Job requirements
Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to join the Emotional Health Service and become part of our team for the next year on a fixed term contract. We welcome applications from newly qualified clinicians. You will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people with Learning Disabilities as well as demonstrating the following points:
- Experience
Putting children and young people first
- Experience
Be a Qualified Clinical Psychologist with appropriate professional registration with the HCPC
- Experience
Be able to provide consultation and training to a wide range of professionals
- Experience
Have CAMHS experience in working with complex and vulnerable families
- Experience
Have experience in working with people with Learning Disabilities and their networking training.
- Qualifications
Be a qualified Clinical Psychologist
- Qualifications
Current HCPC Registration or equivalent UK registration
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
Postgraduate mental health qualification e.g PsychD Clinical or Counselling Psychology, MSc Systemic Psychotherapy, MSc Art Psychotherapy
Job summary
This new post was created to help reduce our waiting list for children with Learning Disabilities and their families. The post will be based within our small and dynamic team dedicated to this client group and will work closely with colleagues in social care, family support, special schools and health services. This team has an Assistant Psychologist and supports trainee clinical psychologists from the University of Surrey. We have a newly developed Family Therapy clinic accessible to this client group and also provide behavioural interventions, ACT interventions, psychoeducation and support to the network.
Main duties of the job
The Emotional Health Service (EHS)is a dynamic and progressive multi-disciplinary team of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Art Psychotherapists. This role is based in our small team dedicated to children with Learning Disabilities at Moor Lane in Chessington. We have other teams at Richmond (Twickenham base), and Kingston (Chessington and Kingston based) and work closely with our colleagues in Early Help, Social Care, Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) and Education. We have a strong sense of team and work together to support children and young peoples emotional wellbeing. We also work to prioritise the wellbeing of the staff team. As a Mental Health Clinicianfor EHS you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will be part of a team and be afforded many different opportunities to use your skills, including undertaking consultations, delivering interventions, working alongside schools and partner agencies and delivering training.
About us
Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government.
Details
- Date posted: 05 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £49,056 to £52,194 a year This role will attract HCAS in addition to the existing salary.
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 12 months
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: B0458-05OCT26-2500
- Job locations: 44 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BZ, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
The emotional health service (EHS) sits within our Education Directorate. The service is a dynamic team of Mental Health professionals with a range of professions such as Clinical / Counselling Psychologists, Systemic and Art Psychotherapists. The service sits alongside our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools. The EHS is focused on providing fully integrated, high quality and swift mental health consultation, advice, training and reflective practice for our social care and education colleagues. This is a newly created service, from November 2025 , following our local independent CAMHS review. There are many opportunities for development. We are a supportive group of professionals who recognise that the emotional wellbeing of the workforce is central to the work we deliver.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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This advert is for Clinical Psychologist / Mental Health Clinician: CWLD with Achieving for Children in Twickenham, England. It is listed as a Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £49056.00 to £52194.00. The contract type is Fixed-Term. The application deadline is 19 Oct 2026.
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