Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to for an experienced and innovative Band 8a (1.0wte) clinician to work with children and families in Wandsworth historically underrepresented in mainstream services. The role forms part of a CAMHS provision based within Wandsworth Borough Pupil Referral Units (PRU- CAMHS).

Wandsworth PRU-CAMHS is an established and valued service covering Wandsworth's Primary (Victoria Drive) and Secondary age (Francis Barber) PRUs. This role would be joining a team of Psychologists and rotating Trainee and assistants. The team have recently agreed to implement a "Hub" model, allowing staff to work across primary and secondary age sites, enabling joint management of referrals, leadership responsibility and service development. This change has been made in response to practitioner feedback.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be supporting children who present with a range of needs and will be responsible for providing specialist assessments and interventions, as well as consultation, training and reflective practice to school staff alongside co-ordinating multi-agency networks based on psychological formulations. The post holder will support and co-lead on the delivery and development of the Tier 2 mental health service across the PRUs

The PRU-CAMHS team have close links with Wandsworth Youth Justice Service CAMHS team and the wider Wandsworth CAMHS provision and will be supervised by a trust Professional Lead with responsibility for Wandsworth Pupil Referral Unit CAMH Services.

About us
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Details
Date posted
12 August 2026

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 8a

Salary
£66,274 to £73,496 a year

per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAs

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
294-CAMHS-8225275-AZ

Job locations
Springfield University Hospital

Springfield Drive London

London

SW17 0YF

United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will support the delivery and development of the Tier 2 mental health service across the PRU sites. The appointee will offer trauma-informed assessment, intervention, consultation, and training to young people and staff across the PRU and partner agencies.

The role requires advanced skills in psychological assessment and formulation, with an understanding of how to incorporate challenging behaviour, additional learning needs, neurodivergence, and a range of social and contextual information within a trauma-informed framework, as well as the ability to share this and recommendations with other multi-agency colleagues.

The appointee will also work closely with young peoples families and their wider networks, which includes partnership agencies such as childrens social care, youth work provisions, and youth justice service. This aspect of the role is vital in ensuring appropriate linked-up working to contextually safeguard young people and their families.

This role requires the appointee to work within a multiagency context and hold skills in autonomously performing their role in a school/college setting whilst providing an offer of consultation and training across the Francis Barber provision.

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Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential

• Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC as an applied psychologist.

Desirable

• Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach.
• Formal training in the supervision of a psychotherapeutic modality.
• Further training in a recognised evidence based psychological therapy.

Experience
Essential

• Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings.
• Consolidated experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Demonstrate further specialist training and experience by having received a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision of working as a specialist psychologist or psychotherapist over a minimum of 18 months.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of service development or of a leadership role.

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
Employer name
South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address
Springfield University Hospital

Springfield Drive London

London

SW17 0YF

United Kingdom

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

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Service Manager

Priscilla Toussaint-Bourne

Priscilla.Bourne@swlstg.nhs.uk

02089343509

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