Location: Barnstaple, EX31 3UD, Torquay, TQ2 7BA, Exeter, EX2 4NU&Dartington, TQ9 6JE
Salary: £53755.00 to £60504.00
Date posted: 3rd April 2025
Closing date: 20th April 2025
Senior Clinical Psychologist - Infant Mental Health
Job Description:
We are delighted to be recruiting a Clinical Psychologist to support the development and delivery of our Infant Mental Health offer within Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD). This 0.6 WTE post is available at Band 8a, or as a Band 7 preceptorship, with a clear framework for progression.
The role is flexibly based and can be located at any of our Devon hubs: Totnes, Exeter, Barnstaple or Torquay. It may also be combined with other CFHD clinical psychology vacancies depending on experience, interests, and service need.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing area of service, providing psychological input to infants (0 to 2 years) and their caregivers, supporting healthy early development, attachment and relationships through trauma-informed and formulation-led practice. You will work closely with professionals from across health, early years, and social care systems.
We offer:
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A preceptorship opportunity for early career Clinical Psychologists to develop into a Band 8a role
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Regular clinical supervision and peer support
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A warm and experienced multi-disciplinary network, with a commitment to early intervention and co-production
Main duties of the job
Deliver specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention for infants (02 years) and their caregivers
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Provide consultation and formulation support to multi-agency colleagues, embedding psychological thinking in early years care
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Contribute to the development of CFHDs Infant Mental Health offer, through quality improvement, audit and reflective practice
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Maintain a flexible caseload, delivering timely, developmentally sensitive interventions
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Support inclusive, family-centred, and trauma-informed approaches, helping shape the local systems understanding of early relational health
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Engage in regular supervision and CPD, supporting your development and contributing to the broader psychology workforce within CFHD
This is a rewarding opportunity to grow and shape a key part of CFHDs offer for young children and families in Devon.
About us
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework.
CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
Our children and young people say
We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.
Contact information:
Joint Lead for Psychological Professions
Emily Brooks
