Assistant Psychologist - Reading, United Kingdom - Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Reading, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic psychology graduate to join the CAMHS Anxiety & Depression Team as an Assistant Psychologist at Erlegh House, University of Reading.

The Berkshire CAMHS teams are multi-disciplinary teams that serve a child population of approximately 300,000 across the County.

The teams comprise of child psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, family therapists, nurse practitioners, psychotherapists, art/play therapists, social workers and Primary Mental Health Workers.


BHFT CAMHS A&D team members are passionate about using formulation-led Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in a creative way to help children, young people and families.

We provide specialist CBT-based care for young people suffering with anxiety disorders, depression, OCD and PTSD across Berkshire and have been taking the lead on implementing the CYP IAPT programme.

We work in close collaboration with the University of Reading Anxiety and Depression in Young People (AnDY) research group.


The successful applicant will be a psychology graduate who has experience of working with children and / or young people.

A good understanding of clinical risk and safeguarding in the context of child and adolescent mental health is essential.
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