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Clinical​/Counselling Psychologist

Job in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 01569, USA
Listing for: NHS
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-02-28
Job specializations:
  • Healthcare
    Psychology, Mental Health
  • Social Work
    Psychology, Mental Health
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

The closing date is 05 March 2026

This is a Fixed term maternity position for 12 months at Band 7.

Must already have HCPC registration.

We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our friendly and compassionate established multi‑disciplinary team.

To join the Multi Agency Psychological Support (MAPS) Service – located in the local authority (London Borough of Hillingdon) and part of an existing NHS service. The MAPS service comprises a team of psychologists providing services for children, young people and young adults who are in or leaving care, adopted, or have special guardianship orders, or who are children in need of protection, children in need, or vulnerable children referred to the stronger families service.

We work closely with our Hillingdon CAMHS service.

An additional part of the role will be to provide psychological support for the ‘Staying Close’ project. Staying Close aims to provide stable accommodation and comprehensive support to care‑experienced young people, aged 18+, who are leaving residential or supported living placements. This will be delivered in partnership with a range of agencies and organisations, including health, education and employment providers. The aim is to ensure that young people receive joined‑up support that meets their needs and helps them to achieve their full potential as they step out of care and transition into adulthood.

Main

duties of the job
  • Provide specialist psychological and/or systemic or psychotherapeutic assessments and interventions whilst interpreting and integrating complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuro‑psychological tests, self‑report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi‑structured interviews with clients, family members, foster carers and others involved in the client's care, including frontline workers in health, education, social services and the voluntary sector.
  • Formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of children and young people with mental health difficulties, including those children who are looked after and adopted, or are children in need, children in need of protection, young adults leaving care, or vulnerable children who are part of the stronger families teams. These plans will be based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and will employ methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
  • Work to prevent placement breakdown, and achieve more effective rehabilitation of children and young people back into their families where appropriate.
    • About us

    CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values; our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. With us, you will get a Trust committed to staff personal development, a trust‑wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core, and the opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers.

    • A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust‑wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
    • An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers.
    Job responsibilities
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holder’s professional and service manager(s).
  • Contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in Psychology and Psychotherapy across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientific practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology, systemic psychotherapy, child and adolescent…
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