Assistant Psychologist

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We have developed an innovative, integrated model of childrens community services and are now looking to appoint enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams., We will ensure that this role offers you the opportunity to:

• broaden depth of psychological knowledge and experience
• Support with doctorate applications
• Support clinicians, as well as opportunities in service evaluations and audit alongside direct clinical work
• Deliver evidence-based practice as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Gain experience in eating disorders including ARFID
• Gain experience in a wide range of psychological difficulties such as depression, anxiety, trauma and phobias
• Supervised by clinical psychologist
• Opportunities to develop skills in group work
• Gain greater CAMHS experience linking with the different Mental Health pathways including CORE and Neurodiversity
• Gain experience in cognitive assessments and school observations
  
  Are you already an Assistant Psychologist looking to broaden your knowledge and experience as a stepping stone into your DClin? Or are you a looking for your first role as an Assistant Psychologist following BSc/ MSc study?, We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.
  
  Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon, including; Torbay and South Devon FT Devon Partnership NHS Trust CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities. Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.