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Assistant Psychologist CAMHS Learning Disabilities and Autism Team

Job details
Posting date: 18 July 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £27,485 - £30,162 per annum (pro rata)
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 17 August 2025
Location: Wythenshawe, M23 0XD
Company: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 7338106/349-MCH-7338106

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Summary

A Vacancy at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.


This post involves assisting in the delivery and development of the CAMHS Specialist Community Services - Learning Disabilities and Autism, and supporting Clinical Psychologist and Specialist Learning Disability Nurses in their direct work with children and young people and their families.

The post holder will assist with a wide range of duties at all stages of service delivery - assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Duties may include the development of resources, audit and service development, triage calls to parents, direct work with children and young people, and support to parent group delivery.

The post holder will also be expected to assist team clinicians in the preparation, delivery and evaluation of a variety of clinical, teaching and service development tasks. The post holder will act under the supervision of a Senior Clinical Psychologist and will receive regular supervision

1. Departmental Information systems

1.1 The post holder will be expected to input data onto the trust electronic patient record system

2. Assistance with Clinical tasks

2.1 Under supervision, the post holder will be expected to assist the clinical team, in implementing psychological interventions with autistic children and young people, and young people with learning disabilities.

2.2 In undertaking these duties, the post holder will be expected to communicate sensitive information with children, families, and parent groups both verbally and in writing.

2.3The post holder will be expected to assist and support the delivery of the "Riding the Rapids" programme

3. Assistance with teaching and research tasks

3.1 The post holder will be expected to assist clinicians in undertaking teaching and training.

4. Planning and organisation

4.1 The post holder will beprovided with a job plan to support them to organise their day to day work tasks and activities . Guidance will be provided via weekly supervision with a member of the clinical team.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Aug 2025

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