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Salary for this role£57,528 – £64,750 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

This occupation falls under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 2225, Clinical psychologists. Pay for this occupation is set by national pay scales (NHS bands), so no single Home Office going rate applies.

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Role description

Job summary

Are you a passionate Applied Psychologist looking to make a difference to children, young people and families?

Join our friendly CAMHS team, delivering highly specialist assessment, formulation and intervention for young people with complex mental health needs. You'll provide consultation, supervision and intervention, while contributing to service development and quality improvement.

Working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues and partner agencies, you'll help ensure psychological thinking is embedded across clinical practice and service delivery.

What we offer

Supportive and collaborative team culture
Excellent professional and leadership development opportunities
Regular clinical supervision and reflective practice
Opportunities to influence service innovation and improvement
Flexible working opportunities where possible
NHS pension scheme and staff benefits
Strong commitment to staff wellbeing, including wellbeing support, staff networks and work-life balance initiatives

We're looking for

HCPC-registered applied psychologist
Experience working with children, young people and families
Expertise in psychological assessment, formulation and intervention
Experience of supervision, consultation and multidisciplinary working
Commitment to compassionate, evidence-based care and service development

Join a service where psychology is highly valued, your expertise is recognised, and you can help shape the future of children's mental health services across Walsall.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Applied Psychologist within Walsall CAMHS, you will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for children, young people and families presenting with complex mental health needs. You will work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, undertaking risk assessment and management, providing consultation to colleagues, and contributing to care planning across services.

The post also carries a significant leadership role, including the supervision of trainee, assistant and qualified psychologists, delivery of training, and support for workforce development. You will contribute to service improvement, audit, research and evaluation activities, helping to ensure psychological thinking informs clinical practice, service redesign and organisational change.

Working closely with health, education, social care and voluntary sector partners, you will champion compassionate, evidence-based care while promoting positive outcomes for children, young people and their families.

About us

At Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to delivering outstanding, compassionate care and improving the lives of the communities we serve. As part of Walsall CAMHS, you will join a skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team that puts children, young people and families at the heart of everything we do.

Our work is guided by our CARE values: Compassionate, Accountable, Respectful and Empowered. These values shape how we care for service users, support colleagues and work together to deliver high-quality services.

We are passionate about supporting our staff to thrive. Alongside excellent opportunities for professional development, leadership growth and service innovation, we offer regular clinical supervision, reflective practice and flexible working opportunities where possible. Our comprehensive wellbeing offer includes access to physical and mental health support, staff networks, wellbeing resources and services designed to promote work-life balance.

Whether you are looking to deepen your specialist expertise, contribute to service transformation or develop your leadership skills, you will find a welcoming culture where your contribution is valued, your voice is heard and your career can flourish. Join us and help shape the future of children's mental health services across the Black Country.

Date posted

26 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

285-0357-CYPF

Job locations

Canalside Walsall CAMHS

Abbotts Street

Bloxwich, Walsall

WS3 3AZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions for children, young people and families with complex mental health needs.
Undertake risk assessment and risk management, including safeguarding responsibilities.
Deliver individual, family and group interventions, adapting approaches to meet young people's needs.
Provide expert psychological consultation and advice to multidisciplinary colleagues and partner agencies.
Work collaboratively with health, education, social care and voluntary sector services to support integrated care.
Supervise and support trainee, assistant and qualified psychologists.
Deliver training and contribute to the development of the wider multidisciplinary workforce.
Lead and contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit and research activities.
Use psychological expertise to inform service redesign, innovation and organisational change.
Promote compassionate, inclusive and recovery-focused care for children, young people and their families.

Please see Job Description for more information.

Person Specification

Essential

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
HCPC registration as An Applied Psychologist with Chartered Status
Working as a qualified applied psychologist within a CAMHS service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings.
Knowledge of: ? Evidence- based practice relevant to the role of working with children and young people's complex mental health difficulties.
Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care co-ordination/lead practitioner responsibilities
Risk assessment and risk management

Desirable

Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Canalside Walsall CAMHS

Abbotts Street

Bloxwich, Walsall

WS3 3AZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/

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