Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Support Team
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 425-25-7308495
- Employer
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Permanent | Full Time
Join our psychology-led team delivering mental health support in Sheffield schools. Following the Government's Green Paper and NHSE Long Term Plan, you'll help develop CAMHS In-Reach and our expanding Mental Health Support Teams (MHST).
Working with the Healthy Minds Lead, you'll help schools build trauma-informed, whole-school wellbeing approaches, coordinate care for vulnerable pupils, and support staff through consultation, training, and reflective practice. You will combine clinical work, system-level change, and leadership to embed psychological thinking in education.
About You: You are (or soon to be) a HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist who excels in collaborative, community-based work. You're confident applying psychological theory in schools and passionate about supporting whole-school mental health.
Essential:
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HCPC registration (or qualifying in 2025)
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Commitment to EMHP Supervision PGDip (University of Sheffield)
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Understanding of child development, trauma-informed practice, and systemic working
Main duties of the job
Reporting into the Clinical Lead (Healthy Minds), your responsibilities will include:
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Lead on supporting Senior Mental Health Leads in Sheffield schools to enhance whole-school wellbeing offer
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Develop psychologically informed care plans for vulnerable children and young people
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Provide clinical supervision and case management for EMHPs and Assistant Psychologists
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Offer consultation, training, and reflective practice to school staff and MHST teams
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Deliver direct psychological work with children and young people
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Support service development and progress in collaboration with the Healthy Minds team
You will receive regular clinical and line management supervision from a senior Clinical Psychologist, plus access to multi-agency peer supervision, training opportunities, and the University-accredited EMHP supervision course.
Working for our organisation
At Sheffield Children’s, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are Outstanding Patient Care, Brilliant Place to Work, and Leaders in Children’s Health.
We work with partners across local, regional, and national levels to deliver physical and mental healthcare in both acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are nationally and internationally recognised for their expertise.
We’re proud that 73% of colleagues would recommend Sheffield Children’s as a place to work, placing us among the top five NHS trusts in England — and the top-ranked trust in the North East and Yorkshire — in the latest NHS Staff Survey.
Our nearly 4,000 colleagues bring our CARE values — Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence — to life every day, creating a kind, welcoming environment where patients and families feel safe and supported.
As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we’re excited to keep building our leadership in children's health, improve experiences for patients and staff, and focus on our communities and population health.
We also offer excellent benefits to support your wellbeing, with generous annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing programmes, and exclusive discounts — helping you thrive at work and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification.
Please note that Sheffield Children's uplift pay to meet the Real Living Wage, which is £12.60 per hour.
Diversity Statement
At Sheffield Children’s, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and supports everyone’s success. We prioritise Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in our recruitment practices, creating a welcoming space for people of all backgrounds, including ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ members.
Recognising that inclusivity is an ongoing effort, we review our processes and welcome feedback to enhance our practices. A diverse team strengthens our organisation and the quality of care we deliver. For ideas on how we can improve, please contact our Recruitment Manager at [email protected]. Together, we’re building a workplace where everyone belongs.
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Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Registration with HCPC as a clinical psychologist (or other domain title as agreed).
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development in Psychotherapies.
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Guidance Score To be educated to MSc level or have equivalent Clinical / Managerial experience 2 Postgraduate psychotherapy qualification such as PG Dip in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, MA Art Therapy, MA Drama Therapy, MA Music Therapy, MSc Family Therapy 2 Qualification in supervision of practitioners in delivering psychological interventions
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people, and their families
- Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health and well being problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
- Experience - in addition to a single training placement of clinical work with children and families with health- care needs.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with schools and / or communities
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working with children and young people in a range of clinical settings.
- Experience of working with children and families within the area of work specific to this post.
- Experience of delivering and/or participating in reflective practice.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non- professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Some knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Experience of working with risk and knowledge of safeguarding procedures within health
- Ability to link psychological theory to practice
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, eating disorders, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of working systemically with teams to promote psychological approaches.
- Ability to link psychological theory to practice and how this can apply to educational settings
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- An ability to apply sustained and intense concentration both within the clinical work, and in order to plan workload and liaise effectively with multiple partners.
- An ability to interact with children, young people and school staff and their carers and families.
- Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload.
- An understanding of the role
- Ability to self reflect
Desirable criteria
- Proven commitment to continuous professional development.
- An interest in working within schools
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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 Zoe Brownlie
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Early Intervention & Prevention
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 3053218
- Additional information
Please email Zoe in the first instance
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