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We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Assistant Psychologist to join the Children and Young People’s Psychological Service (CYPPS), Blackpool. CYPPS is a uni-disciplinary service of Clinical Psychologists who aim to deliver high quality innovative psychological solutions with service users through consultation, parent workshops, and individual, systemic/family and group work.

Your role within the service will be to support psychological assessment and deliver manualised psychological interventions under supervision. You will also support audit, service development and service evaluation.

We are a small, supportive team; you would have opportunities to shadow clinical work and develop your own skills. The service is co-located with other Children’s Services working on the Fylde Coast and there is ample opportunity to meet and work with other Assistant Psychologists and engage with cross-service working.

Whitegate Health Centre is well located for the M55 motorway and bus routes and there is free parking available 5 minutes from the building.

Annual leave starts at 27 days a year plus bank holidays


• To support the professional and psychological care of clients within the service; providing psychological assessment and manualised psychological interventions.
• To assist in the implementation of audit and research projects, such as outcome measure research, across the Service. To assist in the administration and interpretation of research related measures, collation and recording of statistics and production of relevant reports.
• All work and actions take place under the management and supervision of practitioner psychology staff according to an agreed plan and associated goals within parameters set out by departmental policies and procedures.
• Formal supervision with a named member of practitioner psychology staff to take place on a weekly basis, with regular opportunities for informal contact for guidance and advice.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.


Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.


This advert closes on Tuesday 14 May 2024