Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Overview

In this role you will contribute to transforming mental health delivery for marginalised young people involved in or at risk of offending. You will work within CAMHS provision for Wandsworth Youth Justice Service, balancing direct clinical work with specialist consultation, training, and service development. You will join a passionate team using AMBIT-informed, trauma‑informed, systemic and attachment‑based approaches, with opportunities for specialist training and cross‑team collaboration. This is an opportunity to shape services, support families, and drive co‑production within a multi‑agency context.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working
• career development
• supportive, inclusive teams
• variety of benefits
• opportunity for specialist training
• engagement in innovative service development

Responsibilities

• Deliver Tier 2 mental health services across PRU sites
• Provide trauma-informed assessment, intervention, consultation, and training to young people and staff
• Develop and share psychological formulations with multi‑agency colleagues
• Support and co‑lead on service development and delivery within PRU-CAMHS
• Work with families and wider networks (children’s social care, youth work provisions, YJS) for linked‑up safeguarding
• Offer autonomous clinical input in school/college settings and provide training across Francis Barber provision
• Engage in reflective practice and supervision as part of professional development

Key requirements

• HCPC-registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Post-qualification training in clinical supervision of trainees
• Consolidated experience in specialist psychological assessment and treatment across multiple care settings
• Demonstrated high professionalism with emotive and challenging cases
• Minimum 50 hours of clinical supervision as a specialist psychologist/psychotherapist over at least 18 months

• Strong communication and teaching ability
• Collaborative and multi‑agency working
• Adaptability in high-pressure or complex contexts
• Trauma-informed assessment and intervention
• Psychological formulation skills
• Experience with neurodivergence and learning needs integration

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