Band 4 Assistant Psychologist - Forward Thinking

Band 4 Assistant Psychologist - Forward Thinking Birmingham

Employer:

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Birmingham, B19 1HS

Pay:

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

20/02/2026

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

We are excited to offer an Assistant Psychologist post in the Learning Disabilities Team service within Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB). This post is open to candidates with a psychology degree that meets Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC)/Graduate Basis for Registration with the British Psychological Society (BPS). The post holder will join a well-established and supportive service for young people aged between 0-19 years who have a moderate to severe learning disabilities who show significant behaviours that challenge and/or are experiencing mental health difficulties.

The Learning Disabilities Team (LDT) is a multi-disciplinary team comprising of Clinical Psychologists, Learning Disability Nurses, Support Workers, Psychiatrists, an Occupational Therapist, a Speech and Language Therapist, a Paediatrician and another Assistant Psychologist (aside from this post). We regularly facilitate placements for medics and psychology students of varying levels.

As a service, we work across two main clinical pathways: behaviours that challenge and mental health.

We also offer neurodevelopmental assessment and diagnosis for those children known to our service who demonstrate behaviours indicative of either Autism and/or ADHD and where this assessment is required to better understand the behaviours of concern they show and/or their mental health difficulties.

Main duties of the job: The Assistant Psychologist role is an extremely valued position within the team.

You will be based at the Finch Road Hub in Lozells, with travel citywide frequently required.

• Supporting qualified Clinical Psychologists with a range of clinical activities, including assessment, formulation and implementation/evaluation of structured interventions, under close supervision.
• The role will also include liaising with the network around a young person, such as schools, families, social workers and other teams within FTB, to collate further information to be considered as part of a young person’s assessment.
• Supporting the completion of choice assessments at Finch Road Primary Care Centre with qualified staff across disciplines.
• Supporting the development, planning and running of parent psychoeducation groups
• Attendance at multidisciplinary team and other clinical meetings, to offer a psychological perspective where appropriate, to support record keeping and completion of outstanding clinical actions.
• You will have the opportunity to develop your clinical experience and be involved in training, consultation and leadership opportunities, if you wish.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year.

We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally.

We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need.

We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community.

If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. This

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