apply for one or both by indicating this on the form or at interview.
The Youth Justice Liaison and Diversion Team work with children and young people that are involved in offending behaviour or suspected of a criminal offence.
The forensic child and adolescent mental health service (fCAMHS) is a regional specialist service set up to work with young people under 18 in contact with the criminal justice system, or with those that are presenting serious risk of harm to others.
The role is within FCAMHS will support with the delivery of a clinical trial for MBT which is just starting, and also with general support to the FCAMHS team alongside the existing Assistant role. This role is fixed term 16 months. Liaison & Diversion is Permanent, on a part time basis.
We are looking for a motivated Assistant Psychologist to help our service delivery and support our ongoing development and the vital work our teams do across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Both services already have strong links with other teams across CAMHS, within children's social care, youth justice, education and the voluntary and community sector and there will be opportunities to learn about and be get involved in some way in these teams if desired.
Main duties of the job
Liaison & Diversion:
Triaging, liaising, supporting assessments, completing risk assessments and completing assessments. This includes onward signposting, attending multi-agency meetings and liaising with professionals.The role includes: completing neurodiversity questionnaires and supporting young people in custody through in-person or remote screenings and working with adult L&D colleagues in custody. The role also includes 1:1 CBT-informed sessions under supervision of a clinical psychologist.
A significant part of the role is to support the service in collection of data, create reports and assist in the development of service evaluation with service users and stakeholder professionals as part of this evaluation.
FCAMHS:
Some of the time will be supporting the research trial - supporting the allocation and processing of the input, supporting with the trial data collection, outcome measures and with the treatment as usual. We offer consultations to a number of agencies as well as assessment and intervention.
The role will include contributing to, and writing up, multi-agency consultation and specialist assessments, supporting the clinicians in service development and supporting the collation of outcome data for research and service evaluation.
The service works closely with other agencies such as social care and youth justice teams and offers training to these professionals.
The roles require flexibility in working location and travel to sites.
About us
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount
- Pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups
Details
Date posted
06 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
267-FS7560248
Job locations
Maple House
Horspath Driftway
Headington
OX3 7JH
Job description
Job responsibilities
We work in a variety of ways including consultation, assessment and intervention. The role supports the team whilst also being under the supervision of a consultant clinical psychologist, and contributes to the treatment of individuals as well as the service response more generally.We'll need you to be able to travel across the counties to visit custody and come into our office base in Maple House, but we also offer hybrid working (working from office base for minimum 2 days a week) and also some flexibility with working hours in alignment with service need - we know how important a good work/life balance is.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
We work in a variety of ways including consultation, assessment and intervention. The role supports the team whilst also being under the supervision of a consultant clinical psychologist, and contributes to the treatment of individuals as well as the service response more generally.We'll need you to be able to travel across the counties to visit custody and come into our office base in Maple House, but we also offer hybrid working (working from office base for minimum 2 days a week) and also some flexibility with working hours in alignment with service need - we know how important a good work/life balance is.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a clinical setting
Desirable
- Work with people with mental health problems and/or Learning disabilities.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in psychology
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for clients with mental health problems.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with children and adolescents with Mental health difficulties, physical health difficulties, neurodevelopmental disorders and/or intellectual disabilities.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a clinical setting
Desirable
- Work with people with mental health problems and/or Learning disabilities.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in psychology
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for clients with mental health problems.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with children and adolescents with Mental health difficulties, physical health difficulties, neurodevelopmental disorders and/or intellectual disabilities.
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
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address
Maple House
Horspath Driftway
Headington
OX3 7JH
Employer's website
https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address
Maple House
Horspath Driftway
Headington
OX3 7JH
Employer's website
Salary range
- £27,485 - £30,162 per year