Specialist Psychotherapist

The Cambian Group; Llidiart y Parc; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cambian Group is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join the clinical team at Branas Isaf, supporting children and young people aged 10-18 with complex emotional and behavioural needs. You will deliver specialist psychology services, undertake psychometric testing, risk assessment and formulation, and contribute to treatment with DBT-informed interventions.

You will provide timely written assessments, reports, and training to teams, liaise with education and care staff, and participate in

Qualifications

• Provide specialist psychology service to service users.
• Conduct psychometric assessments and formulate risk.
• Develop and evaluate individual and group interventions (including DBT).
• Prepare timely written assessments/reports and MDT contributions.
• Liaise with multi‑agency teams and external professionals.

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychology services to children and young people aged 10-18 with complex needs.
• Provide psychologically informed consultation and contribute to service development.
• Perform risk assessments and create client formulations.
• Deliver DBT consultations and skills groups as part of the treatment model.
• Produce reports and contribute to MDT meetings as required.

Skills

Psychology

Risk assessment

DBT therapy

Report writing

Interdisciplinary liaison

Education

Clinical psychology degree

Tools

Psychometric tests

Job description

£49,387 to £49,387 per year, Competitive

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

04/12/2026

About this job

ROLE OF DEPARTMENT The clinical team work within the wider integrated team of professionals at Branas Isaf, applying psychological knowledge and expertise to service users and professionals within the group (e.g. education and care staff). Primarily, the clinical team support children and young males aged 10-18 who present with a number of complex interpersonal, emotional and behavioural issues a number of the young people within our care have experienced significant trauma.

The clinical team are responsible for: Providing a specialist psychology service for all clients of the service.

Providing psychologically informed consultation to teams, training and assisting with service development.

Conducting psychometric and risk assessment and developing formulations.

Providing and evaluating individual and group-based interventions (including Dialectical Behavioural Therapy). Providing specialist psychological research expertise to the service.

To contribute to psychological assessment and formulation of individuals and groups, for example through direct observation, psychometric testing, semi-structured interviews and writing appropriate reports.

To provide individually tailored psychological interventions to meet the needs of allocated clients.

To support the integrated team to implement programmes arising from such assessment and individually tailored psychological interventions.

To provide written assessments/reports in a timely manner and/or contribute to MDT reports and attend meetings as required.

To monitor and evaluate programmes and advise managers when problems and difficulties arise.

To be actively involved in the weekly Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) consult team meetings, DBT skills group and contribute to monitoring fidelity to the treatment model.

To contribute to the management of risk with the wider integrated team.

To liaise with Registered Managers, education staff and other members of the multi-agency team, including external professionals.

To represent the clinical team within external and in-house meetings (where appropriate). To engage flexibly with clients and other members of the integrated team at Branas Isaf, families and multi-agency team to promote constructive working relationships.

This may include out of normal hours work.

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