Assistant Research Psychologist (Turning Six) Lingfield, England
Job description
Assistant Research Psychologist
£28,959 per annum FTE
1 day a week, 7.5 hours per week
Actual Salary £5791.80 per annum - 18 months Fixed Term
Hybrid - Home and Lingfield, Surrey
About Us
Young Epilepsy is the children and young people’s epilepsy charity. Our purpose is to create a society in which children and young people with epilepsy are enabled to thrive and fulfil their potential. A society in which their voices are respected, and their ambitions realised.
We work with children and young people across the country, as well as many of those people and organisations who shape their lives - parents, health and care professionals, researchers, teachers, policymakers and more.
Informed by young people and drawing on our strong legacy of expertise in education, health
and research, we have developed and published our new 2020-2025 strategy. This focuses our work around 3 key offers: health and research, voice and support and St Piers special education. Within these key offers we aim to:
- Coordinate research that improves diagnosis and treatments, and deliver cutting-edge health services
- Campaign for children’s rights, supporting them in school and college and providing innovation tools, information, and practical help for living day-to-day life
- Provide an innovative and creative environment for children and young people with epilepsy, autism, and severe learning difficulties.
About the Role
The Young Epilepsy Research Department is responsible for the governance and coordination of the projects under the Young Epilepsy Research programme, lead by the Prince of Wales’s Chair of Childhood Epilepsy.
This current role is part of the Turning6 Study team. The project involves following children with epilepsy in the south of England, whom we saw as babies, as they grow up to gain a unique understanding of the early onset epilepsies. Specifically, this role will lead the recruitment and participation of control families in the use of actigraphy to measure child sleep/activity.
The Assistant Research Psychologist will report to the Educational Psychologist and Research Coordinator who will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the project.
The main duties of the Research Assistant include:
- Support the coordinator in the setup of the sleep sub study
- Contact and consent control participants
- Manage the contact database for the control participants
- Administer the actigraphy assessments with control participants
- Data entry and maintenance of the project database, ensuring high record keeping standards
- Undertake data analysis, and assist in the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.
- Provide regular updates on the progress of the sub study to the Principal Investigator and the research team
- Support with data collation
- Prepare final report, analysing findings and conclusions from the research on physical activity in young people
What we need from you
- A First Class or Upper Second-Class degree in psychology or a related discipline or an MSc degree in psychology or a related discipline
- Previous experience of running an academic research project
- Statistical analysis and use of statistical packages such as SPSS
- Experience in scientific report writing
What we can offer you
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities
- A Perkbox membership which gives you access to exclusive nationwide discounts and benefits on things such as meals out, active wear, gym memberships and technology products etc.
- Free onsite parking
- Subsidised onsite staff dining
- Discounted onsite gym membership
- An occupational pension scheme
If you have any specific queries in relation to this position, please contact Lara Carr, research coordinator email [email protected] or [email protected]
For further details of these and other vacancies, please visit our website: youngepilepsy.org.uk/jobs
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
Young Epilepsy and St Piers are proud to be equal opportunities employers with culturally diverse teams. As such, applications from people of all genders, races, religions, disabilities and sexual orientations are welcome.
Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).
