Assistant Psychologist | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	30 Mehefin 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£27,485 - £30,162 per annum
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	15 Awst 2025
Lleoliad:	Chester, CH2 1BQ
Cwmni:	Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7276913/373-CYP1443

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Cheshire and Merseyside Adolescent Eating Disorder Service (CHEDS) is a regional outpatient/inpatient service offering evidenced based treatment approaches to 13 - 18 year olds who present with an eating disorder, and their families / carers. The Service has strong links with Ancora House, and the trust has close research links with the University of Liverpool. The service also works very closely with locality ED community teams within the CAMHS teams within CWP and Merseyside. The main aim of the work is to reduce and prevent hospital admission to either a paediatric ward, tier 4 CAMHS unit or a specialist eating disorder unit.

We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Psychologist to assist the Clinical Psychologists and the multi-disciplinary staff of CHEDS in the care and treatment of adolescents with eating disorders and to contribute to the audit and research activity of the team. We are based at Ancora House (Countess of Chester Hospital site) which is an in-patient child and adolescent mental health service, consisting of 26 beds, split across two wards: Coral and Indigo.

The Assistant Psychologist will assist the Clinical Psychologists and the multi-disciplinary staff in the care and treatment of adolescents with eating disorders and supporting their families/carers. All work to be undertaken will be under supervision of a Clinical Psychologist.

The role will involve supporting and enhancing the psychological care of service users, providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions (individual and group) under clinical supervision.

The role will also include development of our day unit programme and facility.

Additional aspects of the role will include clinical administration, audit, and data collection.

Applicants are required to have achieved a degree in psychology which confers Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applications are received.



-An understanding of the needs of young people with mental health problems and their families, high level of communication and facilitation skills with regards to clients, their families and professionals – ability to tailor information to a range of levels is essential.

-Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively as a team member, organise own workload within competing demands, have competence in IT skills and ability to use information technology e.g. SPSS, EXCEL, WORD, databases, and carry out large amounts of data collection/analysis is also essential.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification)andvalues.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are ‘the 6 Cs’ Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment. A ‘Guide to completing your application form’ can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.

The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

If you experience any technical difficulties or need help when making an application please contact our Recruitment Team on 01244 393100.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon.


This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Jul 2025

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