Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP) Apprentice
| Posting date: | 05 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 September 2025 |
| Location: | Rochford, SS4 1RB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9364-25-0927 |
Summary
We, the Adult Inpatient Psychological Services team aim to understand the impact of trauma and adverse experiences on an individuals crisis presentation within the hospital setting. We work together with our MDT colleagues and wider Care unit colleagues to ensure our Service Users experience purposeful inpatient admissions. Working in an inpatient setting allows you to be part of a patients individual recovery journey, working with them directly but also indirectly for example by supporting our staff teams, shaping the service we all work in and developing this further. We are committed to tailor making interventions and care to individuals needs and very much value the clinical and professional development of our psychological services team members. EPUTs Adult Inpatient Psychological Services team cover 6 inpatient sites across Essex. Each site has a Principle Lead overseeing the area/areas. Our team is comprised of Principle/Senior Practitioners, Arts Psychotherapists, trainees and CAPS. We acknowledge the excellent day-to-day work of our staff team and also pride ourselves on new creative practice as evidenced by recent innovations; such as our Out of Hours access to psychological groups scheme and our nationally recognised staff training packages. We ensure our staff have access to CPD, reflective practice and peer support. Our CAPs are supported by Clinical Psychologists who are dedicated to the support and development of CAPs in our team. If you would like to be a part of shaping and contributing to innovation in inpatient care, are a champion of quality initiatives and have an interest in delivering interventions for people with who are in crisis then we are keen to interview you. For more information please see attached Job Description and Person specification.