CAIST Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

Is your passion working creatively with children and families? Looking for a role with flexible working opportunities?

We are excited to offer an opportunity to join CAIST, our under 18's Crisis Service as an Assistant Psychologist supporting young people and their families across Norfolk and Waveney.

The CAIST (Crisis, Assessment & Intensive Support Team) service is a vibrant and dynamic service that has 3 teams based across Norfolk & Waveney service, 7 days a week. The service is commissioned for 08:00-20:00 7 days per week.

The team offers community based intensive support to children & young people and their families. CAIST aim to establish trusting therapeutic relationships, to reduce risks when children and young people may be experiencing high levels of distress. We work hard to help children and young people avoid Tier 4 hospital admission, and when required, to expedite safe and effective discharge. We regularly work alongside other mental health services and social care teams, working collaboratively to support the needs of young people.

We request that as part of your application you answer the following question in 500 words or less at the beginning of the supporting information section on your application form:

"How may you need to differentiate your treatment offer for young people accessing our under 18s crisis service to meet their needs?"

**Please note that applications that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered for shortlisting**

Main duties of the job

Whilst experience in working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health. We understand that you will be able to bring with you a wealth of skills and experience to the team and would welcome new ways of thinking.

You will offer direct clinical work (individual brief interventions and intensive support) with children under 18 years that have presented in crisis, alongside their families and carers where appropriate. You will take a key role in coordinating, delivering and evaluating our DBT-A informed pathway. You will be a champion for Routine Outcome Measures (ROMs) and will support embedding the use of these in our daily clinical practice across the service.

You will also have a key role in service evaluation and associated data analysis, which will be supported and supervised by our Clinical Psychologist. There will be additional duties which will be considered and agreed with the Clinical Psychologist supervising you.

Weekly supervision for this post will be provided by a Clinical Psychologist within the team. We have good links with the University of East Anglia (UEA) Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme with previous post holders having been accepted onto the clinical doctorate and regularly have Trainee Clinical Psychologists on placement.

About us

The CAIST team has recently been recognised through our Quality and Safety Review Process as being a responsive and collaborative service that has a positive, inclusive culture, with shared vision and objectives. Feedback from young people and families, identified CAIST as an accessible and flexible service that prioritises service user collaboration and shared decision making.

It is important to us that all staff share our values and core beliefs, and those of the NHS Constitution. We promote an environment of mutual respect, compassion, integrity and collaborative working. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and aim to attract and retain a candidate who is compassionate and committed to our trust values.

Details

Date posted

27 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-GYW7544403

Job locations

80 St Stephens

Norwich

NR13RE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the Qualifications knowledge, skills and experience needed.

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For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the Qualifications knowledge, skills and experience needed.

PLEASE NOTE: If you use a Hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your junk mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your junk inbox.

For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oA BPS accredited degree in Psychology

Experience

Essential

• oExperience of quantitative research

Desirable

• Experience of research in the NHS

Skills

Essential

• Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows

Desirable

• Presentation skills
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to service users and colleagues

Knowledge

Essential

• oKnowledge of mental health
• oAn understanding of psychology applied to health care

Desirable

• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other difficulties
• An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context

other

Essential

• oAn ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
• oAbility to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
• oAbility to travel independently

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oA BPS accredited degree in Psychology

Experience

Essential

• oExperience of quantitative research

Desirable

• Experience of research in the NHS

Skills

Essential

• Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows

Desirable

• Presentation skills
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to service users and colleagues

Knowledge

Essential

• oKnowledge of mental health
• oAn understanding of psychology applied to health care

Desirable

• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other difficulties
• An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context

other

Essential

• oAn ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
• oAbility to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
• oAbility to travel independently

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

80 St Stephens

Norwich

NR13RE

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

80 St Stephens

Norwich

NR13RE

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)