Clinical Psychologist / Mental Health Clinician: CWLD

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Achieving For Children Clinical Psychologist / Mental Health Clinician: CWLD The closing date is 11 November 2026 Apply for this job Job summary We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to join the Emotional Health Service and become part of our team for the next year on a fixed term contract. We welcome applications from newly qualified clinicians This new post was created to help reduce our waiting list for children with Learning Disabilities and their families. The post will be based within our small and dynamic team dedicated to this client group and will work closely with colleagues in social care, family support, special schools and health services. This team has an Assistant Psychologist and supports trainee clinical psychologists from the University of Surrey. We have a newly developed Family Therapy clinic accessible to this client group and also provide behavioural interventions, ACT interventions, psychoeducation and support to the network. Main duties of the job The Emotional Health Service (EHS)is a dynamic and progressive multi-disciplinary team of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Art Psychotherapists. This role is based in our small team dedicated to children with Learning Disabilities at Moor Lane in Chessington. We have other teams at Richmond (Twickenham base), and Kingston (Chessington and Kingston based) and work closely with our colleagues in Early Help, Social Care, Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) and Education. We have a strong sense of team and work together to support children and young people's emotional wellbeing. We also work to prioritise the wellbeing of the staff team. As a Mental Health Clinician for EHS you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will be part of a team and be afforded many different opportunities to use your skills, including undertaking consultations, delivering interventions, working alongside schools and partner agencies and delivering training. About us Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. Details Date posted 21 October 2026 Pay scheme Other Salary £49,056 to £52,194 a year This role will attract HCAS in addition to the existing salary. Contract Fixed term Duration 12 months Working pattern Full-time Reference number B0458-21OCT26-2500 Job locations Moor Lane Centre Chessington KT9 2AA United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities The emotional health service (EHS) sits within our Education Directorate. The service is a dynamic team of Mental Health professionals with a range of professions such as Clinical / Counselling Psychologists, Systemic and Art Psychotherapists. The service sits alongside our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools. The EHS is focused on providing fully integrated, high quality and swift mental health consultation, advice, training and reflective practice for our social care and education colleagues. This is a newly created service, from November 2025 ,