Assistant Psychologist (CDC)
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Bentley Myplace
01/09/2025
Assistant Psychologist (CDC)
The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Job details
Salary
Grade 7 £28,132 - £30,914
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Region
Doncaster
Job category/type
Education - Non-Teaching, Social Care, Youth Services
Date posted
18/08/2025
Job reference
REQ20958
Job description
Based at: Bentley MyPlace Youth Hub, Doncaster
Salary details: Grade 7, £28,132 - £30,914
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 37 hours a week
Working arrangements: Monday to Friday 8am-4pm. Flexitime working and some working from home on a Friday.
Closing date: 1st September 2025 – please note if we receive a suitable number of applicants prior to the closing date, the job will be closed early.
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post
The City of Doncaster Council is a confident, ambitious organisation which puts improving the life of its residents at the centre of everything we do. You have a opportunity to be part of this in the role of Assistant Psychologist.
The post-holder will work within EPIC Learning, which is an alternative learning provision to support young people who have been excluded from mainstream school. This will provide a unique insight into working with young people who have experienced invalidating and traumatic environments. They will support the integration of psychologically informed thinking within existing pathways of this education provision.
EPIC Learning is part of Team EPIC the innovative Youth Crime Prevention Service.
EPIC an acronym for Encouraging Potential Inspiring Change has, in partnership with The City of Doncaster Council, developed an alternative learning provision to support small groups of young people (up to 8 young people per cohort split into 2 groups) who are often disengaged from education and have been/ are at risk of exclusion from mainstream school for challenging, anti-social and criminal behaviours. EPIC's background in Youth Crime Prevention highlighted the correlation between young people who are excluded and those that enter the criminal justice system. Our young people are aged 10-16yrs.
The project supports young people in our short-term provision, using experiential learning with a focus on assessment and intervention. The project is also supported by a Lead Teacher, Project Lead, 2 Learning Mentors and Speech and Language Therapist. The EPIC Learning team work on a relationship-based practice model using a trauma informed approach. The project aims to prevent young people from being permanently excluded from mainstream school as well as prevent them from entering the criminal justice system and further offending. During the package of support provided, information will be gained for the young person to be re-integrated back into school as part of a bespoke transition plan.
The key role will be to complete a psychological profile assessment of each young person open to EPIC Learning, including the completion of a cognitive assessment and various psychometric assessments. The post holder will also facilitate group based, and where required 1:1, interventions to young people attending EPIC Learning, having the opportunity to gain experience in using different psychological models (e.g., CBT, Motivational interviewing and DBT). There will also be the opportunity to provide psycho-education sessions for clients and provide staff training to support cohesive communication and integration of psychological models and knowledge.
The role of the assistant will assist the MDT with the development of psychological case formulations, which inform enhanced risk assessments and intervention plans. The role will be clinically supervised via the psychology service, whilst day to day line management will be provided via EPIC Learning management.
The team is looking for an enthusiastic, robust, committed individual who has a keen interest in working with complex and challenging young people. The role may require travel across the South Yorkshire region.
Within this role you will have the opportunity to work in a flexible and dynamic way to meet the needs of this challenging client group. You will have the opportunity to enhance your psychological insight in relation to this client group, through development of assessment and formulation skills. Development of clinical skills will also be supported. Furthermore, under the supervision of the psychology service, the post-holder may have the opportunity in supporting in the delivery of teaching and training to partner agency staff, across the Young People's Service. There will also be the opportunity to work within the psychology service and pick up a wider range of work during school holidays when the EPIC Learning role is quieter. There will also be the requirement to support the psychology service's Harmful Sexual Behaviours advice line and there may be the opportunity to undertake direct work in relation to young people who display Harmful Sexual Behaviours.
The post-holder will be provided with opportunities to expand their experience with conducting audits, collection and analysis of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects and clinically related administration.
Within this role, the post-holder will be required to aid in building confidence, independence, resilience and role model appropriate interventions with the young people being supporting.
The post-holder will be required to attend and contribute to a variety of multiagency meetings relating to young people, including writing professional reports when requested.
The successful candidate must have experience of working with young people who may present with highly challenging behaviours, which at times can be stressful. Our young people may have diagnosed or underlying additional needs so the right candidate would need to be prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of young people and support information gathering.
In return for your hard work and dedication, we can offer you the chance to be part of a great team dedicated to ensuring that all people in Doncaster thrive. You will also have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including competitive leave entitlement, a generous local government pension scheme, a wide range of well-being support and development opportunities. You will also have access to a range of staff discount and benefits schemes. More information on the benefits available to you as a City of Doncaster Council employee can be found in the attached benefits book.
Please ensure you view the job summary and job profile as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.
Shortlisting and interviews are to be confirmed.
For further information or for an informal chat please contact:
Jasmine Sockett on or or Libby Ensor on or
If you require support with completing the application or with interview skills in general, please contact the Advance team via email or visit their website for further details.
This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at
Doncaster Council is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community where we strive to improve the quality of life for all. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share these commitments.
City of Doncaster Council is a disability confident employer committed to a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job, are flexible when assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate they can do the job and make reasonable adjustments as required.
Assistant Psychologist (CDC)