Principal Clinical Psychologist / Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist: Sponsorship Available

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Wigan Building Attachment and Bonds Support (BABS) is a specialist Parent Infant Mental Health Service located in the Community CAMHS division within Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust.

Wigan

The team provides a clinical service, consultation, training and workforce development in the perinatal period and up until the child’s 3rd birthday across the borough.

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior and experienced Clinical Psychologist or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist to join a small, passionate and skilled multi-disciplinary team as Clinical Lead, working along side parents/carers and their infants to support the development of parent infant relationships. The role involves providing clinical leadership, specialist supervision and consultation and service development and delivery.

Main duties of the job

As a senior and highly specialist clinical psychologist/child and adolescent psychotherapist, the post holder will have substantial senior clinical experience and post-qualification training.

The post-holder will have a high level of knowledge and expertise in working within the perinatal period and working with infants, young children and parents, across a range of settings and levels of need.

The post holder will provide high-quality specialist psychological and psychotherapeutic assessments and therapy for infants, young children and their parent/carer who are referred to the service.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership to the Wigan BABS team which includes providing specialist clinical supervision, consultation, service development and evaluation and working across the Thrive Framework.

The post holder will provide consultation, training and leadership in parent infant mental health within the Wigan Borough.

Person Specification

both

Essential

  • Relevant professional qualification
  • Experience of working therapeutically with infants/young children and their parents/carers in the perinatal period

Desirable

  • Relevant post qualification training in parent infant mental health and/or perinatal mental health

Essential

Essential

  • Experience of working as senior Clinical Psychologist or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

Desirable

  • Experience of delivering specialist parent infant mental health and/or perinatal consultation and/or training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 16 August 2026

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