Clinical Psychologist
The closing date is 17 November 2026

Job summary
The post holder will work as part of the migrant mental health pathway to meet the mental health and emotional needs of children, young people families and adults who have been displaced and are in transition to a new country and culture. Candidates will require a core professional registration, and a post graduate qualification in a therapeutic model. They will also need to have experience of providing clinical / creative interventions and guidance for those with complex needs, including those associated with war and torture and associated trauma.

Main duties of the job

• Screening/Assessment of individuals including young people and adults which can take place at various sites across Coventry and Warwickshire.
• Liaise with teams and colleagues within children's and adult mental health to facilitate effective referrals for further specialist assessments if required.
• Act as a point of contact to colleagues within mental health services who are concerned about a Refugees and Asylum Seekers.
• Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding and protection issues with vulnerable clients, including children and vulnerable adults
• Undertake direct specialist clinical work.
• To work with clinical staff to facilitate the transition to adult services for young people requiring on-going mental health or learning disability health support.
• To put the voice of the (service user) at the core of the work to ensure their wishes and feelings are understood and conveyed.
• To collect and analyse data regarding referrals and outcomes in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the post.

About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 444-8357921-MH
Job locations: Swan Centre, Coventry, CV1 5FY, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Screening/Assessment of individuals including young people and adults which can take place at various sites across Coventry and Warwickshire.
• Liaise with teams and colleagues within childrens and adult mental health to facilitate effective referrals for further specialist assessments if required.
• Act as a point of contact to colleagues within mental health services who are concerned about a Refugees and Asylum Seekers.
• Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding and protection issues with vulnerable clients, including children and vulnerable adults
• Undertake direct specialist clinical work.
• To work with clinical staff to facilitate the transition to adult services for young people requiring on-going mental health or learning disability health support.
• To put the voice of the (service user) at the core of the work to ensure their wishes and feelings are understood and conveyed.
• To collect and analyse data regarding referrals and outcomes in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the post.

Communication

• Provide key training within the multi-agency context.
• To work closely within a multi-agency setting, consulting with colleagues in the statutory and voluntary sector who are involved with a young person.
• Identify mental/ emotional health needs, considering ways of meeting their needs in partnership with other professionals involved.
• Present assessments to the multi-disciplinary team and engage in clinical discussion and treatment planning.
• Communicate highly sensitive and complex condition related information to young people and their families sometimes in an emotive and/or hostile environment e.g. child protection.
• Communicate effectively with service users. This will require using interpreters.

Analytical and Judgemental Skills / Freedom to Act

• Works as an autonomous practitioner to the standards set out within the relevant professional organisation core standards and relevant clinical standards such as the NMC code of conduct.
• Adhere to the CWPT Policies and Procedures and report any difficulties in their application to the Service Manager
• Participate in appropriate supervision systems including providing clinical supervision to other practitioners as appropriate.
• Act in accordance with legal requirements contained within the Mental Health Act 1983 and Children Act 1989 and other relevant legislation.
• Be aware of and act in accordance with Local Safeguarding Children Board procedures.
• Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest to the service.

Planning and Organisational Skills

• Effectively plan and prioritise the competing demands of caseloads, assessments, report writing and multi-professional working, on a daily basis.
• Carry out advanced planning of the interventions, assessments and reviews needed for young people.
• Be responsible for arranging care packages for young people following assessment, in a timely manner, liaising with other professionals, young people and their families.
• Have the flexibility required to respond rapidly to unplanned work, such as urgent requests for assessment of a young person in crisis.
• Plan learning packages for students on placement, making them relevant and delivering them at the right level.

Physical Skills

• Is expected to be skilled in the use of a keyboard for producing electronically formatted documents
• Undertake statutory and mandatory training as required to breakaway
• Be able to travel to various sites and to patients home.

Responsibility for Patients / Clients

• Undertake some direct work within an allocated case load. This involves both short and long term work and co-working, including completing a comprehensive specialist assessment of the health needs of a young person
• Refer clients to alternative specialist services and care where appropriate
• Ensure high quality evidence based care using a variety of therapeutic approaches is provided to young people with additional vulnerabilities.
• Responsible for clinical notes/reports
• Promote clinical effectiveness by use of protocols and audit.
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients who are at risk of self-harm, suicide or of causing harm to others and to provide general advice to other professionals on risk assessment and management of young people.

Policy and Service Responsibilities

• To contribute to the development, implementation and review of the support provided to vulnerable children and young people within CWPT.
• Represent and promote Child and Family Services within the organisation and externally.
• Be pro-active in informing and influencing young persons health strategy including the development of joint agency protocols for pathways of intervention.
• Participate in the development of interagency structures to ensure joint planning and collaborative working relationships.
• Participate in service and strategic meetings as appropriate

Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources

• To complete expense claims in a timely manner in line with the Trust policy

Responsibility for Staff

• Identify, plan, deliver and evaluate training to front line agencies.
• Provide clinical supervision to colleagues as necessary

Responsibility for Information

• Keep patient files updated as per Trust and team guidelines
• Collect and collate data and information effectively, using set systems.
• Maintain the integrity of data and information.
• Produce reports for childs reviews or safeguarding concerns when necessary.
• Record and report on all aspects of the overall protection plan, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Research and Development

• Participate in identifying service need and gaps across the agencies
• Assist with service evaluation and research as required
• Work towards relevant outcomes identified for audit and research projects
• Participate in recording of statistical information in clinical intervention
• Participate in clinical governance initiatives
• To demonstrate innovative and creative thinking with those clients who may be hard to engage.

Physical Effort

• Combination of sitting, standing and walking.
• Requirement to drive.

Mental Effort

• Frequent requirement for concentration when carrying out assessments and preparing reports.

Emotional Effort

• Frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotional circumstances e.g. Trauma, war and torture
• Providing care/therapy to emotionally demanding patients/carers

Working Conditions

• Potential for physical and verbal aggression. Requirement to work flexibly outside of office hours and to abide by Lone Working Policy to maintain personal safety.

Other Duties

• The post holder will be required to use a computer, either a standalone or as part of a networked system, and will be responsible for the quality of information. The amount of time spent on this type of work will depend on the job.
• The Trust embraces the principles of Improving Working Lives and all staff will be required to adhere to the standards laid down in this initiative.
• The post holder will be required to take part in an annual performance appraisal, where this job description will be reviewed, and objectives set.
• The Trust has a No Smoking Policy that prohibits any smoking whilst at work.
• To follow and adhere to the Trusts Health and Safety Policies and instructions and be responsible for your own and others health and safety in the work place.
• The post holder is expected to contribute to the creation of a working environment where everyone feels respected, valued and treated with dignity

Person Specification
Qualifications (Essential)

• Undergraduate degree /Relevant Professional Qualification i.e RMN Current registration with Professional Body appropriate to qualifications
• Specialist Therapy Qualification, as appropriate to the role
• Relevant further training and experience including specialist short courses which are relevant to a secondary care team e.g. Complex Trauma, Personality disorders, CFT, ACT, BDD to masters or equivalent level
• Evidence of continuing professional development and other CPD relevant to the client group.

Knowledge (Essential)

• Specialist model specific and individualised psychological assessment, formulation and Intervention skills.
• Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-based psychological therapies
• Supervision skills
• Knowledge of psychological theory and practice relevant to CMH services
• The ability to analyse complex data and make expert judgements based on Information from a variety of sources
• Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence frameworks for delivering effective psychological interventions

Experience (Essential)

• Experience in psychological therapy in the field of adult mental health settings, including assessment, formulation and interventions, drawing on a evidence based psychological models and knowledge, and including work with service users with mild, moderate, severe and enduring mental health problems, including anxiety, depression and/or personality disorder
• Experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management
• Demonstrates high standards in written communication
• Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
• Experience with routine outcome monitoring
• Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups

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.

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

Employer details
Employer name: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address: Swan Centre, Coventry, CV1 5FY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Team Manager, James Roche, james.roche@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. Apply through our website.