Practitioner Psychologist

NHS; Hailsham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A local health service in Hailsham seeks a Practitioner Psychologist to provide high-quality psychological services to children with learning disabilities. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team, offering assessments and interventions in community settings. A postgraduate qualification in applied psychology and registration with the HCPC are essential. This is a full-time, permanent role with a salary of £47,810 to £54,710 annually.

Qualifications

• Experience with children/young people with learning disabilities.
• Experience in CAMHS setting or working with looked-after children.
• Ability to work in diverse cultural settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality psychological support to families.
• Supervise psychology students and assistant psychologists.
• Consult and train other agencies about psychological practices.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Clinical intervention

Supervision

Multicultural frameworks

Neuropsychology

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology

Current registration with HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic Practitioner Psychologist to join the East Sussex specialist CAMHS Learning Disability Family Intensive Support Service. You will work creatively within a wide range of approaches including Systemic, Positive Behaviour Support, Functional Analysis, Attachment theory, Mindfulness-based approaches and the Family Partnership Model and have the opportunity to develop new models of working too.

Responsibilities

• A high‑quality community‑based service to children with learning disabilities and their families, carers and networks.
• Specialist psychological assessments, formulation and multi‑disciplinary interventions for children presenting with challenging behaviours, including facilitating parent groups.
• Supervision of undergraduate psychology students, assistant psychologist and trainee psychologists.
• Psychological support and reflective space to other colleagues in the team.
• Consultation and training to other agencies and services working with children with learning disabilities.

About Us

We are a friendly, innovative, award‑winning, multi‑disciplinary community team working with families whose children, including looked‑after children, have moderate to severe learning disabilities with significant psychological, behavioural and communication difficulties. The team is comprised of clinical psychologists, speech and language therapists, family support practitioners, specialist positive behaviour support practitioner, consultant psychiatrist, clinical nurse specialist and occupational therapist.

We are a community rather than clinic‑based service so your work will take place in a variety of settings including in family homes, schools, respite services and the wider community, including in woodlands as part of our award‑winning Woodland Project.

Details

Date posted: 05 November 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year pa

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time

Reference number: 354‑CS‑21733‑C

Job Location

Highmore, Western Road, Hailsham, BN27 3DY

Job Description & Responsibilities

Please see the job descriptions with person specifications for qualification and registration requirements.

The post is based in Hailsham at the team office but as we cover the whole of East Sussex you will be required to travel between sites.

You will need to have experience of at least one of the following:

• Working with children/young people with learning disabilities
• Working with children/young people with Autism
• Working with looked‑after children
• Working in a CAMHS setting
• Working with adults with a learning disability
• Working at a range of levels including direct work with children/young people, parents and carers

You will be supported within the team by experienced clinical psychologists and will work closely with other specialists within the service, CAMHS and universal children services. As a member of the psychological professions workforce you will be able to access additional CPD.

Professional development is encouraged through supervision, training, team CPD and wider CAMHS and Trust events. We welcome contact from interested candidates call us to find out more about the team and the role!

If you’d like to know more, please contact Jasmine Lineker, Lead Clinical Psychologist, on 0300 304 0327 option 7.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Post‑graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as approved by the HCPC.
• Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC).

Knowledge/Experience Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological working (assessment, formulation and treatment) with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across all care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
• High level of knowledge and skills in neuropsychology and evidence of further practice and/or training since qualification.
• Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Details

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Highmore, Western Road, Hailsham, BN27 3DY

Employer's website: https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)