Clinical Associate Psychologist Chertsey, England
Job description
We are excited to announce an opportunity for a psychology graduate to join our children and young people’s service as a Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP) Apprentice.
CAP is a new psychology profession playing an invaluable role in providing evidence-based psychological interventions to people with mental health needs.
The CAP Apprenticeship programme will be undertaken in partnership with the University of Plymouth where an MSc Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP) is completed. This is an 18-month, full-time, training programme during which your time will be split between (virtual) academic learning and work-based practice and learning, under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist. For further information on the Plymouth University CAP training, please visit the programme website: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/apprenticeships/msc-clinical-associate-psychologist
University of Plymouth are also proud to be a part of the Group of Trainers of CAPs who have very recently won a national HSJ Partnership award for Best Education Programme for the NHS and being Highly Commended for Best Mental Health Partnership (https://www.hsj.co.uk/partnership-awards/hsj-partnership-awards-2023-winners-revealed/7034369.article).
The interviews are scheduled to take place on Monday 19thJune and Tuesday 27thJune 2023. For questions about the job, contact: Dr Caroline Dibnah [email protected] 587066
To undertake a structured programme of learning over a period of 18 months, including personal study, academic work, research, placement learning and assessment leading to the award of the MSc in Clinical Associate Psychology.
To support and enhance the professional psychological care of people who use services by providing psychological assessments, treatments, and other types of clinical intervention appropriate to this level of training with individual clients/groups, initially under weekly supervision, moving toward independent work as the course progresses. Conducting research activity.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information on the role.
