Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	27 Ebrill 2026
Cyflog:	£57,528.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£57528.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	11 Mai 2026
Lleoliad:	Swindon, SN2 2PN
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	E0343-26-0010abl738h

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The service holds the Single Point of Access (SPA) for all children and young people (CYP) mental health referrals within Swindon, ensuring all referrals are screened, triaged, and directed to the most appropriate support in a timely and safe manner. Be U Swindon delivers a blended, stepped-care model, including low-intensity psychoeducational interventions, counselling provision, and Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) operating within education settings. The service works collaboratively with schools, primary care, and wider partners to provide an integrated system of care. Service Model The Be U Swindon model ensures children and young people can access the right level of support based on need, through: Single Point of Access (SPA): Centralised referral management, including screening, triage, risk identification, and onward allocation Pre-Assessment and Triage: Initial contact to establish suitability, goals, and identify safeguarding or risk Low-Intensity Interventions: Psychoeducational support aligned to the 5 Ways to Wellbeing Haven Delivery: Time-limited, goal-focused guided self-help interventions and urgent care support Counselling Provision: Targeted therapeutic support delivered by qualified practitioners Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs): Early intervention support within schools, including direct work, consultation, and whole-school approaches Outcome Monitoring: Routine tracking of progress to ensure effective, measurable delivery Safeguarding: Robust identification, management, and escalation of risk in line with local procedures Partnership Working: Integrated working with education, health, and community services Role Responsibility Clinical Oversight The postholder will provide clinical oversight and leadership across the service, ensuring safe, effective, and high-quality delivery across all elements of the Be U Swindon model. This includes: Providing clinical oversight of the Single Point of Access (SPA), ensuring robust triage, risk management, and appropriate allocation of referrals Overseeing the clinical quality and governance of all interventions, ensuring interventions are safe, evidence-informed, and outcome-focused Providing leadership, guidance, and clinical oversight to our Haven Service delivering low-intensity interventions and urgent care support Ensuring consistent clinical decision-making, particularly in relation to risk, safeguarding, and escalation pathways Supporting staff with case consultation, supervision, and reflective practice to maintain high standards of care Promoting coherence and consistency across the service model, ensuring alignment between SPA, Haven, and all intervention pathways Ensuring all aspects of the service operate within clinical governance frameworks, including safeguarding, data quality, and outcome monitoring Overall Aim To ensure the delivery of a safe, effective, and integrated CYP mental health service, where all referrals are appropriately triaged and managed, and children and young people receive the right support at the right time, supported by strong clinical oversight and leadership. Key Responsibilities Grounded in Safety, Driven by Excellence: As the Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist within the Be U Swindon leadership team, you will play a vital role in safeguarding client wellbeing, driving service quality, and embedding clinical best practices throughout our operations. This is a varied and rewarding role with a strong focus on clinical leadership, collaboration, and service development. Your core responsibilities will include: Provide clinical leadership and oversight across the Be U Swindon service, ensuring safe, effective, and consistent delivery of care across the all elements of the service. Oversee the clinical governance of the SPA, ensuring robust screening, triage, and risk assessment processes are in place, with appropriate and timely allocation of CYP referrals to the correct level of intervention Case Load: To manage own caseload delivering a high quality targeted emotional support to a small specialised caseload. Ensure assessment is provided in a range of settings suitable to meet the needs of the clients Clinical Reporting: Provide supervision and quality assurance for any clinical contacts, ensuring robust reporting systems and high-quality care records. Assessment, formulation & Intervention Planning: Supervise the development of tailored assessment, formulation and intervention plans, including both client-specific and service-wide outcome measures. When necessary, carry out complex assessments or interventions directly. Clinical Supervision: Deliver robust clinical supervision, encompassing both written work and direct practice, to the clinical team across the service. Training & Development: Identify training needs and deliver bespoke clinical training to the team and wider system partners. Work alongside operational leadership to maintain and evolve the services training matrix. MDT Leadership: Contribute actively to divisional MDTs, ensuring collaborative, multi-agency working. Clinician Development: Promote CPD and skills growth among your supervisees, recommending internal or external training opportunities as appropriate. Integrated Working: Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate assessments and interventions. Prioritise clear, ethical communication while navigating consent, capacity, and safeguarding frameworks. Consent & Capacity: Champion high standards around consent and capacity practices, supporting both policy development and case-level application. Outcome Measurement: Oversee the consistent collection, analysis, and reporting of routine outcome measures, ensuring our interventions are both impactful and measurable. Collaborative Culture: Work with operational managers to integrate therapeutic thinking into daily practice, blending clinical insight with service delivery expertise. Undertake delegated responsibilities as agreed with the Head of service. Risk Management: Contribute to the creation and ongoing refinement of clinical risk assessments, ensuring a proactive approach to client safety. Innovation & Service Improvement: Stay abreast of emerging models and innovations in complex case management, championing their integration into both services. Effective Communication: Maintain clear, respectful, and timely communication with clients, colleagues, and partner agencies. Proactively manage follow-up actions. Service Evaluation: Lead or support service improvement initiatives, with a focus on systems and approaches that drive better outcomes. Legislative Knowledge: Maintain a strong understanding of relevant legislation and its implications for practice and client rights. Governance Engagement: Contribute to Performance Review Boards and other divisional forums where clinical insight shapes safer service delivery. Model Development: Support the evolution of clinical models and processes, helping embed consistent, effective practice across ABL. System working: Develop and maintain working relationships with system partners ensuring a presence at relevant forums. Throughout all activities, you will work within ABLs robust governance systemsapplying key principles around safeguarding, data protection, incident reporting (Radar), and risk management to protect clients and staff alike. A Supportive, Forward-Thinking Environment This is a challenging yet highly rewarding roleideal for someone who wants to shape and elevate a young, evolving service with huge potential. Youll be supported by a highly experienced multi-disciplinary team spanning mental health, social care, governance, data, and leadership. Youll also receive regular supervision from ABLs Professional Lead for Mental Health (Consultant Psychologist), alongside peer support from our expanding network of psychologists across the organisation. Who Were Looking For: HCPC-registered Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist Demonstrable experience in supervision Experience working with children, young people Understanding of trauma-informed approaches Skilled in multi-agency work with system partners Ability to contribute to organisational development and service improvement Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role