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The Havens Children & Young Persons Assistant Psychologist
| Posting date: | 10 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £33,094.00 to £36,195.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £33094.00 - £36195.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE5 9RS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9213-25-0910 |
Summary
Clinical: To complete brief screening calls with clients referred into the service. To co-facilitate and contribute to the development of groups and workshops. To assist clinicians in their care of service users e.g. sourcing appropriate resources and signposting appropriately. Assisting in the recording of information gathered at workshops and inputting on databases used by The Havens. If appropriate, to have a small caseload for example conducting psycho-education sessions or holding sessions for clients and/or families. Administrative: To deal professionally with telephone enquiries, taking messages and using initiative to take followup actions when appropriate. To be able to respond appropriately if clients present as distressed overthe phone. To liaise with other multidisciplinary services and make onward referrals where our services are unsuitable. To make contact with service users GPs and other health care providers, updating them with care plans or involvement with our service. To assist in management of electronic spreadsheets and databases as required. To collect and collate service user feedback. To support with the administration and scoring of routine clinical outcome measures. Teaching, Training and supervision: To receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines (BPS andHCPC). Where possible to gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS through attending some trainings, CPD and team meetings, including within the wider team as well as the localpsychology and counselling team. To receive specialist training in understanding trauma as a result of rape and sexual assault among children and young people. To receive training on relevant databases and patient record systems used by The Havens. Service evaluation: To assist in the design and implementation and data entry of audit projects. To undertake data collection, analysis, and the production of reports and summaries using IT and statistical programmes.