Principal Clinical Psychologist Development Post (Band 7/8a)

Overview

In this role you will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for care-experienced children and young people within the CAMHS framework. You will work in a multidisciplinary team, offering supervision and psychological support to carers, social workers and teachers, with a focus on trauma-informed, attachment-focused approaches. You will contribute to service development, teaching, and quality improvement, with a pathway for progression to senior competencies. This is a developmental post within the Tiered Foster Care model, aiming to improve outcomes for children in care through collaborative practice and leadership growth.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working
• professional development opportunities
• supervision and leadership growth
• structured progression pathway for Band 7 to Band 8a

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for care-experienced children and young people with complex needs
• Apply attachment-informed, trauma-informed and relational approaches in direct work with children and families
• Offer consultation and psychological guidance to foster carers, adopters, social workers, education staff and other professionals
• Contribute to multidisciplinary and multi-agency discussions and care planning
• Deliver teaching and training to promote psychologically informed practice
• Supervise and support trainee Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists
• Lead or contribute to service development, quality improvement, audits and research
• Develop psychological leadership within the service and support the Tiered Foster Care model

Key requirements

• Post-graduate training in clinical psychology (doctoral level equivalent) as accredited by the BPS or equivalent professional qualification with psychotherapy training to doctorate level
• Current registration as a Psychological Professional
• Experience in specialist psychological assessment and treatment across care settings
• Experience in multi-agency work and safeguarding/risk assessment
• Demonstrated CPD and willingness for further supervision training
• Ability to lead and supervise colleagues and contribute to teaching/training

• Excellent communication (oral and written) of complex information
• teamworking in multidisciplinary settings
• clinical leadership and supervision abilities
• Complex psychological assessment methods
• Evidence-based psychological interventions
• Trauma-informed and attachment-focused therapies

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