Principal Psychological Professional - Community CAMHS and C&IST
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Job overview
Please note this role is pending matching by Agenda for Change Panel
We’re seeking an ambitious, values-driven Clinical or Counselling Psychologist / Systemic Family Therapist / Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist—to work across our Community CAMHS and CAMHS Crisis and Intensive Support teams as a Principal Psychological Professional.
This is a chance to lead and shape how psychological thinking informs care planning, culture, and outcomes for children and young people. If you're ready to grow your leadership, supervision and service development skills in a supportive but grounded environment, we want to hear from you.
Essential:
- Appropriate professional registration in line with Job Description / Person Specification.
- Experience in CAMHS or a related CYP mental health setting.
- Strong leadership, supervision, and team-building skills.
- Commitment to anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and quality-improvement practices.
- Ambition to step into strategic roles within a changing NHS.
We would like to see:
- Significant post-qualification experience.
- Developing leadership and supervision skills.
- Readiness and motivation to step up to a leadership role.
What we offer:
- Protected time for leadership and supervision.
- Opportunities to influence service development, governance, and training.
- Access to peer networks, CPD and professional forums.
- Supervision from a Consultant Psychological Professional plus model-specific support (e.g. CBT, DDP, EMDR).
Main duties of the job
To learn more about our South Staffs CAMHS teams:
📽️ NHS MPFT – Cannock | NHS MPFT – Psychology
🧠 Clinical Leadership & Strategic Influence
Provide senior psychological leadership within Community CAMHS, embedding psychological thinking across care delivery. Influence service strategy, model development, and quality improvement. Act as a psychological lead in MDT decision-making, risk formulation, and complex case planning.
👥 Supervision, Consultation & Development
Deliver clinical supervision to qualified/pre-qualified psychological staff and offer consultation across the MDT. Promote psychologically informed practice through training, coaching and reflective spaces. Support recruitment, induction and career planning for junior colleagues.
📊 Clinical Work & Case Formulation
Hold a focused caseload involving complex assessments, formulations and interventions. Contribute to multi-agency planning where psychological risk and systemic thinking are key. Ensure documentation and outcome measures meet governance standards.
🔄 Service Improvement & Governance
Lead or support audit, evaluation, and innovation. Develop trauma-informed, anti-oppressive care pathways. Uphold clinical governance, safeguarding, and professional standards.
🤝 Systemic & Partnership Working
Work with partners across education, social care and the voluntary sector. Represent psychology in local and Trust-wide forums, shaping professional strategy and improving access for CYP.
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