Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

Permanent | Full Time | Interviews 28th July

Join our psychology-led team delivering mental health support across Sheffield educational settings as part of the ten year health plan.

Working alongside the Healthy Minds Mental Health Support Team Lead, you will help schools develop trauma-informed, whole-school approaches to wellbeing, coordinate support for vulnerable pupils, and provide consultation, training and reflective practice for staff. You will also contribute to the offer for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.

This role combines direct clinical work with system-level change, supporting the application of psychological thinking across education.

About You: You are (or soon to be) an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist who thrives in collaborative, community-based work. You are confident applying psychological theory in educational settings and committed to strengthening whole-school mental health.

Essential:

• HCPC registration (or qualifying in 2026)
• Commitment to EMHP Supervision PGDip (University of Sheffield)
• Understanding of evidence based interventions, mental health assessment, child development, trauma-informed practice, and systemic working

Main duties of the job

Reporting into the Clinical Lead (Healthy Minds), your responsibilities will include:

• Lead on supporting Senior Mental Health Leads in Sheffield schools to enhance whole-school wellbeing offer
• Provide clinical supervision and case management for EMHPs and Assistant Psychologists
• Develop psychologically informed care plans for vulnerable children and young people
• Offer consultation, training, and reflective practice to school staff and MHST teams
• Deliver direct psychological work with children and young people
• 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.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification.

*** This role has been assigned the occupation code 2259 using the CASCOT coding tool. To check the eligibility of this code for sponsorship and right to work please visit - UKVI web address https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations-and-codes

Diversity Statement

At Sheffield Childrens, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and supports everyones 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 scn-tr.recruitment.team@nhs.net. Together, were building a workplace where everyone belongs.

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Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• 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).
• Experience - in addition to a single training placement of clinical work with children and families with health- care needs.

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Experience

Essential

• 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 of working with risk and knowledge of safeguarding procedures within health

Desirable

• 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

• 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

• 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.
• Knowledge of working systemically with teams to promote psychological approaches.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional, academic settings and within schools.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Frequently cope with the emotional demands of working directly withthe school community including school staff, children, young people and families involved in distressing situations e.g. distressing life experiences, safeguarding issues and challenging behaviour
• Commitment to multi-disciplinary team working and to working with staff in an educational setting - a team player.
• A commitment to promoting the voice of children and young people and developing their participation in changing their school environment.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Ability to work within schools to collaboratively develop whole school interventions alongside staff working in the school to meet mental health needs across the school.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Albion House, Savile Street

Sheffield

S4 7UD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sheffieldchildrens.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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