Clinical Psychologist

A unique opportunity has arisen for a practitioner to play a central role in the ongoing development and provision of a specialist early childhood (0-6 years) CAMHS offer.

The Specialist Early Attachment and Development (SEADs) Service is a multi-disciplinary CAMHS team covering the Bradford, Keighley and Craven District. We are a compact dedicated team integrating clinical psychology, specialist occupational therapy and child psychotherapy. We have a depth of experience in working with children and families during the earliest years of life. We work with very vulnerable families where there are grave concerns around the family psychology, child development, attachment relationships and complex intergenerational trauma.

We have a very calibrated service offer comprising consultation, thorough interventive assessment, and a range of therapeutic programmes (including Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP);
Video Interaction Guidance (VIG);
Circle of Security (CoS);
Reflective/Mentalization based Parenting (MBT‑f) & Child Psychotherapy. We adopt a trans-ecological and multicultural framework to understanding child developmental wellbeing. In addition, the CPP programme, has enabled us to take on an international presence in the field of early childhood trauma.

Closing – 27th March 2026

Shortlisting – 30th March 2026

Interview – W/C 20th April 2026

This is a unique opportunity for you to join a highly committed friendly team to:

• Work alongside the clinical team to further develop SEADs breadth of reach and capacity.
• Research, design, implement and evaluate the SEADs short to mid-range early childhood offer.
• Supervise and guide assistants and clinical psychology trainees with the implementation of the programmes designed.
• Working closely with health visitors, early years educational settings, children's social care and community paediatricians.
• Conduct complex assessments and formulations with children and families, making use of psychological, systemic, developmental and play‑based principles as appropriate.
• Support team formulation and reflective practice.
• Undertake CPD and further specialist training as fitting with the service model design.
• Support the on-going development and evaluation of the service, including routine use and analysis of outcome measures, data reporting, acorn projects and community outreach within Bradford's services and communities.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

• We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
• We Listen – We understand peoples views and respond to their individual needs.
• We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:

• Increase mileage rates for > 3500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

We are hoping to find a practitioner who is passionate about working with families and children in their earliest years. The role would also require a practitioner who is knowledgeable in the psychology of child development and innovative, reflective, and flexible in their approach. An understanding and working knowledge of child and family psychology, attachment trauma and maltreatment and a systemic perspective on early childhood problems would be valuable.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust…