Clinical Psychologist

We are seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate Clinical Psychologist to join Kirklees Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team. This is a band 7 to band 8a development post and is an exciting opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary service supporting children, young people, and their families who present with complex mental health needs.

The successful candidate will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions for young people experiencing a range of emotional and mental health difficulties. You will work collaboratively with families, schools, and partner agencies to deliver high-quality, person-centred care and contribute to positive outcomes for young people.

The role involves contributing to multidisciplinary team working, consultation, and risk management, as well as supporting service development and delivering psychological expertise across the team. You will also provide clinical supervision, training, and consultation to colleagues and contribute to the ongoing development of psychologically informed practice within the service.

The service offers opportunities for continued professional development, supervision, and involvement in service innovation, within a supportive and collaborative team environment dedicated to improving the mental health and wellbeing of young people.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions for children and young people presenting with complex mental health difficulties within Specialist CAMHS. This includes working directly with young people and their families using a range of psychological models and therapeutic approaches.

The role involves developing collaborative psychological formulations to inform care planning and treatment, contributing to risk assessment and management, and supporting safe and effective care for young people with high levels of need. The post holder will work closely with colleagues within a multidisciplinary team,

A key part of the role is providing consultation and psychological guidance to colleagues, partner agencies, schools, and families to promote psychologically informed care and improve outcomes for young people. The psychologist will also contribute to case discussions, care reviews, and service planning within the team.

You will offer clinical supervision and training to other professionals, including trainee psychologists and members of the wider team, and support the development of psychological skills within the service.

Additional responsibilities include contributing to service evaluation, audit, and quality improvement initiatives, as well as supporting service development to ensure care remains evidence-based, accessible, and responsive to the needs of children, young people, and families.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.