Practitioner Psychologist
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,690 to £62,682 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690 - £62682 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 July 2025 |
| Location: | Truro, TR1 3AY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | F0021-700003035 |
Summary
PRACTITIONER PSYCHOLOGIST Band 8A (Band 7-8a Preceptorship programme available) Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached in the supporting documents section of this advert The Service & Team: We work with children, young people and their families who are known to the Local Authority. The children we support have experienced neglect, abuse, trauma, loss and many have had a number of adverse childhood experiences. We use a range of attachment and trauma/recovery approaches in assessment, formulation and to guide our interventions. Our aim is to improve outcomes (including stability, attachment security, trauma recovery and permanence) for children from vulnerable groups. We are trauma-informed and are curious to understand what has happened to children (and their families) from a psychological perspective. The social care teams we support, value psychology highly, welcome our input and we are being encouraged to expand. The Role: We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic Practitioner Psychologist to join our post-abuse team who work with children known to the Local Authority. You will be employed by Cornwall Council on Agenda for Change terms and conditions which will acknowledge any NHS continuous service and allow you to continue an NHS pension. We have close links with Psychologists in CPFT who support our clinical governance and CPD. The post is Band 8a, but we encourage applications from newly/early qualified psychologists to be appointed at Band 7 under a preceptorship to work towards requirements for Band 8a, subject to satisfactory completion of preceptorship process. Full details available on request. This new, full-time post will provide Psychology input to the Children Family Services Family Help Teams. These are newly established multi-disciplinary family help services, which bring together early help and child in need provision. They aim to ensure families with multiple needs receive earlier, seamless support so that they can overcome challenges, stay together and thrive. The aim is to increase psychological awareness of the impact of adverse childhood experiences for parents and the systems who support them. As such the work is diverse, working through systems to increase psychological skills and knowledge using consultations, team supervisions and training. The post is part of a wider expansion; we have already appointed two new Clinical Psychologists to work in the Family Help Teams and this post will join these new workers and provide provision in the West of Cornwall. The posts offer exciting opportunities to join a highly experienced and supportive multi-disciplinary team of Clinical Psychologists and Post Abuse Counsellors. Our team are happy in their work and are supported with relational-based, trauma-informed leadership. The team is part of Education & Community Health within the Together for Families Directorate of Cornwall Council with close links to Specialist CAMHS and the voluntary sector. This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies. This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.