Job overview

This post is fixed term/secondment for 9 months due to funding 

An exciting opportunity has been created to change the lives of children and families in Powys. Regional Integrated Fund monies have been secured, initially until 31^st March 2027, to create a Principal Psychologist role to support the development of Early Years and early intervention provision within Powys CAMHS and the newly established Powys Single Point of Access for Children’s Emotional Health & Wellbeing (SPACE).

The successful candidate will bring significant knowledge and experience to help develop attachment-aware, trauma-informed, and evidence-based provision across multi-agency settings aimed at the promotion of emotional health and wellbeing, and early identification and intervention. We are looking for candidates with a passion for working with children, young people, families, and the trusted adults in their lives, as well as significant experience of providing specialist training, supervision, consultation and early intervention.

Our Psychology and Psychological Therapies Team places a strong emphasis on staff wellbeing and supporting personal and professional development.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a highly specialised Psychology Service to children, young people and families within Powys CAMHS Primary Mental Health Service.  
• Developing, delivering and/or overseeing the delivery of brief 
  psychological interventions, including brief psychological groups.    
• Contributing to psychological formulations and intervention plans for families
• Providing psychological supervision and consultation, training, advice and support to professionals involved in supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people.        
• Support the establishment of the new Powys SPACE team, aimed to provide a single point of access for emotional health and wellbeing support to children, young people and families in Powys.
• Support the establishment of service processes and 
  pathways through training, consultation, supervision, and guidance to the leadership team.  
• Help identify gaps in current service provision in Powys for the emotional health and wellbeing needs of children, young people and families, with a particular focus on Early Years and early intervention.   
• Provide clinical placements and supervision for Doctoral level trainee Clinical Psychologists etc.    
• Develop and deliver training, supervision and consultation to other professionals supporting children and young people’s 
  emotional health and wellbeing.    
• Utilise highly specialised research skills for audit, policy and service development, and research.    

Working for our organisation

Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won’t get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation. 

As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We’re also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy ’life work’ balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.

To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.