Highly Specialist Psychologist/Psychological Therapist/Psychotherapist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in the UK is seeking a senior professional to join the Parenting Well with Psychosis Project. This role focuses on bridging services for parents experiencing psychosis, delivering evidence-based interventions, and fostering community engagement. Ideal candidates will have specialist skills in psychological assessment and clinical risk management. Flexibility in working hours is offered. This is an exciting opportunity to influence service delivery in mental health care.

Qualifications

• Experience with parents experiencing mental illness.
• Confidence in engaging with families facing mental health challenges.
• Ability to foster meaningful community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Bridge gaps between CAMHS and Adult Mental Health services.
• Deliver evidence-based parenting interventions.
• Supervise parenting group interventions.
• Assume clinical responsibility for safeguarding and risk management.
• Participate in service evaluation and research.

Skills

Highly specialist psychological assessment skills

Engagement with parents having significant mental health difficulties

Culturally sensitive frameworks for community engagement

Establishing supportive partnerships

Clinical risk management skills

Supervision of peer-led interventions

Job description

Position Overview

A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We are seeking a motivated and skilled senior colleague to join the Parenting Well with Psychosis Project (PWP), a 3-year partnership funded by the Maudsley Charity as part of their Living Well with Psychosis Programme. This is a new exciting opportunity to make a difference and shape future service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Bridge the gap between CAMHS and Adult Mental Health services by bringing together the Helping Families Team and SLAM’s Early Intervention Psychosis teams across Croydon, Lewisham, Lambeth, and Southwark, providing integrated care and support for parents with first‑episode psychosis.
• Partner with Peer Supporters and lived‑experience networks in project development, delivery and evaluation.
• Deliver evidence‑based parenting interventions for parents with mental illness.
• Co‑deliver professional training in “Think Family” principles, focusing on the needs of children and young people impacted by parental mental illness.
• Deliver and supervise specialist parenting group interventions, including the 10‑week evidence‑based “Being a Parent‑Enjoying Family Life” group.
• Provide line‑management and supervisory responsibilities, supporting staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds.
• Assume clinical responsibility for child and adult safeguarding and clinical risk management of families supported by the project.
• Contribute to service evaluation, audit and research, including reporting to the Maudsley Charity and other stakeholders.

Key Qualifications

• Highly specialist psychological assessment skills and experience with parents experiencing mental illness.
• Confidence and skill in engaging with parents who have significant mental health difficulties and multiple service contacts.
• Experience creating culturally sensitive frameworks to engage Black and other communities in meaningful ways.
• Ability to establish supportive, connected, facilitative, influential and purposeful partnerships with families, colleagues and multi‑agencies.
• Strong skills in assessing, managing and supervising clinical risk, child and adult safeguarding.
• Experience supervising peer‑led parenting group interventions and promoting psychological support for carers.

Working Hours and Flexibility

Flexible working is available. The role requires Monday to Friday hours between 8 am and 6 pm, with the possibility of early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working pattern.

Location

The Helping Families Team is based in the Michael Rutter Centre on the Maudsley Hospital site, Denmark Hill. The Trust headquarters is located less than 5 minutes from the train station (Zone 2) and within walking distance of green spaces and the high‑street shopping area. Services are provided across Lambeth, Lewisham, Croydon and Southwark. (The movement to the Pears Maudsley Children and Young People Site will occur early 2026.)

Funding and Project Context

The Parenting Well with Psychosis Project is funded by the Maudsley Charity’s Living Well with Psychosis Programme, focusing on improving treatment and recovery for people affected by psychosis, supporting families and carers, and addressing inequalities experienced by racialised communities.

Application Deadline

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Dec 2025.