Band 5 Clinical Associate Psychology Apprenticeship - CIT Swindon
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,970.00 to £36,483.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £29970.00 - £36483.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 June 2025 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9342-25-0587 |
Summary
Clinical Associates in Psychology: are accountable professionals delivering psychological assessments, formulations, interventions and research within their scope of practice. use applied service research and evaluation to inform interventions. may work with and communicate with patients in their own home, in the community or hospital, or in any settings where their needs are supported and managed. may work with individuals and groups with complex and long-term needs. act as a psychological resource providing support, guidance and supervision using psychological models to the wider health or social care teams provide training to others to inform psychological interventions use psychological measurement tools to evaluate psychological treatments and improve the quality of clinical practice complement the work of Clinical Psychologists often deliver treatment interventions developed with a Clinical Psychologist who will review their practice through supervision. provide a range of psychological treatments working within their scope of practice, whilst the supervising Clinical Psychologist retains overall clinical responsibility for their work. undertake research report to a Clinical Psychologist in terms of psychological assessment, formulation and interventionIn their daily work, an employee in this occupation may interact with: a range of healthcare professionals in a variety of services nurses, social workers, allied health professionals (AHPs) and medical colleagues as part of a multidisciplinary team the psychology team, alongside assistant psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists, while reporting to a Clinical Psychologist regarding psychological assessment, formulation and intervention professionals in schools, probation services, the police and the courts, depending upon the appropriate training and supervised clinical practice delivered as part of their apprenticeship. Clinical Associates in Psychology may work outside of normal hours depending on the service requirements. An employee in this occupation will be responsible for providing psychological assessment and interventions within their scope of practice across Older Adults of service settings, in the community or in hospital, and including individual or group settings. Scope of practice is determined by a range of factors and defines the procedures, actions and processes that a CAP is qualified to deliver.