Practitioner Psychologist

Integrated Care System; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in England is seeking a Practitioner Psychologist to join their National Psychological Services Team. This role involves delivering psychological support, conducting assessments, and leading training sessions for multidisciplinary teams. Candidates should have a doctorate in psychology and experience with substance misuse and trauma-informed care. Competitive benefits and mentorship opportunities offered.

Benefits

Mentorship and supervision

Opportunity for professional development

Qualifications

• Doctorate or equivalent in Clinical, Counselling, Forensic, or Health Psychology.
• HCPC registration or equivalent accreditation.
• Experience with substance misuse and trauma-informed care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct psychological support in a key leadership role.
• Conduct psychological assessments and interventions for clients.
• Lead training sessions and workshops for teams.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaborative working

Training delivery

Psychological assessment

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Degree in Psychology accredited by BPS

Job description

Are you ready to make a real impact in a role where your voice matters, your expertise is valued, and your work changes lives?Were looking for a passionate and creative Practitioner Psychologist to join our dynamic National Psychological Services Team at Waythrough. This is more than just a jobits your chance to help shape the future of psychological care, drive meaningful system change, and support individuals on some of the most transformative journeys of their lives.

As a Practitioner Psychologist, youll step into a key leadership role within our dual-diagnosis IRT teamproviding psychological expertise and supporting our dedicated teams working with people experiencing problem substance use and co-occurring mental health challenges.

Main duties of the job

You will:

• Deliver direct psychological support, including trauma-informed interventions and specialist assessments.
• Guide Recovery Navigators and Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners through complex cases.
• Provide group supervision and reflective practice across our community, HOPE, and criminal justice teams.
• Lead and co-create training sessions, workshops, and therapeutic groups.
• Influence and innovateembedding trauma-informed practices and representing the service at local and national forums.

Requirements

• Doctorate or equivalent in Clinical, Counselling, Forensic, or Health Psychology or a postgraduate qualification in CBT, Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic or Systemic Therapy.
• HCPC registration (for psychologists) or accreditation with a PSA-accredited body (e.g., BACP, UKCP).
• Experience delivering specialist psychological assessments and trauma-responsive care.
• Strong background in working therapeutically with people who use drugs and alcohol.
• Skilled in facilitating training, workshops, or reflective practice groups.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Newly qualified?Wed love to hear from you too. Youll receive strong supervision, mentorship, and space to grow in a safe, supportive, and inspiring environment.

About us

Waythrough (formerly Humankind) launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value.

We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.We have almost 200 services around England and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.

Job responsibilities

1.Provide specialist psychological assessment of service users referred for treatment ofaddiction, linking together the complex domains of substance use, social challenges andphysical and mental health problems.

2.Collaboratively formulate and implement plans of specialist psychological treatment ormanagement of service users psychological problems, based on a multi-factorialunderstanding and current evidence-based best practice.

3.Undertake a range of evidence-based psychological therapeutic and rehabilitationinterventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range ofmodalities (individual, family and group) adapted and tailored to the needs of the individualand their context. Providing ongoing evaluation of outcomes of the intervention.

4.Exercise autonomous professional judgement and responsibility for the psychologicalmanagement of service users on own case load.

5. Work in own scope of practice and refer on to specialist services if required.

6.Provide a specialist psychological perspective in the multi-professional assessment, usingformulation to communicate a psychological understanding of client needs to otherinvolved services to enhance care.

7.Undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevantservice users and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to themulti-professional team.

8.Take the lead role in developing and overseeing the delivery of evidence-basedpsychological and psychosocial interventions in the service, ensuring MDT colleagueshave the training, competencies and supervision to deliver these to the required standard.

9.Support the MDT to deliver trauma-informed care. This may involve formal training followedby ongoing regular consultation and support to apply this to the everyday work of the team.

10.Teach and support in a psychology lead approach to other professionals and trainees incollaboration with other clinicians and trainers.

11.If appropriate to service Clinically supervise, appraise and participate in the managementof Assistant Psychologists in line with the guidance from professional and regulatory bodies(eg HCPC, BPS DCP and DCoP, ACP-UK)

12.Offer training and placements to Psychology training programmes around working withsubstance use.

13.Offer clinical supervison and specialist advice to operational and clinical team members. inline with the guidance from professional and regulatory bodies (eg HCPC, BPS DCP andDCoP, ACP-UK), to non-psychologist colleagues around the competent delivery ofevidence -based psychosocial interventions to people using substances, and their families /concerned significant others.

14. Evaluate the delivery and impact of psychosocial interventions in the service.

15.Work with the central Clinical Department and operational colleagues in leading thedevelopment of a psychological approach to substance misuse treatment throughout theorganisation.

16.Work alongside the team to ensure all standards required by the Care Quality CommissionCQC are met and maintained.

17.Undertake continuing professional development including participating in clinicalsupervision, performance reviews and attending training as/when required from anappropriately experienced psychological professional, in line with the guidance fromprofessional and regulatory bodies (eg HCPC, BPS DCP and DCoP, ACP-UK).

18.Develop therapy-specific competencies and participate in CPD and supervision to maintainregistration with the relevant professional bodies.

19.Work in accordance with all relevant legislation, policies & procedures and guidelinesboth internal and external. This includes Humankinds clinical governance framework.

20.Keep abreast of policy and professional development within your area of professionalexpertise.

21.To promote, adhere to and live our workplace values of being honest, committed andinventive.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office programmes.
• Ability to research, analyse and manage complex, multi-factorial clinical
• information from a range of sources.
• Ability to integrate complex multi-factorial clinical information into a formulation, utilising a variety of psychological perspectives.

Qualifications

• Degree in Psychology, accredited by BPS for Graduate Basis Registration (GBR) or equivalent.
• Doctorate in clinical psychology approved by the HCPC (or equivalent) accredited by BPS.

Experience

• Experience or a demonstrative interest in substance misuse and addiction work.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation in relation to the service user group.
• Coaching, teaching and mentoring of a multi-professional team.
• Experience in performance management.
• Generation and implementation of initiatives.
• Awareness of social context of drug misuse and the wider implications of the behaviour.
• Awareness of national strategies impacting on drug and alcohol services.
• Experience of clinical research and clinical audits.

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.