Assistant Psychologist

You will be joining other psychologists and psychological therapists in providing an excellent therapeutic service to young people and families, as well as joining at a time when we are strengthening the teams' psychologically-informed culture.

We encourage applications from psychology graduates with a good level of British Sign Language (BSL).

National Deaf CAMHS is an innovative community and inpatient mental health service delivering a pathway of care for 0-18 year olds across England. The national service is delivered by four NHS Trusts, and our teams link closely together. You will be working closely with our key partners where together we have an ambition to deliver an outstanding model of mental health care for the deaf children, young people and parents of England.

NDCAMHS is a unique and truly individual service! We are continuously learning and evolving, as we work together to meet the mental health needs of children, young people and parents who are deaf., We are a fully integrated multi-disciplinary team comprising Psychologists; Psychiatrists; Systemic Family Therapists; Nurses; Occupational Therapists and Family Support Workers. A key aspect of the role is working closely with clinicians/practitioners as part of a bi-lingual, bi-cultural multi-disciplinary team with deaf and hearing practitioners and BSL/English Interpreters. We welcome deaf applicants, and applicants who already have a high level of British Sign Language, however specialist training and development will be provided to develop knowledge and skills for working with deaf children and young people. This would include access to training to develop British Sign Language knowledge and skills.

Post holders would be based at home and all travel would be in work time and paid from home. We are well resourced for remote working. We have use of offices across the region including in Wootton Basset and Selly Oak, Birmingham; as well as an admin office in Dudley. We arrange venues across the full region to see clients.