Role requirements: There are three key strands to this post: An overarching leadership role in supporting psychological practice across CAMHS: The post-holder will work alongside a peer Principal Psychological Professional and the Consultant Psychological Professional for CAMHS to support the governance of psychological practice across our core CAMHS teams in South Staffordshire. Profession-specific leadership and support: The post-holder will provide clinical and/or professional supervision to staff from within their own core profession. We currently have three qualified Family Therapists and a Trainee Family Therapist in post, and also staff with systemic trainings (NVR, SFP, and Intermediate Family Therapy). We have eight Clinical Psychologist posts within CAMHS where staff have a variety of special interests (CBT, NVR, DDP, Systemic Practice). Highly specialist clinical work: The post-holder will be clinically based within the Cannock CAMHS team. They will provide direct and indirect clinical support in line with their core professional training and clinical expertise. The post-holder will hold a caseload of suitable complexity and will not be expected to provide initial assessments or core duty cover. Clinical expertise in supporting the needs of care experienced children and young people and/or families with complex social care histories will be an advantage. Additionally, the ability to adapt interventions to meet the mental health needs of neurodivergent children and young people is required. For Family Therapy applicants, there is the potential to develop a tertiary clinic with Family Therapy colleagues based in other teams. Location: The post-holder will be expected to mainly work from the Cannock CAMHS site (West Chadsmoor Clinic, WS11 4NJ) for clinical interventions and MDM meetings. The site is equipped with a Family Therapy room with recording equipment and observation room. Outside of this, CAMHS staff need to be able to work in a range of settings, most usually clinic settings but also other community sites as well as attending meetings at different bases. As such, the ability to travel across South Staffordshire is required. The impact of working in pandemic conditions has facilitated use of digital/remote working practices and this is likely to continue where it is of benefit. Our staff have primarily returned to working from base and the supportive team environment this provides. Qualifications and training: Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. Or, Post-graduate qualification via a relevant core CAMHS mental health/social welfare professional training as recognised by AFT followed by post-qualification CAMHS experience and completion of a Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy as accredited by AFT. And, Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of psychological professionals in training such as Doctorate-level Trainee Psychologists or MSc-level Family Therapy Trainees. Knowledge, Experience and Skills: Working as a registered Practitioner Psychologist or Family Therapist within specialist CAMHS with experience of the full range of clinical severity of mental health needs across a range of care settings. Experience of providing clinical consultation services to other professional staff. Teaching, training, and clinical supervision of pre-qualified and trainee psychologists or trainee Family Therapists including field supervision of research theses. Experience of Research, Audit and Quality Improvement activities in psychological practice Please see the attached documents for the full Job Description and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant knowledge, skills and experience for this post.