Senior Psychologist (equivalent to NHS afc 8a)

TN United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to transforming services for individuals facing severe disadvantages. As a Senior Psychologist, you will play a pivotal role in the Changing Futures Bristol team, working collaboratively to implement innovative support strategies. Your expertise will help shape systemic change, ensuring that individuals receive the comprehensive care they deserve. With a focus on trauma-informed principles and equality, you will empower both clients and staff, fostering a supportive environment that drives meaningful policy changes. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the community and beyond.

Benefits

Excellent training and support

Robust clinical supervision

Career development opportunities

26 – 31 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

6% employer pension scheme

Flexi-time working

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in system change and trauma-informed approaches.
• Expertise in clinical supervision and reflective practice.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the My Team Around Me approach.
• Contribute to policy change and systemic improvements.

Skills

Trauma-Informed Care

System Change Advocacy

Clinical Supervision

Co-production Principles

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Education

Doctorate in Psychology

Postgraduate Training in Clinical Psychology

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Senior Psychologist (equivalent to NHS afc 8a), Bristol

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Second Step

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Bristol, United Kingdom

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Posted:

02.05.2025

Expiry Date:

16.06.2025

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Job Description:

Are you a values-driven, innovative psychologist, passionate about improving the way services respond to people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage?

Do you aspire to support people and systems to create the conditions for an equitable approach to be made possible?

If so, joining the Changing Futures Bristol team to support the embedding of My Team Around Me (MTAM) within partner organisations across Bristol over the coming year could be the opportunity you’re looking for.

Second Step Second Step is the lead agency, in a partnership of organisations, chosen by Bristol City Council, to deliver the MHCLG Changing Futures programme in Bristol to support people experiencing multiple disadvantage, including discrimination, homelessness, domestic abuse, mental health issues, drug and alcohol issues, and contact with the criminal justice system.

Changing Futures is a resource for Bristol. Our aim is to create sustainable change at individual, service & system levels and influence government policy & local commissioning.

In line with Bristol’s Multiple Disadvantage Strategy, this role will be integral to embedding My Team Around Me across Bristol as the way of supporting those most in need of coordinated multi-agency support.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and innovative senior psychologist to join our system change team at Changing Futures Bristol.

The role will work collaboratively with the team manager to develop and support a specialist team providing system partners with the expertise to respond to identified clients using the My Team Around Me (MTAM) approach. They will have considerable experience of inspiring innovation, building skills and confidence and ensuring that support is delivered through the lenses of trauma informed principles, equality diversity and inclusion and coproduction, through the provision of clinical supervision, reflective practice, formulation, coaching and training.

The successful applicant will support the identification of system change opportunities ensuring that learning generated is continually used to inform structural and systemic changes through the local human learning system the MTAM Exchange and specific targeted opportunities.

They will contribute to the overall aims and outcomes of the Changing Futures programme and informing policy change at a national as well as local level.

The role will be integrated within the Changing Futures Team and the Second Step Psychology Team.

What we are looking for

The successful candidate will have a deep appreciation for the intersecting needs of people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage and the differing needs of staff across the domains of multiple disadvantage. They will have a passion for supporting systemic change for those experiencing cyclical and retraumatising interactions with systems and services unable to meet their needs as a whole person.

They will be expert at creating supportive, learning cultures where individuals feel empowered to address structural inequalities and will relish the opportunity to contribute to local and national policy change.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated individual with a passion for system change. If you have the drive, adaptability, and tenacity to thrive in this developmental role and to work collaboratively with a wide variety of stakeholders, then we look forward hearing from you.

In return we can offer you:

• A thorough induction to My Team Around Me and the resources we have developed
• Excellent training and support
• Robust clinical supervision
• Career development and progression opportunities
• 26 – 31 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• 6% employer pension scheme
• Flexi-time working (hours and locations)
• Cycle to Work Scheme

For an information conversation about the role please contact or call 077622 16298

Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 25th May 25 (we reserve the right to end the process early should suitable applicants be forthcoming)