Consultant Clinical Psychologist (Team Manager)

Job Description

Are you ready to lead innovation in psychological care and make a real difference for children, young people, and families across Cornwall? We’re looking for a experienced dynamic Consultant Clinical Psychologist to join our highly skilled team at the forefront of the Family Help and Early Support reforms.

Why join us?

Our work is about hope, recovery, and resilience. We support children and young people who have faced significant adversity—neglect, abuse, trauma, and loss—and help them and their families build brighter futures. This includes children at risk of care, those in care, care leavers, and young people supported by the Youth Offending Service.

As part of Education & Community Health within the Together for Families Directorate, you’ll collaborate closely with Specialist CAMHS, voluntary sector partners, and multi-agency teams to deliver trauma-informed, evidence-based interventions that truly change lives.

You will be employed by Cornwall Council on Agenda for Change terms and conditions which will acknowledge your NHS continuous service and allow you to continue an NHS pension. We have close links with Clinical Psychologists in CPFT who support our clinical governance and CPD.

What You’ll Do

What We Offer

• A chance to influence and shape services during a period of exciting reform.
• A supportive, experienced team committed to trauma-informed and strengths-based practice.
• Opportunities for professional growth and leadership in a forward-thinking local authority.
  
  

For an informal discussion, contact Dr James McGurk, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at jigsaw@cornwall.gov.uk . We would be happy to consider flexible working including condensed hours.

This is a county-wide role, subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and is an equal opportunities employer. This is a public-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies. Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here .

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

About Us

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options .

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.