We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Lead Clinical Psychologist to join a friendly and skilled team of Therapeutic Social Workers, Psychologists and a Speech and Language Therapist. The team supports children in local authority care, kinship care or on child protection plans, and care‑experienced young adults up to the age of 25. The distinct contribution of psychology is highly valued within this social care team, and this role offers variety and opportunity for growth.
Team’s Purpose
- supporting key adults around a young person to understand the impact their early experiences may be having on their current experiences (e.g. through formulations, consultation, group training)
- supporting conversations around identity through life story clinics
- supporting staff teams within residential homes
- working with young people and their foster carers, informed by the dyadic models of DDP and Theraplay
- working with young people individually using models such as psychodynamic psychotherapy and EMDR
This post is a maternity cover until June 2027 and will consider candidates that meet criteria to work at location 8a with potential amendments to roles and responsibilities as required. Flexible working arrangements and secondment from other roles within the LCH Trust can also be considered.
The Lead Psychologist Role Involves
- Offering and interpreting psychologically informed assessments (including cognitive assessments)
- Offering formulation‑driven interventions in the context of complexity, which may draw from a range of therapeutic models
- Working directly with young people experiencing emotional and social difficulties
- Working with foster carers, schools, social workers and wider systems
- Offering consultation, training and support to colleagues inside and outside the team
- Supervising Band 7 Psychology and Speech and Language Therapist colleagues in the team and overseeing Assistant Psychologist input
- Working with a range of services to best support the wellbeing of young people
- Supporting local authority children’s residential homes
- Leadership within the team, and consultation to the wider CSWS as needed. For example this may be in the areas of:
- risk assessment and management
- responding to complex mental health presentations
- neurodevelopmental issues
- learning disability/cognitive assessments
- evaluation of the service
You Will Be Supported Through
- regular supervision with an experienced clinical psychologist
- peer supervision within the team
- connection with a city‑wide group of clinical psychologists working in children’s services across Leeds
Benefits
- generous annual leave
- access to NHS discount sites
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