Principal Clinical Psychologist
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £53,915.00 to £57,296.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £53915.00 - £57296.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 June 2025 |
| Location: | Shoreham-by-sea, BN43 6GA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | F0052-CAFHE05689 |
Summary
Following the transfer of our specialist psychological services into West Sussex County Council, we are at an exciting juncture, integrating a range of specialist social care and psychology-led services under one roof in our Psychological Hub. Our vision is to deliver creative and impactful services whilst building upon established, collaborative relationships between the social care workforce and psychological services. We are looking to recruit a dedicated and experiencedPrincipal Clinical Psychologist Clinical Leadfor our growingATTACH team.This is a multidisciplinary team including child psychotherapists, clinical psychologists, child and family workers and other mental health practitioners - all united by a shared mission to provide trauma-informed, relational care to vulnerable children, young people and their families. As Clinical Lead you will: Provide clinical oversight and day-to-day leadership of the ATTACH team Deliver specialist psychological consultation, reflective practice groups, and training to social care teams Offer direct psychotherapeutic interventions to some children and their carers in fostering, kinship and residential settings Clinically supervise psychology colleagues and mentor more junior staff, including assistants and trainee placements Collate and contribute to data reporting for the wider Psychological Hub, influencing developments in strategic service innovations