Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Family Safeguarding

Job Overview

We are offering the opportunity for a qualified Psychologist to join our team of Psychologists and psychological practitioners working into Telford Local Authority's Family Safeguarding service.

The Family Safeguarding Parent Mental Health Service is delivered by Psychologists employed by Midlands Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (MPFT) and embedded within Telford County Council’s Family Safeguarding Service. The service aims to provide timely mental health assessments, risk evaluations, and evidence-based psychological interventions for parents involved in child protection, who may otherwise struggle to access mental health services. The post involves working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, including Children’s Social Workers, Drug and Alcohol Recovery Workers, Domestic Abuse Practitioners, and Strengthening Families. The service focuses on keeping families in Telford together safely, improving health and educational outcomes for children, and reducing physical and emotional harm.

This is a varied and dynamic role aimed to meet the mental health needs of parents, and you will be well supported by both the existing psychological practitioners working into Family Safeguarding, and the wider large group of Psychologists and psychological practitioners in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

For more information about the role, you are warmly welcomed to contact the Lead Psychologist for Family Safeguarding, Dr Kiran Sidhu Kiran.Sidhu@mpft.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

In The Post You Will

• provide psychological assessment and evidence based interventions including a range of group and individual psychological interventions
• provide psychological assessment and interventions in relation to the impact of mental health difficulties in relation to parenting.
• provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients’ psychological care to other multi-disciplinary professionals
• work closely with both psychological therapies staff and other non-psychological therapy colleagues
• work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures
• utilise research skills for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service
• provide clinical supervision for Assistant Psychologists, B7 therapists / psychologists and trainees.
  
  

Working for our organisation

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are ‘United in our Uniqueness’ and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

In the post you will work as part of the psychological practice team within Telford Local Authority, providing evidence based, effective psychological input and interventions within the Family Safeguarding model.

The role involves direct specialist psychological assessment, formulation and delivery of psychological interventions, evaluation of this input, and consultation and liaison with social workers and other professionals working in the multiagency setting.

For further information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent) including two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.

Good undergraduate degree (preferably relevant to psychological therapy)

Current registration/accreditation with appropriate body

Desirable criteria

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Assessed experience of working as a qualified applied psychologist. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and intervention, within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
• Experience in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience in working in a multiagency setting with families