Assistant Psychologist - Intensive Life Skills Shropshire
Closing date: 24 June 2026
The Intensive Life Skills Shropshire (ILS) service is looking for an experienced Assistant Psychologist to join a progressive, enthusiastic and forward‑thinking team that supports individuals and their families who are experiencing complex emotional needs in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
Location: Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. Working hours: Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm. Full time on a permanent basis.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role, your application may be withdrawn.
Main duties of the job
- Undertake protocol‑based psychological assessments with service users, family members and others involved in the care of service users.
- Assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving psychological treatment and/or management of a service user's problems, including simple procedures and techniques related to psychological therapies.
- Assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups: receive and manage referrals, facilitate service user attendance, co‑deliver workshop material and record outcomes.
- Communicate and liaise with staff from other disciplines.
- Support the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care for all clients of the service.
- Attend and contribute to appropriate multi‑disciplinary pathway meetings.
- Review case files, depositions etc., where appropriate, analysing information, providing summaries and reports under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
- Prepare reports on clinical interventions with individuals and groups, the results of psychometric assessments, case‑note reviews and research/audit projects. Such reports may be written for, or read by, the service user, psychologists, members of the multidisciplinary team, or staff from external agencies.
Qualifications
- A First or Upper Second honours degree in psychology, or a lower‑class degree with a post‑graduate qualification (e.g., master’s degree).
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
- Experience of related work in an inpatient or community mental health setting.
Experience
- Significant experience of face‑to‑face work with mental health and/or substance misuse or people who have offended.
- Experience of working within a team setting.
- Experience of working with people with emotional dysregulation, poor impulse control, and self‑harm.
- Experience of involvement in the delivery of group‑based treatment.
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary and multi‑agency settings.
Skills
- High‑level communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability to communicate and work in settings where the atmosphere may be highly emotive, clients may show hostile or severely challenging behaviour and may be verbally abusive or physically violent.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to an acute or community mental health context.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively, recognises the limits of own competence and need for supervision.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
