Job Description
Are you an experienced and motivated Principal Clinical Psychologist looking to make a meaningful impact within a Core CAMHS team? In Dorset, we are transforming our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services into a Family Mental Health model that embraces and adopts the THRIVE framework. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to service development and innovation, supporting a whole‑family approach grounded in compassion, collaboration, and shared decision‑making.
The Clinical Psychologist role is a permanent, part‑time post of 15 hours per week. The service operates Monday to Friday between 9:00am and 5:00pm. We are flexible in how these hours are worked, and this can be discussed further at interview.
- Provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention to children and young people, alongside their families, within a multidisciplinary team.
- Offer a range of therapeutic interventions, alongside consultation, training and supervision to colleagues, working closely with partners across education, social care and the voluntary sector to support integrated care.
- Conduct thorough psychological assessments, formulate problems and deliver evidence‑based programmes of care with children and families who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
- Regularly review and monitor outcome of assessment and effects of treatment in line with goal‑based outcomes and the care programme approach.
- Plan and prioritise own workload whilst coordinating with colleagues in the CAMHS locality teams so service users do not wait longer than necessary for a planned intervention.
- Plan and chair multi‑disciplinary/multi‑agency professional and family meetings (e.g. care planning/discharge planning). Implement the participation agenda.
- Provide specialist psychology supervision, training and consultation to colleagues working across agencies, with the approval of the Team Leader.
- Contribute to recruitment and selection of less senior staff.
Clinical supervision will be provided by the Clinical Lead Psychologist, alongside access to ongoing training and development opportunities.
We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves. We believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity.
