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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
5 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Post qualification experience as a Clinical Psychologist including experience of working within specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) or an equivalent CYP mental health setting
- Experience
Experience of multi-agency working including contributing to psychological perspectives to complex clinical decision making
- Qualifications
Completed Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology
- Qualifications
HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist
- Qualifications
Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to CAMHS/CYP mental health
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of co-production and/or meaningful engagement of children and young people and carers in service development, evaluation or improvement
- Experience
Experience of delivering teaching or training to multidisciplinary or multi agency professionals
- Qualifications
Post qualification training in one or more evidence based psychological therapy approaches relevant to children and young people with moderate to severe complex mental health needs
- Qualifications
Formal training in supervision of psychological practitioners
Job overview
Are you looking for a new role as a clinical psychologist in CAMHS and have a dedication to offering services for children and young people?
We have an opportunity for a Highly Specialist Counselling/Clinical Psychologist within our Core Team in Solar. The Core Team is an integral part of the Solar service.
Solar provides emotional wellbeing and mental health services to Children, Young People and Families in Solihull (0-18). Solar was set up as a service not about thresholds or tiers but about timely access to appropriate support in line with children and young people's needs. Solar aims to create a comprehensive system, designed around the needs of children and young people.
The main base for this post will be at Bishop Wilson Clinic in Chelmsley Wood. However, there may be occasions when you are required to work from other bases, including the Solar base at Fresh Fields Clinic in Knowle.
Main duties of the job
As a clinical/counselling psychologist or equivalent applied psychological practitioner, the role will assist in the delivery of the service to children, young people and families within Solar Core This will include highly specialist psychological assessments, individual therapy and group work. In addition the role will include the development of supervision of psychological therapists and assistant psychologists as well as providing consultation, service development, research and teaching/training as required.
There are also opportunities to lead on aspects in the service, as well as ongoing CPD and training.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
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.
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This advert is for Band 8a Practitioner Psychologist - SOLAR (Core Team) with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Oct 2026.
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