Job Description

If you are a proactive, passionate and enthusiastic Senior Assistant Psychologist who would be excited about the opportunity to be a part of this service with a team of highly skilled clinicians then we want to hear from you.

Senior Assistant Psychologist (2 x vacancies)

Location: Maidstone / West Kent and Surrounding area. Occasional travel to our Northampton site

Salary: 30,021 per annum

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

St Andrew's Community Partnerships

St Andrew's is a charity commissioned by the NHS to provide specialist mental healthcare for people with some of the most complex and challenging mental health needs in the UK. Community Partnerships specialises in developing and delivering community based services for St Andrew's. this year had their CQC rating as good. Below are some of the comments from service users our services support:

"Changed my life and staff were incredible, faultless, supportive, skilled, lovely and polite".

"The therapy that I was provided with was like no other I had received in 30 years".

We currently offer a range of services including, a busy private therapy clinic, an Expert Witness Service, Diagnostic Assessment Clinics and student counselling clinics at Universities.

The role and person

This service is part of our Community Partnerships Division who



The National Probation Service (NPS), have partnered with St Andrew's Healthcare to deliver Community Sentence treatment Requirements as part of a Mental Health Treatment Requirement initiative. This is a unique opportunity to work as an assistant psychologist embedded in probation offices under the guidance and supervision of qualified psychologists from St Andrew's Healthcare.



Within this role you will support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the Criminal Justice System (CJS); providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with the psychologist and within the overall framework MHTRs, and St Andrew's policies and procedures.



Due to the autonomy of the role, it is desirable that applicants have experience working as an Assistant Psychologist before and a relevant Master's degree in psychology. It is a requirement that they are eligible for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society.



The role will be located across Maidstone and West Kent, offering face to face interventions, though some remote sessions will be offered virtually to meet the needs and preference of clients. Travel outside of Maidstone / West Kent and outside of the main working bases is reimbursed separately and is typically required for training.



You will facilitate effective communication within the NPS and other agencies that may include: primary care services, specialist mental health services, social care and third sector services to ensure continuity of care across all services.

"Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew's CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day."

Closing date: 16th September 2025.