Job summary

Solar provides specialist mental health support to children and young people (0-18 years) experiencing a range of emotional, behavioural and psychological difficulties. We are recruiting to an Assistant Psychologist post within Solar TEDS (The Eating Disorder Service).

This role offers an excellent opportunity to gain experience working within a psychologically informed multidisciplinary team supporting children, young people and families with eating disorders.

The role will involve supporting the assessment of young people referred to the service, offering low level psychological interventions, providing meal support, helping with the delivery of groups and workshops, inputting outcome measures, contributing to service developments, service evaluation and audit and supporting the clinical/administrative functions of the team. The post holder will work closely with clinical psychologists and the wider MDT.The post holder may also be required to work flexibly across teams within Solar in response to service need, development opportunities and the needs of children, young people and families.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the delivery of psychologically informed care within TEDS, working alongside clinical psychologists and the wider multidisciplinary team to support children, young people and families with eating disorders.

The Assistant Psychologist will assist with psychological assessments, support formulation-informed interventions, contribute to group work, and help collect and record outcome measures. The role will also involve preparing clinical materials, and supporting service development activities.

The post will be based in TEDS at Freshfields Clinic in Knowle, and may include travel to other bases and home visits where required. The post holder will work under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist and may be expected to work flexibly across teams in response to service need. We are looking for motivated, reflective psychology graduates with strong communication and organisational skills, experience working with children or vulnerable groups, and an interest in mental health, eating disorders and neurodevelopmental needs. The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team is essential.

About us

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.