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Team Psychologist –Essex Women

  • Location : United Kingdom
  • Address : Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
  • Pay rate : Competitive, dependent on experience
  • Contract length : Minimum one year, subject to extension
  • Closing date : December 8, 2024

Main Duties:

  • Develop adaptable, brave and committed cricketers who go after their goals, look after their
    psychological health, bounce back from adversity and put their team first.
  • Provide 1-1, group and system level support to the women’s cricket team using evidencebased psychology.
  • Deliver team psychology sessions which align with the demands of the game and the
    playing style driven by players and coaching staff.
  • Support coaches’ psychological skills and their capacity to develop such skills in players,
    focusing on practice design, instruction, and feedback.
  • Work alongside the men’s team psychologist and wider Health & Wellbeing Group on referral
    pathways, ensuring a robust process is in place to support those experiencing more clinical
    concerns.
  • MDT work alongside S&C, analysis and physiotherapy teams, holistically supporting player
    development, particularly with those returning to perform.
  • Ensure implementation of the club’s health & safety, safeguarding, welfare and equality
    policies to create a safe working environment for all.
  • Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work with staff at a
    senior leadership level.
  • Impactful and influential leadership skills, to ensure that psychological practice is
    embedded into our ways of working.

Essex Cricket is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we
work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of
criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures
in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services.

Essex Cricket will ensure that all existing and potential employees receive equal consideration and
is committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, gender,
gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability, race, colour, ethnic or national
origin, religion/belief or sexual orientation.

This role profile is not exhaustive; it will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to
meet the changing needs of the business. The post holder will be expected to participate in this
process, and we would aim to reach agreement to the changes.

If you are interested in this position and would like to apply, please complete this form and email it

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Job Details

Salary
Required Skills & Experience

Essential
• Undergraduate degree in psychology, sports psychology, or a related field of study.
• HCPC-registered or in the process of completing BASES / BPS accredited training routes.
• Demonstrable experience in professional sport.
• Strong knowledge of the demands specific to women’s sport, particularly cricket.
• DBS-Enhanced Check.
Key skills and capabilities
• Experience in leading and delivering psychology programmes in elite/professional
programme players/athletes and staff.
• Strong understanding of psychology, wellbeing and player development.
• Strong experience in the development of psychological assessment in elite/professional
programme players/athletes.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work with staff at a
senior leadership level.

Location

Contact Information

Address

Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom