Job summary
- Main area
- Child
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Full time
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 436-7159859
- Employer
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Solar, Bishop Wilson Clinic
- Town
- Chelmsley Wood
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/05/2025
Employer heading

Band 6 Clinical Associate in Psychology - Solar
Band 6
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
Are you looking for a new role as a qualified Clinical Associate in Psychology and have a dedication to offering services for children and young people?
As a qualified Clinical Associate in Psychology, you would be working alongside the Solar Crisis and M-Power team lead to be responsible for the provision and evaluation psychological input in our Crisis and M-Power team in Solar (the emotional wellbeing and mental health services for 0-19 year olds in Solihull).
The Solar Crisis and M-Power team provides assessment and brief intervention to children and young people who are experiencing a crisis in their mental health and require urgent assessment and support.
The Solar Crisis and M Power team is situated within the wider emotional wellbeing and CAMHS team at Solar, which is a partnership between Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Barnardos and Autism West Midlands, at the Bishop Wilson Clinic in Chelmsley Wood.
We would welcome anyone who is interested to come and visit us in Solar, to meet the team and the surroundings to see how this role could be part of the next steps of your career journey.
Main duties of the job
This role will work with the team to provide psychological assessment and brief intervention as appropriate within the Solar Crisis and M-Power team and to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and managerial colleagues to achieve effective, evidence based psychological service provision to people accessing Solar, ensuring that services provided are high quality, cost-effective, culturally appropriate and based on best clinical and professional practice and meet Trust and Service objectives, national strategic and policy guidelines, commissioner requirements and user and carer needs and expectations. Direct/indirect clinical work will also form part of the role where appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for more details.
The role will have direct client contact, MDT working, and consultation.]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Completed Clinical Associate in Psychology course
Desirable criteria
- Due to complete CAP course within 3 months
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in CAMHS
Desirable criteria
- Wider experience of working with children
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working with neurodiversity
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Harvinder Tagger
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 301 2750
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