Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 285-4704-CYPF
- Employer
- Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Canalside
- Town
- Bloxwich, Walsall
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 PER ANNUM
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Applied Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is growing and changing. We provide specialist mental health, learning disability and community services across Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton, and we’re hiring people who want to shape what comes next.
Formed on 1 April 2020 through the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, we’re now focused on the future with a new Trust Strategy and our Best for the Black Country programme.
What we do
· Adult and older adult mental health
· Children and young people’s mental health
· Specialist learning disability services
· Community healthcare for children, young people and families in Dudley
Why join now
· We’ve got real momentum right now. New strategy, clear priorities and our Best for the Black Country work mean things are moving in the right way, fast.
· Our values aren’t just posters. People are genuinely compassionate, take responsibility, treat you with respect and help you feel confident and empowered.
· You’ll be looked after. Flexible working, family-friendly policies, supportive teams, proper wellbeing support and chances to learn with coaching and development.
· There’s room to grow. Loads of services to explore and real space to try ideas and be heard.
· It’s a good place to live. Friendly diverse communities, easy transport, good schools and colleges, shopping, food, lots to do, plenty of green space and a lower cost of living than many other city regions.
What it’s like to work here
You’ll join friendly, skilled teams who look out for each other. We plan together, share caseload pressures, and celebrate wins. New starters get a warm welcome and clear induction; early careers colleagues have preceptorship and buddying; experienced staff can lead, teach and innovate. You’ll have space to do good work, speak up, and see the difference you make.
Who we are
We’re 4,000+ colleagues from many backgrounds, committed to improving health and wellbeing for our communities and for each other. If you’re excited about the role but don’t tick every box, please apply. We value potential and transferable experience.
Job overview
As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention for children and young people with complex developmental, emotional, and relational needs. You will work closely with carers, social workers, and other professionals to deliver trauma-informed care.
This role offers the chance to provide consultation and training to colleagues and partner agencies and support the implementation of evidence-based approaches. You will also have opportunities for clinical supervision and professional development.
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialist psychological assessments for children and young people in care, using a range of evidence-based tools and approaches.
- Develop and deliver individualised formulations and interventions, tailored to complex developmental, emotional, and relational needs.
- Offer consultation and advice to carers, social workers, and other professionals to support trauma-informed care planning.
- Contribute to multidisciplinary team working, ensuring psychological perspectives inform decision-making and care pathways.
- Deliver training and workshops for staff and partner agencies to enhance understanding of attachment, trauma, and resilience.
- Participate in service development and quality improvement projects, helping shape innovative approaches for looked after children.
- Provide clinical supervision to assistant psychologists and trainees, supporting their professional growth.
- Maintain accurate clinical records and reports, ensuring compliance with professional and organisational standards.
- Engage in audit, research, and evaluation activities to inform best practice and improve outcomes for children and young people.
Working for our organisation
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an organisation that cares for their staff. There is an extensive wellbeing offer to encourage staff to look after their emotional wellbeing and mental health. The Trust have a staff app that all staff have access to that also lists discounts that staff have access to in the high street.
All psychologists and psychological therapists sit under the professional leadership of the Professional lead for psychology. There is a yearly 'Enhancing Connections' event for all psychologists and psychological practitioners across the Trust to meet for training, wellbeing and networking. CPD and training is important as part of professional development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ee Job description and Person Specification for a full description of tasks and responsibilities as well as qualifications and competencies required for this post. Only applications meeting the person specification will be short listed.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- • Post-graduate doctoral level training (or its equivlanet) in Applied Psychology as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- • HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist
- • Must have experience/interest in: Working with and assessing children, young people and their families with complex mental health difficulties and neurodevelopmental conditions
- • Evidence- based practice relevant to Children in Care
- • Knowledge of legislation in relation to children in care and children, young people and their families with complex mental health difficulties and neurodevelopmental conditions.
- • Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of CBT, DBT, psychodynamic therapy, systemic therapy
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 Wendy Harrison-Frazer
- Job title
- Consultant Psychologist/Professional Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07817568705
- Additional information
Emma Fletcher-Lee
Service Manager
Tel: 01922 607 400
Mob: 07435 804 279
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