Senior Applied PsychologistNHS

Job summary

Are you a passionate Applied Psychologist looking to make a difference to children, young people and families?

Join our friendly CAMHS team, delivering highly specialist assessment, formulation and intervention for young people with complex mental health needs. You'll provide consultation, supervision and intervention, while contributing to service development and quality improvement.

Working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues and partner agencies, you'll help ensure psychological thinking is embedded across clinical practice and service delivery.

What we offer

• Supportive and collaborative team culture
• Excellent professional and leadership development opportunities
• Regular clinical supervision and reflective practice
• Opportunities to influence service innovation and improvement
• Flexible working opportunities where possible
• NHS pension scheme and staff benefits
• Strong commitment to staff wellbeing, including wellbeing support, staff networks and work-life balance initiatives

We're looking for

• HCPC-registered applied psychologist
• Experience working with children, young people and families
• Expertise in psychological assessment, formulation and intervention
• Experience of supervision, consultation and multidisciplinary working
• Commitment to compassionate, evidence-based care and service development

Join a service where psychology is highly valued, your expertise is recognised, and you can help shape the future of children's mental health services across Walsall.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Applied Psychologist within Walsall CAMHS, you will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for children, young people and families presenting with complex mental health needs. You will work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, undertaking risk assessment and management, providing consultation to colleagues, and contributing to care planning across services.

The post also carries a significant leadership role, including the supervision of trainee, assistant and qualified psychologists, delivery of training, and support for workforce development. You will contribute to service improvement, audit, research and evaluation activities, helping to ensure psychological thinking informs clinical practice, service redesign and organisational change.

Working closely with health, education, social care and voluntary sector partners, you will champion compassionate, evidence-based care while promoting positive outcomes for children, young people and their families.

Job description

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions for children, young people and families with complex mental health needs.
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management, including safeguarding responsibilities.
• Deliver individual, family and group interventions, adapting approaches to meet young people's needs.
• Provide expert psychological consultation and advice to multidisciplinary colleagues and partner agencies.
• Work collaboratively with health, education, social care and voluntary sector services to support integrated care.
• Supervise and support trainee, assistant and qualified psychologists.
• Deliver training and contribute to the development of the wider multidisciplinary workforce.
• Lead and contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit and research activities.
• Use psychological expertise to inform service redesign, innovation and organisational change.
• Promote compassionate, inclusive and recovery-focused care for children, young people and their families.

Please see Job Description for more information.

About us

At Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to delivering outstanding, compassionate care and improving the lives of the communities we serve. As part of Walsall CAMHS, you will join a skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team that puts children, young people and families at the heart of everything we do.

Our work is guided by our CARE values: Compassionate, Accountable, Respectful and Empowered. These values shape how we care for service users, support colleagues and work together to deliver high-quality services.

We are passionate about supporting our staff to thrive. Alongside excellent opportunities for professional development, leadership growth and service innovation, we offer regular clinical supervision, reflective practice and flexible working opportunities where possible. Our comprehensive wellbeing offer includes access to physical and mental health support, staff networks, wellbeing resources and services designed to promote work-life balance.

Whether you are looking to deepen your specialist expertise, contribute to service transformation or develop your leadership skills, you will find a welcoming culture where your contribution is valued, your voice is heard and your career can flourish. Join us and help shape the future of children's mental health services across the Black Country.