Senior Applied Psychologist
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 3AZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
24 November 2026
12 days leftJob description
Are you a passionate Applied Psychologist looking to make a difference to children, young people and families? Join our friendly CAMHS team, deliverin...
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.
- 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.
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.
Essential
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- HCPC registration as An Applied Psychologist with Chartered Status
- Working as a qualified applied psychologist within a CAMHS service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings.
- Knowledge of: Evidence- based practice relevant to the role of working with children and young people's complex mental health difficulties.
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care co-ordination/lead practitioner responsibilities
- Risk assessment and risk management
Desirable: - Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
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First seen
10 November 2026
Last checked
12 November 2026
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