Assistant Psychologist

Job Summary

We are pleased to be advertising for Band 4 Assistant Psychologists to join our Eating Disorder (ED) team. These are county-wide roles with a requirement to travel to our three locality bases in CFHD.

Do you have a passion for working with adolescents and their families who are struggling with significant mental health difficulties? Would you like experience of working in a supportive and innovative team working across Devon? Are you already an Assistant Psychologist looking to broaden your knowledge and experience as a stepping stone into your Doctoral training in Clinical Psychology? Or are you looking for your first role as an Assistant Psychologist following BSc/ MSc study?

• Broaden depth of psychological knowledge and experience
• Supervised by clinical psychologist
• Direct clinical work
• Research & evaluation
• Delivery of evidence-based practice as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Gain experience in working within Eating Disorders team
• Gain experience in a wide range of psychological difficulties such as depression, self-harm, anxiety, eating difficulties, and trauma
• Opportunities to develop skills in group work with appropriate training. This may involve working into late afternoon/early evening e.g. 5-6.30 pm
• Gain greater CAMHS experience with complex cases linking with the different Mental Health pathways
• Opportunities to work within a service improvement, redesign and clinical effectiveness process

We are looking for people who can support the running of our skills groups, work alongside the clinical team delivering therapy, and Clinical and Management Leads to deliver a high-quality service across CFHD. Assistant Psychologists are highly valued in our service, and we are committed to providing you with a valuable experience towards career progression.

Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust. 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.

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.

Date posted: 10 February 2026

Band: 4

Salary: £27,485 to £30,162 a year

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Full-time

Reference number: C

Job locations:
Evergreen, Victoria Park Road, Exeter, EX2 4NU
;
Torbay Hospital Annexe, 187 Newton Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7BA
;
Integrated Children's Services, Fishleigh Road, Roundswell Business Park, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 3UD

Employer:

Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Evergreen, Victoria Park Road, Exeter, EX2 4NU
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• Experience in working with children, young people and families
• Experience of working with children and young people with emotional and mental health difficulties, in a clinical or healthcare environment and/or community-based setting (desirable)

• Ability to travel and work in a variety of locations (clinic base, schools, home visits)
• Commitment to research and engagement in a programme of research activity and audit as required
• Ability to translate basic psychological theory to clinical populations in a clinical setting
• High standard of report writing

• Bachelor Degree at Honours level, giving eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (essential)
• Further postgraduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice and/or research design and analysis (desirable)

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.