• Job Description

  Req#: B0543-25-0000?language=en&page=318&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are looking for two enthusiastic assistant psychologists to help us ensure that the voices of young people and their families are central to the development of our therapeutic services. With opportunities to get involved in clinical work, service development and evaluation, this is an exciting role at a time of significant growth for Talk Well. You will be supervised by a qualified Psychologist, with the opportunity to tailor the role to your strengths and interests.

  Main duties of the job

  As an assistant psychologist, you can expect to work in a variety of roles within Talk Well with a strong focus on co-production, engagement and evaluation.

  About us

  Talk Well is a charity established in 1993 serving Gloucestershire and surrounding areas. Talk Well reaches hundreds of children and young people every year as well as offering support & advice to parents & professionals. We work to ensure that every young person has easy, prompt, independent access to appropriate support according to their needs.

  Details

  Date posted

  12 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £28,372.50 a year

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  1 years

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  B0543-25-0000

  Job locations

  Floor 4, Building 8, Vantage Point Business Village

  Mitcheldean

  Mitcheldean

  Gloucestershire

  GL17 0DD

  
  

  Talk Well Offices,

  First Floor, Eastgate House, Eastgate Street

  Gloucester

  Gloucestershire

  GL11PX

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  As an assistant psychologist, you can expect to work in a variety of roles within Talk Well with a strong focus on co-production, engagement and evaluation. You may be involved in tasks such as:

  T alk Well Chat/InTER-ACT (1.5 days per week)

  To provide psychologically informed support through the TalkWell Chat anonymous text/phone drop-in service.

  To assist in the coordination and delivery of psycho-educational groups and workshops, face-to-face and/or virtually.

  The above will require you to work for two evenings per week until 9.15pm.

  To receive monthly clinical supervision from a qualified psychologist.

  To attend the TalkWell Chat monthly peer supervision group.

  Talk Well are leading providers of training and you will be expected to engage in regular internal and external CPD, in consultation with your team manager and supervisor.

  Talk Well Eating Difficulties Service and Gloucester Multi Agency Navigation Hub (2 days per week)

  TEDS

  Following the FREED model of intervention for eating difficulties, to provide an initial engagement call with all young people accessing the Talk Well Eating Difficulties Service (TEDS), allocate the young person to a suitable counsellor (including booking a suitable room) and provide ongoing support.

  You may also have a role in completing assessment calls for TEDS clients and in occasionally attending the NHS Eating Disorder triage meetings to represent the TEDS team, with support from the TEDS Lead Counsellor.

  Attending weekly TEDS Team meeting and twice monthly clinical supervision.

  Navigation Hub

  Attend the Gloucester Single Point of Access Navigation Hub contributing to the multi-agency discussion, decision making, preparing and reading referrals.

  Clinical Resource Development and Training(approximately 0.5 days per week)

  To be responsible for the shared resource hub, and ensure all materials added are credible and psychologically informed.

  To help in the production of teaching material for counselling training, in collaboration with the Talk Well counselling tutors.

  Deliver training to counselling students in collaboration with the YPVG, on subjects privileging the experiences of young people.

  Participation and Outreach(approximately 0.5 days per week)

  At Talk Well, co-production is key to our approach and you will be involved in running the Young Peoples Voices Group, and the Parent and Carers Voices Group. This will include recruiting to the group, preparing resources for consultation and facilitating the discussion.

  Engagement with service users, parents and professionals to include the promotion of Talk Well services through outreach events including school assemblies, mental health awareness events and written materials.

  You may be required to attend networking events, where you will be expected to represent Talk Well and provide a detailed overview of the charity's services, while building relationships with other local organisations.

  There may also be opportunities to deliver training sessions to external organisations.

  Audit, Research, Evaluation (approximately 0.5 days per week)

  To have a critical appreciation of the relevant research literature and to produce systematically informed literature reviews when requested.

  To lead on a service evaluation project, in collaboration with the Chief Clinical Officer, with the aspiration to publish the findings in a peer reviewed academic journal and increase the national profile of Talk Well.

  You may also be required to develop surveys, interview schedules and written materials to facilitate staff feedback and promote internal engagement with new services and initiatives.

  Alongside the Talk Well data analyst team, to be involved in the collection and analysis of data related to the above and annual evaluations e.g. staff survey data, experience of survey data.

  The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the organisation.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  As an assistant psychologist, you can expect to work in a variety of roles within Talk Well with a strong focus on co-production, engagement and evaluation. You may be involved in tasks such as:

  T alk Well Chat/InTER-ACT (1.5 days per week)

  To provide psychologically informed support through the TalkWell Chat anonymous text/phone drop-in service.

  To assist in the coordination and delivery of psycho-educational groups and workshops, face-to-face and/or virtually.

  The above will require you to work for two evenings per week until 9.15pm.

  To receive monthly clinical supervision from a qualified psychologist.

  To attend the TalkWell Chat monthly peer supervision group.

  Talk Well are leading providers of training and you will be expected to engage in regular internal and external CPD, in consultation with your team manager and supervisor.

  Talk Well Eating Difficulties Service and Gloucester Multi Agency Navigation Hub (2 days per week)

  TEDS

  Following the FREED model of intervention for eating difficulties, to provide an initial engagement call with all young people accessing the Talk Well Eating Difficulties Service (TEDS), allocate the young person to a suitable counsellor (including booking a suitable room) and provide ongoing support.

  You may also have a role in completing assessment calls for TEDS clients and in occasionally attending the NHS Eating Disorder triage meetings to represent the TEDS team, with support from the TEDS Lead Counsellor.

  Attending weekly TEDS Team meeting and twice monthly clinical supervision.

  Navigation Hub

  Attend the Gloucester Single Point of Access Navigation Hub contributing to the multi-agency discussion, decision making, preparing and reading referrals.

  Clinical Resource Development and Training(approximately 0.5 days per week)

  To be responsible for the shared resource hub, and ensure all materials added are credible and psychologically informed.

  To help in the production of teaching material for counselling training, in collaboration with the Talk Well counselling tutors.

  Deliver training to counselling students in collaboration with the YPVG, on subjects privileging the experiences of young people.

  Participation and Outreach(approximately 0.5 days per week)

  At Talk Well, co-production is key to our approach and you will be involved in running the Young Peoples Voices Group, and the Parent and Carers Voices Group. This will include recruiting to the group, preparing resources for consultation and facilitating the discussion.

  Engagement with service users, parents and professionals to include the promotion of Talk Well services through outreach events including school assemblies, mental health awareness events and written materials.

  You may be required to attend networking events, where you will be expected to represent Talk Well and provide a detailed overview of the charity's services, while building relationships with other local organisations.

  There may also be opportunities to deliver training sessions to external organisations.

  Audit, Research, Evaluation (approximately 0.5 days per week)

  To have a critical appreciation of the relevant research literature and to produce systematically informed literature reviews when requested.

  To lead on a service evaluation project, in collaboration with the Chief Clinical Officer, with the aspiration to publish the findings in a peer reviewed academic journal and increase the national profile of Talk Well.

  You may also be required to develop surveys, interview schedules and written materials to facilitate staff feedback and promote internal engagement with new services and initiatives.

  Alongside the Talk Well data analyst team, to be involved in the collection and analysis of data related to the above and annual evaluations e.g. staff survey data, experience of survey data.

  The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the organisation.

  Person Specification

  Ability

  Essential

  • - form positive working relationships with service users, colleagues and professionals, including those struggling with emotional wellbeing.
  • - be flexible and able to cope with multiple demands
  • - be capable of using initiative and organise work to agreed goals
  • - demonstrate IT skills and good working knowledge of statistical packages e.g SPSS, Excel and Power Point

  Desirable

  • - have the ability to work independently and use supervision appropriately

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • - a passion for the mission of the charity to improve, preserve and promote good mental health and wellbeing among children, young people and families.
  • - values led with a personal commitment to equality, diversity, social justice and change.
  • - resilience when responding to challenge, change, and complex or difficult situations
  • - a strong personal interest in and commitment to the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people

  Desirable

  • - a reflective capacity

  Communication Skills

  Essential

  • - possess a high standard of written and verbal communication including report writing and presentation skills to potentially large groups of professionals.
  • - deliver the role in line with Talk Well Values

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • - a degree in Psychology, accredited by the British Psychology Society.

  Desirable

  • - further postgraduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

  Experience

  Essential

  • - experience of working with people with psychological needs
  • - experience of working as part of a team
  • - experience of engaging others
  • - experience of working with children and young people within an organisational context

  Desirable

  • - experience of working within a research context, either as part of an undergraduate project or as a research assistant
  • - experience of working in a health or social care setting
  • - Application of psychological knowledge to a mental health context
  • - research skills, including knowledge of how to conduct literature searches and research methodology

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • - equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices.

  Desirable

  • - the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR and the principles of confidentiality and sharing information.

  Person Specification

  Ability

  Essential

  • - form positive working relationships with service users, colleagues and professionals, including those struggling with emotional wellbeing.
  • - be flexible and able to cope with multiple demands
  • - be capable of using initiative and organise work to agreed goals
  • - demonstrate IT skills and good working knowledge of statistical packages e.g SPSS, Excel and Power Point

  Desirable

  • - have the ability to work independently and use supervision appropriately

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • - a passion for the mission of the charity to improve, preserve and promote good mental health and wellbeing among children, young people and families.
  • - values led with a personal commitment to equality, diversity, social justice and change.
  • - resilience when responding to challenge, change, and complex or difficult situations
  • - a strong personal interest in and commitment to the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people

  Desirable

  • - a reflective capacity

  Communication Skills

  Essential

  • - possess a high standard of written and verbal communication including report writing and presentation skills to potentially large groups of professionals.
  • - deliver the role in line with Talk Well Values

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • - a degree in Psychology, accredited by the British Psychology Society.

  Desirable

  • - further postgraduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

  Experience

  Essential

  • - experience of working with people with psychological needs
  • - experience of working as part of a team
  • - experience of engaging others
  • - experience of working with children and young people within an organisational context

  Desirable

  • - experience of working within a research context, either as part of an undergraduate project or as a research assistant
  • - experience of working in a health or social care setting
  • - Application of psychological knowledge to a mental health context
  • - research skills, including knowledge of how to conduct literature searches and research methodology

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • - equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices.

  Desirable

  • - the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR and the principles of confidentiality and sharing information.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Talk Well

  Address

  Floor 4, Building 8, Vantage Point Business Village

  Mitcheldean

  Mitcheldean

  Gloucestershire

  GL17 0DD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.talkwell.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Talk Well

  Address

  Floor 4, Building 8, Vantage Point Business Village

  Mitcheldean

  Mitcheldean

  Gloucestershire

  GL17 0DD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.talkwell.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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