Principal Practitioner Psychologist

This post is a new and exciting opportunity to be part of a developing and expanding Children and Young Person’s Community Mental Health Service in CTM UHB. It has been created to develop an original and innovative service to improve access to psychological intervention and to develop and deliver early, brief psychological interventions for children, young people, their families and the professionals around them – an approach aligned to the ten year Welsh Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. The post holder will work into existing regional specialist CAMHS teams and develop new relationships with multi agency partners and the third sector to explore and develop psychological practice. Although early and brief, we anticipate that the work will be complex in nature and we want to ensure support is person centred, needs led, timely and available at the point where help is sought to prevent or reduce the likelihood of longer‑term harm. If you share these values and have energy and motivation to drive meaningful change for children, young people and families within the context of their support networks and local communities we would welcome your application. This region wider offer will be community based, working with both established CAMHS services and reaching into new areas including community partnership collaborations and multi‑agency spaces. There will be three key streams of work: the development and delivery of a model of consultation to facilitate psychological formulation of the needs of the young person and their family within the context of their local community and support, delivering highly specialist early, brief psychological assessment and intervention and developing new models of brief work within CAMHS such as a one‐at‐a‑time model of practice, and incorporating a multi‑agency approach and working into partnership spaces to offer expertise and create new psychologically informed approaches and services around children and young people, such as place‑based community psychology partnerships. Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales’s largest employers. Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities. CTM’s location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff’s vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life. Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily. We listen, learn, and improve We treat everyone with respect We work together as one team CTM employees enjoy benefits including a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Rebecca Fisher Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: Rebecca.Fisher5@wales.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01443 443008 Dr Jael Hill Directorate Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist Jael.Hill3@wales.nhs.uk 01656 674941 Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Health Care Provider Industries Hospitals and Health Care #J-18808-Ljbffr