Assistant Psychologist

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Salary – up to £26,000

Work Pattern – Home based with travel required to services within your region.

Location – Cardiff

Would you like to support therapeutic and trauma-informed practice and services? Do you want to help support care experienced young people and the teams around them to thrive? Do you want to be part of an organisation that lives by, promotes and delivers their EPIC values (Excellence, Passion, Integrity, Caring)?

This is an exciting time of growth and expansion for Keys Group and as such we want more passionate and aspiring Assistant Psychologists to join us! You will support qualified members of the Clinical Team to promote and embed therapeutic practice within the homes in your dedicated region, embodying our Keys Connect model. We have a strong focus on CPD and research at Keys, so will be encouraged to engage in regular CPD and research interests appropriate to the Keys Group.

This is a great opportunity to be part of embedding our trauma-informed model of practice and care to enhance the support we provide to our children and teams. Please see the job description for more information.

The post holder will work collaboratively with operations and other colleagues across Keys Group to support the embedding of high-quality therapeutic practices, meeting the needs of children and young people who live within our Children’s Residential Services.

The Assistant Psychologist role within Keys Group aims to provide core opportunities to develop in the following areas (in line with British Psychological Society Standards of Recruitment and Employment of Assistant Psychologists, June 2024):

• Understanding professional practice and ethics
• Understanding and using supervision
• Developing team working skills
• Understanding risk assessment and management
• Developing knowledge of psychological formulation, assessment, intervention and evaluation
• Developing research knowledge and skills
• Understanding key principles of equality, diversity and inclusion on a practice and knowledge level

• To contribute to assessment and therapeutic care of children and young people living in/using Keys Group Services; including supporting consultations with teams within Residential Services.
• To develop knowledge and understanding of the Keys Connect clinical model and to promote and support therapeutic practice in the designated region.
• To undertake psychological interventions with children and young people as appropriate, drawing on a range of psychological methods, models and tools appropriate to the delivery of therapeutically informed care and within the competency of the individual under supervision.
• To support with the collection and interpretation of psychometric assessments where appropriate.

• To assist in the development and delivery of training in therapeutic approaches and associated applied psychology subjects and to share skills and learning with internal and
• To engage in regular clinical supervision with a qualified Practitioner Psychologist.

• To contribute as required to service development through supporting with agreed projects and meetings.
• To develop and maintain good communication links with Local Authorities, NHS services and other appropriate agencies.
• To develop resources and materials as required to support the therapeutic services to our children and colleagues.

• To develop understanding of and critically evaluate current research to support evidence-based practice.
• To help administration of agreed outcome measures.
• Following approval from the Governance Committee, initiate and conduct…