Assistant Psychologist (Research) - Hybrid

Burgess Hill, UK

Job Description

Posted Thursday 17 July 2025 at 00:00

Assistant Psychologist Research (Fixed Term Contract for 12 months)

Location: Hybrid

Salary: £27,485 per annum

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as an Assistant Psychologist for the Brainkind Brain Injury Linkworker Team.

Under the supervision of the consultant clinical neuropsychologist to work on a range of projects for the Policy and Social Change Team. To support with all aspects of research projects from literature searches, research design, ethics applications, recruitment, data collection, statistical analysis and write up. To support the P&SC team in their work raising awareness of brain injury, by helping to write presentations, assisting with training and preparing professional posts for social media.

Please note Brainkind was formally The Disabilities Trust.

The post is ideally suited to an experienced Assistant Psychologist with good writing skills and statistics knowledge, who is seeking to develop their research skills.

For an insight into BILS follow this link .

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To assist with the research design, literature review, participant recruitment, and assessment, data entry and analysis and preparation of manuscripts for publication in a range of projects.
• To collate and analyse outcome data from the Brain Injury Linkworker Service to utilise this data to produce high quality reports.
• To assist with other research projects within the P&SC team.
• To assist with the preparation of material for social media posts relating to the work of P&SC team
• To develop clinical resource materials for use with people with brain injury in HMPPS (Brain Injury Linkworker Service)
• To support with writing ethics applications for new projects
• To support producing promotional material for the BIL service (e.g., posters and flyers).
• To undertake any other duties as may from time to time be specified by
• Brainkind, that is within the level and responsibility appropriate to the grade of the post.
• To undertake, any reasonable travelling requirements, in orderto fulfil the tasks and responsibilities of the role.

ABOUT YOU:

• An upper second class or first class honours degree in psychology
• Eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Experience of conducting comprehensive literature searches
• Good knowledge of statistical methods
• Experiencing of handling and designing databases
• Experience of using software for data-analysis and visually presenting data (e. g. Excel, SPSS, R)
• Ability to carry out research under direction and supervision
• High level of communication skills (written and verbal)
• High standard of report writing skills
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with psychological difficulties or other disabilities, and the ability to interact with individuals with these needs
• A Full Driving Licence and the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

REWARDS:

You can look forward to excellent benefits including:

• A competitive salary of £27,485 per annum
• 33 Days AL
• Buy/Sell up to 5 days AL each year
• Health Cash Plan (from June)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Company Pension
• Group life assurance
• Long service and staff awards

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

To join our friendly team,click the Apply Now button.

This is a fixed term contract for 12 months

This position is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check and Prison clearance

**Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. **

*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.