Assistant Psychologist post; funding Midlands​/Cheshire

Assistant Psychologist post (6m initial funding) Midlands/Cheshire Vacancy Information

We have a vacancy for an Assistant Psychologist to administer and score psychometric assessments that contribute to wider psychological assessments of parents and children undertaken as part of expert witness work for the family court. The post-holder may also contribute to our services related to screening the psychological adjustment of young people in children's residential homes, or working with local authorities.

We expect that the majority of the work will be located around Coventry, Birmingham and east Cheshire, but it may involve travel further afield for two or three days per month. This role involves travelling to various locations in the area and gathering information, setting up meetings, administering psychometric assessments and contributing to reports and letters.

We have 6 months of funding initially, whilst another AP in the team is seconded into a project funded by a grant, so we are initially recruiting to a fixed term contract. However, we have other grant applications submitted through the BERRI side of the business, for which we will hear the results in January. If any of these are successful, that could lead to this post being extended.

Likewise, we have several members of staff who have applied for clinical training this year, and again, this could create longer-term vacancies if any of them secure a place.

The contract of employment will be with Life Psychol Ltd, and you are likely to have a mixture of working from home, out in the field and our offices in Sutton Coldfield. This role cannot be done remotely, and we expect the postholder to be fully immunised and willing to engage positively with applicable precautions to prevent the spread of covid-19, such as wearing masks or social distancing, where applicable, and sanitising materials between uses.

The post involves a combination of:

• summarising legal bundles
• administering psychometric assessments
• writing up reports to a template provided
• gathering background information from files
• collecting questionnaire data from schools and parents/foster parents/residential care staff
• gathering outcome data and using an online outcome measurement tool (see )
• acting as a champion for the outcome measurement protocol within services
• providing summary reports from outcome data/questionnaires
• making structured observations of children
• gathering third party observational data

It may also involve

• data entry and statistical analysis
• writing literature reviews
• contributing to academic papers for publication
• general administrative tasks (arranging meetings, responding to telephone and email enquiries, keeping track of materials, etc)
• other such tasks as the business requires

You'll be part of a small local team, co-located with a qualified clinical psychologist, and remotely linked into a wider national team that includes a consultant clinical psychologist, two other clinical psychologists, 3 other AP/psych graduates, various students on placement, and a wider operations, sales and admin team. We also fund a research team at the Anna Freud Centre / UCL.

This means there are lots of interesting people within the network to learn from. There will be opportunities to sit in on training events, and you may be able to contribute to research and publications.

The nature of the roles this post will undertake means that we require a psychology graduate with GBC (at a 2:1 or better, or with a completed post-graduate qualification), who has a driving license and access to a vehicle (or can propose suitable adaptation if they have a disability that prevents this). We need someone who is proactive, diligent and meticulous about collecting and writing up information.

Experience administering psychometric assessments would be advantageous but is not essential, as full training will be provided. You need to be organised and persistent, able to set up meetings and communicate in a professional manner, including writing up reports to a high standard. Fluency with computer and internet applications is also necessary. We want you to share our mission to improve the lives of people who…