Principal Psychologist

Change Grow Live

  • Birmingham
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 12 days ago
Overview:Believe in People?The best people have one thing in common.They care.At Change Grow Live we care deeply about social justice and the work that we do. If you do too and you have the necessary experience and passion for this post, we encourage you to apply for this innovative leadership position. We are looking for a registered Psychologist who has the appropriate competencies and experience to lead our services.We are looking for an HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist to become our Principal Psychologist (Clinical/Counselling/Forensic). In this role you will develop our service and psychosocial interventions offer.We want all of our services to be Psychologically Informed. We support people experiencing difficulties associated with a range of challenges, most frequently including drug and alcohol use. We want to focus our Psychology resources to support equity and assure quality and delivery of evidence-based interventions as outlined in Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management 2017.
  • Change Grow Live Salary Scale - Scale Points - 54 – 62 £60,105.53 - £69,701.08 (pro rata if part time)
  • Location – covering one or more of the services across Birmingham localities
  • Based from a local delivery hub in one of the Birmingham localities
  • Contracted Hours – 37.5 hours per week
  • Category – Clinical
  • Type of contract – Permanent
Responsibilities:You will work as part of multidisciplinary teams and your focus will be the excellent delivery of recommended specialised interventions. These form the primary Job Plan for all Psychology positions, contributing to supporting recovery and are detailed within our Job Descriptions.This is a very exciting time for the organisation and Psychology within it, we will need you to see the bigger picture and support us to adapt the recommended models to meet people’s needs. For you to bring your very best to this role you will need to be open-minded and willing to lead Psychology and Psychological Therapies to develop in this way.You will be joining a brilliant national team of Psychologists and qualified counsellors; we also have a range of highly committed and passionate staff who deliver psychosocial interventions – whether on a 1-1 basis or in groups. Regular clinical supervision will be from a Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist. Our teams are vibrant, diverse, and multidisciplinary – you would be starting in a good place!You will have the opportunity to work with your peers, engaging in formal and informal peer support, reflective practice, research and CPD opportunities.If you are compassionate, authentic, inspiring and you want to make a difference, working in an environment where you can use your clinical skills and creativity to achieve the best for people, we would love to hear from you.Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 54 to 62 (£60,105.54 - £69,701.09) ILW / OLW /Fringe: N/A - Outside London Weighting Area Interview Date: 2/10/2025 Closing Date: 12/9/2025 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:: Wai-Ling Bickerton | wai-ling.bickerton@cgl.org.uk : This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

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