Psychology & Humanities Graduate - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist - Maidenhead

Psychology & Humanities Graduate - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist - Maidenhead Maidenhead | September 2026 Start Trial Days: W/C 7th September 2026 Psychology & Humanities Graduate - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist - Education and Training Are you a Psychology or Humanities graduate with your sights set on clinical psychology training? Do you want to move beyond textbooks and into the clinical reality of complex human distress? This is not a standard teaching assistant role. This is a pre-clinical placement—an opportunity to work with students with Profound Multiple Difficulties (PMD), where neurodevelopmental, psychological, and social factors converge. We are looking for graduates who can formulate, not just observe; who understand that behaviour is a symptom, not the presenting problem. Psychology & Humanities Graduate - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist - Maidenhead - Education and Training - Psychology & Humanities Graduate - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist - Maidenhead The Role: Student Support Mentor - Clinical & Pastoral Support Location: Maidenhead Pay:£108 per day Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-3:30pm (Term Time Only) Start Date: September 2026 Trial Days: To be confirmed (W/C 7th September 2026) Future Opportunities: Additional roles available Psychology & Humanities Graduate - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist - Maidenhead - Education and Training - Psychology & Humanities Graduate - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist - Maidenhead Who You Will Be Supporting - A Clinical Profile You will work with students whose presentations would feature in any clinical caseload, often presenting with: * Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) with co-occurring SEMH * Complex Developmental Trauma and disorganised attachment (consistent with C-PTSD) * Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) profile within autism spectrum conditions * Chronic anxiety disorders manifesting as fight/flight/freeze/hide responses * Sensory processing differences affecting interoception and emotional regulation * Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) traits in adolescence * Selective mutism and severe communication impairment * Historical exclusion and institutional trauma from repeated school breakdowns * Profound social isolation and relationship difficulties consistent with attachment disorders These are students who have complex, multi-agency histories—and your role is to understand the formulation, not just manage the behaviour. Psychology & Humanities Graduate - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist - Education and Training Your Experience - Clinical Skills in Practice You will translate your academic background into clinically relevant experience by: * Conducting 1:1 and small-group mentoring informed by psychological formulation (5Ps framework: presenting, predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating, protective factors) * Using clinical frameworks&mdash J-18808-Ljbffr