Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Family Safeguarding

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Telford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Telford is seeking a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to support families involved in child protection. This role involves collaborating within a multidisciplinary team to provide timely mental health assessments and interventions. The ideal candidate will hold a doctoral qualification in psychology and possess experience in working with diverse client groups. The position offers generous benefits including flexible working, extensive health support, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Career development and progression

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 33 days annual leave

Health and wellbeing support

Mileage paid for community work

Lease car and salary sacrifice options

Free flu vaccinations annually

Citizens Advice support linked to Hardship Fund

Qualifications

• Must have post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology.
• Registration with the appropriate professional body is required.
• Experience in providing psychological care and intervention in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based psychological assessments and interventions.
• Collaborate with social workers and other professionals in a multiagency context.
• Deliver psychological support to families involved in child protection.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Psychological intervention

Collaboration

Multi-agency consultation

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology

Good undergraduate degree relevant to psychological therapy

Job description

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Family Safeguarding

The closing date is 01 February 2026.

We are offering the opportunity for a qualified Psychologist to join our team of Psychologists and psychological practitioners working into Telford Local Authority's Family Safeguarding service.

The Family Safeguarding Parent Mental Health Service is delivered by Psychologists employed by Midlands Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (MPFT) and embedded within Telford County Council's Family Safeguarding Service. The service aims to provide timely mental health assessments, risk evaluations, and evidence-based psychological interventions for parents involved in child protection, who may otherwise struggle to access mental health services. The post involves working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, including Children's Social Workers, Drug and Alcohol Recovery Workers, Domestic Abuse Practitioners, and Strengthening Families. The service focuses on keeping families in Telford together safely, improving health and educational outcomes for children, and reducing physical and emotional harm.

This is a varied and dynamic role aimed to meet the mental health needs of parents, and the post holder will be well supported by both the existing psychological practitioners working into Family Safeguarding, and the wider large group of Psychologists and psychological practitioners in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. For more information about the role, you are warmly welcomed to contact the Lead Psychologist for Family Safeguarding, Dr Kiran Sidhu: [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of the psychological practice team within Telford Local Authority, providing evidence based, effective psychological input and interventions within the Family Safeguarding model.

The role involves direct specialist psychological assessment, formulation and delivery of psychological interventions, evaluation of this input, and consultation and liaison with social workers and other professionals working in the multiagency setting.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Job responsibilities

For further information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent) including two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Good undergraduate degree (preferably relevant to psychological therapy)
• Current registration/accreditation with appropriate body
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.

Experience

• Assessed experience of working as a qualified applied psychologist. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and intervention, within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
• Experience in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Experience in working in a multiagency setting with families

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.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust