Assistant Psychologist

Location: Hybrid with regular in-person work across the Midlands. The primary base is Sutton Coldfield.

Contract: Part-time, 1 day per week / 0.2 WTE. Hours can be worked flexibly by agreement, although some availability will be required for in-person assessment work, school observations, meetings, and supervision.

Additional ad hoc hours may become available in future to support other projects within Evolving Families, but these are not guaranteed and will depend on service demand.

Salary: Band 4/5 equivalent, depending on experience. The salary range is £31,157–£34,592 full-time equivalent, pro rata for 7.5 hours per week / 0.2 WTE (£6,231–£6,918 per annum).

Responsible to: Clinical Psychologist / Director, Evolving Families

How to Apply: Please read the application instructions at the bottom of this advert.

About Evolving Families

Evolving Families is a psychology service committed to delivering thoughtful, evidence-based, and relational support to children, young people, families, and the systems around them. Our work is grounded in trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and culturally responsive practice.

We work across health, education, community, and care settings, supporting services to become more psychologically informed and better equipped to meet the needs of children and young people with complex presentations.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing psychology service and contribute to meaningful clinical work with children, young people, families, schools, carers, and wider professional systems.

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated and reflective Assistant Psychologist to join Evolving Families for 7.5 hours per week.

This post follows on from our previous ad hoc Assistant Psychologist role, with the current post-holder now progressing onto doctoral training. The new role will be a fixed part-time post, offering greater consistency while retaining the varied and flexible nature of the work.

The role will suit someone who is looking to develop their clinical experience in a private psychology service with a strong focus on neurodevelopmental assessment, psychological formulation, child and family work, consultation, report writing, and multi-agency working.

The post will be hybrid, but it is not a fully remote role. There will be regular in-person work across the Midlands, including school observations, assessment appointments, clinic-based work, consultation meetings, and occasional work in other professional or community settings. The successful candidate must therefore be able to travel reliably for work. The base is at our office in Mere Green, Sutton Coldfield.

The Assistant Psychologist will work under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist and will support clinical, assessment, consultation, and service-development activities. The role will involve both direct and indirect clinical work, including gathering information, supporting assessments, scoring and interpreting psychometric measures under supervision, contributing to reports, preparing resources, liaising with professionals, and supporting psychologically informed practice.

Main Responsibilities

The Assistant Psychologist will support the Clinical Psychologist with assessment, consultation, report writing, and service development tasks. The role will include both direct and indirect clinical work.

Key duties will include:

• Supporting autism, ADHD, cognitive, and psychological assessment work.
• Gathering and organising background information from families, schools, carers, and professionals.
• Attending school observations and helping to summarise observations clearly.
• Supporting assessment sessions under supervision.
• Scoring and summarising questionnaires and psychometric measures.
• Contributing to clinical reports, including background summaries, observation notes, and questionnaire findings.
• Preparing assessment materials, feedback resources, and psychoeducation documents.
• Supporting work with children, young people, families, schools, carers, and professional networks.
• Assisting with consultation-related work, including children in care and school-based cases.
• Keeping accurate, secure, and confidential records.
• Supporting audit, service evaluation, resource development, and general service administration.

The post-holder will not be expected to work beyond their competence and will receive regular supervision from a Clinical Psychologist.

Person SpecificationEssential

• A psychology degree conferring Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership with the BPS
• A minimum 2:1 degree classification or equivalent postgraduate qualification
• Experience working with children, young people, or families in health, education, social care, or community settings
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to produce clear, professional documentation
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage tasks reliably and independently
• Ability to work professionally as part of a multidisciplinary system
• An understanding of confidentiality, professional boundaries, and ethical practice
• An interest in trauma-informed, attachment-aware, and neurodiversity-affirming approaches
• Emotional resilience and the ability to work thoughtfully in complex settings
• Right to work in the UK
• Willingness and ability to travel for in-person work across the Midlands.

Desirable

It would be helpful, but not essential, for applicants to have experience of:

• Working as an Assistant Psychologist, support worker, teaching assistant, research assistant, family support worker, mental health worker, or similar.
• Previous experience in residential care, children’s social care, CAMHS, SEND, or related services
• Experience supporting looked-after children or young people with complex needs
• Working with neurodivergent children, young people, or adults.
• Experience administering psychometric assessments or outcome measures
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and multi-agency working
• Experience supporting autism assessments or neurodevelopmental work
• Experience creating resources, presentations, or training materials
• Understanding of culturally responsive and inclusive practice

We Are Looking For Someone Who Is

• Thoughtful, reliable, and clinically curious.
• Able to work independently while recognising the limits of their role.
• Comfortable with both direct work and detailed administrative/report-based tasks.
• Sensitive to difference, culture, trauma, neurodivergence, and family context.
• Able to communicate clearly with children, families, schools, carers, and professionals.
• Keen to learn and open to feedback.
• Organised enough to manage a small but varied role across clinical, administrative, and assessment tasks.
• Interested in the complexity of children’s lives, including the interaction between neurodevelopment, trauma, attachment, family systems, education, culture, and care experiences.

What We Offer

• Supervision from a qualified psychologist
• Opportunity to develop experience in therapeutic residential work
• Experience contributing to psychologically informed care within a residential setting
• A supportive, reflective, and values-led team
• Potential opportunities for additional paid work in future, depending on service growth and operational need

Safeguarding

Evolving Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments will be subject to safer recruitment processes, satisfactory references, and an enhanced DBS check.

How to Apply

Please send the following to ***email_hidden***:

• your CV
• a covering letter of no more than 500 words, outlining:
• why you are interested in the role
• your relevant experience

Please include “Assistant Psychologist Application” in the subject line.

Applications must include both a CV and a covering letter. Applications submitted without both documents will not be considered.

Closing date: 26th June 2026

Applications may close earlier if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received, so we encourage applicants to apply as early as possible.

Interview date: To be confirmed