Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
| Posting date: | 02 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 December 2025 |
| Location: | Tonbridge, TN12 0ER |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9395-25-1156 |
Summary
To provide highly specialist psychological assessment of children and young people with complex emotional, mental health and social needs, including children with diagnoses of learning disability, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD and other neurodevelopmental difficulties. The post holder will utilise highly specialist clinical knowledge of particular relevance to this client group. Assessments to be based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests (WISC & WAIS), behavioural assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews. This may include assessment as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Case formulation will lead to intervention plans involving evidence-based interventions (FBA, PBS, CBT etc.), taking account of the need to engage clients who may have additional communication and learning needs. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for clients, their families and care systems. To monitor and evaluate client progress during both uni- and multi-disciplinary care and to be responsible for adjustments and refinements to psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, considering current theoretical and therapeutic models and also highly complex factors concerning developmental difficulties, chronic illness, and historical processes that have affected the young person, family or care system. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients. To provide specialist psychological advice and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan. This would include the dissemination of psychology research and theory. To act, where appropriate, as multi-agency coordinator for the planning and review of care plans for children involved with complex, multi-agency systems. To undertake risk and management assessment of clients and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk. To offer clinical supervision as required within the multi-disciplinary team. To have an understanding of the 2014 Children and Families Act in regards to children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND). To be flexible and responsive to the changing needs and priorities of the multi- disciplinary team. To work in line within the context of CYP IAPT and iThrive principles, using evidence based psychological models of treatment and routine outcome measures. Responsible for holding own caseload and for providing assessment and therapeutic interventions to address the mental health needs of children, young people and their families. This is delivered through regular contact within therapeutic sessions. Responsible for maintaining service standards within own practice, including clinical governance and clinical risk assessment, and within the neurodevelopmental Pathway. Responsible for creating and maintaining client records and notes. Provision of specialist advice, within boundaries of own role, skills and knowledge. Contribute professional opinion to relevant legal decision-making processes (e.g. child protection arrangements, domestic violence and abuse cases) The post holder will receive supervision according to individual need