Band 8b Principal Clinical Psychologist (Birmingham Women's & Children's NHS Foundation Trust - IROC Service) Band: 8b Role: Principal Clinical Psychologist Service: Integrated Residential Outreach Care (IROC) Location: Birmingham - (1 Printing House Street, B4 6DF) travel to residential homes/schools/social care Hours: 37.5 per week (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) - part-time considered Start Date: 1st December 2025 End Date: 31st July 2026 Overview The IROC service provides a trauma-informed and trauma-responsive framework to support children and young people (CYP) with the most complex psychological, emotional and behavioural needs. These are young people at risk of T4 admission or stepping down from CAMHS Tier 4 to residential settings. The service works systemically-supporting residential homes, social care teams, CAMHS, schools, families and carers-to stabilise placements and improve outcomes for CYP with high levels of distress, risk and multi-agency involvement. Key Responsibilities Provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and consultation within a complex multi-agency system. Lead on integrated care planning and risk management for CYP with severe trauma histories, attachment issues and emotional dysregulation. Offer expert clinical advice and reflective practice to residential care teams, social workers, and partner agencies. Develop psychologically informed therapeutic models within residential settings. Support CYP transitioning from CAMHS Tier 4 hospitals into community/residential placements. Deliver specialist training and supervision to the system of care givers around each young person. Contribute to the implementation of Quality Therapeutic Standards to improve placement stability. Work in collaboration with CAMHS, social care, education and NHS partners across the Birmingham region. Maintain high levels of clinical governance, supervision, safeguarding practice and professional standards. Essential Requirements HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist (Band 8b equivalent experience). Strong experience with CYP and complex mental health presentations. Background in trauma-informed care, attachment, behavioural distress and multi-agency formulations. Experience working in CAMHS, acute hospital psychology, residential services, or specialist trauma settings. Ability to provide consultation, training, reflective practice and high-level clinical leadership. Robust safeguarding knowledge and experience managing high-risk cases. Desirable BABCP accreditation or additional psychotherapy training. Experience in mediation or group work. Experience supporting staff systems under pressure (burnout, trauma exposure, placement breakdown). Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer. Eden Brown Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number (phone number removed). Our registered address is 5th floor 4 Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AR, part of nGAGE Specialist Recruitment Limited T/A nGAGE Talent. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This message is intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to us, and immediately and permanently delete it. Do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. We take reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email but cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage sustained as a result of computer viruses and the recipient must ensure that the email (and attachments) are virus free