Practitioner Psychologist Homelessness Service

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Caerleon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Wales is seeking a Practitioner Psychologist to join their adult mental health team. The role involves providing psychological services to adults in the homelessness population and supporting the development of psychologically informed environments. Candidates must hold a Doctorate in Clinical, Forensic, or Counselling Psychology and have relevant experience in mental health, training, and research.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Extensive training

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Must have experience in Adult Mental Health.
• Training and research experience are required.
• Desirable to have experience with homeless or hard-to-reach groups.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological services to adults in the homelessness population.
• Conduct outreach work and support development of psychologically informed environments.
• Provide teaching, training, supervision, and contribute to research and audits.

Skills

Experience in Adult Mental Health

Experience of training

Experience of research

Experience working with homeless or hard-to-reach groups

Education

Doctorate in Clinical, Forensic, or Counselling Psychology

Formal training in psychological approaches

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, and any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments or support needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille), please contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team at 01495 745805 option 3 or email [e-mail].

If you are successful at interview, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If shortlisted, you will be contacted via your email account used to apply, so please check your email regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email address registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.

The salary scale has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025, with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time if filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

This post is for a Practitioner Psychologist to join the established psychology team in Adult Mental Health. The overall aim is to increase access to psychological therapies for homeless people and staff working with them. The postholder will:

• Provide psychological services to adults in the homelessness population, including assessments and therapeutic interventions.
• Work with individuals, groups, families, and significant others.
• Conduct outreach work and support development of psychologically informed environments.
• Provide teaching, training, supervision, and contribute to research and audits.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary/multi-agency team.

Main Duties

See attached Job Description for detailed responsibilities, including clinical work, teaching, research, supervision, and service evaluation.

Working for Our Organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation committed to caring. We offer opportunities for career development, extensive training, flexible working, and a focus on work-life balance. Our strategy promotes care closer to home and high-quality hospital care when needed. Join us to be part of innovative healthcare delivery.

Experience

Essential criteria:

• Experience in Adult Mental Health
• Experience of training
• Experience of research

Desirable criteria:

• Experience working with homeless or hard-to-reach groups

Qualifications

Essential criteria:

• Doctorate in Clinical, Forensic, or Counselling Psychology
• Formal training in psychological approaches