(Part-Time | FTC) Clinical / Counselling Psychologist - CAMHS

Job overview

Are you a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist looking for a role that offers genuinely specialist work, flexibility, and the opportunity to balance NHS practice alongside private work?

We are looking for a passionate psychologist to join the Adopted and Care Experienced (ACE) Team within Buckinghamshire CAMHS - a highly regarded specialist service supporting children and young people with experiences of adoption, trauma, attachment difficulties, and care.

This is a rare opportunity to work within a psychologically-led, multi-disciplinary team delivering meaningful, high-impact work across CAMHS, social care, education, and partner agencies. The role offers variety, autonomy, and the chance to develop specialist skills in developmental trauma, attachment-informed practice, mentalization-based approaches, and AMBIT.

Importantly, we recognise the value of flexible careers and welcome applicants seeking a part-time NHS role alongside independent or private practice commitments. We are committed to creating sustainable, flexible working arrangements that support experienced clinicians to continue developing both professionally and personally.

Please note this role is part-time working 22.5 hours per week & fixed term contract for 12 months.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist within the ACE team, you will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children and young people across a range of care settings. You will hold a defined caseload, acting as care coordinator where appropriate, and will contribute to multi-disciplinary working by providing expert psychological advice, consultation, and guidance to colleagues across CAMHS and partner agencies.

You will undertake risk assessment and risk management for the young people on your caseload, maintaining the highest standards of clinical record keeping in line with BPS, HCPC, and Trust requirements. You will provide clinical supervision to trainee and assistant psychologists as appropriate to your level of qualification, and contribute to the team's well-established training and consultation offer to social care, foster carers, and residential care staff.

Alongside your direct clinical work, you will be expected to contribute to service development, audit, and evaluation, drawing on current evidence-based research to continuously improve the quality and responsiveness of the service. You will work autonomously within professional guidelines while being fully supported by a robust supervision structure and a strong, experienced multi-disciplinary team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are supportive, reflective, and forward-thinking, with strong clinical leadership and a commitment to flexible working. We welcome colleagues who bring diverse perspectives and lived experience. Come and be part of something special.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.