Band 8b Practitioner Psychologist (Family Safeguarding Team) - Swindon

Job summary

Are you someone with a proven track record of service development and a passion for multidisciplinary working? Are you looking for a new challenge? If so, then this role may be for you.

The Family Safeguarding Team is an innovative partnership model between Swindon Borough Council and a network of other statutory and voluntary sector organisations. The wider Family Safeguarding Team is comprised of substance misuse, domestic abuse, adult mental health workers and children's social workers. Workers from specialist organisations join together to form one team working with families. The Family Safeguarding Team focuses on working to develop parents' strengths to positively change their behaviour and relationships in order to improve their children's lives. By assisting parents to make positive changes more children can stay at home with their birth family and thrive, not just survive.

This 8B Psychologist role is positioned within the aspect of the service that focuses on the mental health of parents, working alongside three skilled and committed Assistant Psychologists. This is a fixed term role, providing cover whilst the substantive postholder is on maternity leave.

Main duties of the job

You should have significant post-qualification experience of working in a mental health setting, providing time limited, evidence based psychological interventions (mainly CBT and DBT informed work). The postholder will carry a small caseload, providing psychological interventions to parents with identified mental health needs who are open to the Family Safeguarding Team. You will also provide clinical supervision, consultation and training to the Mental Health Practitioners within the team (three Assistant Psychologists), and to the wider team, as required, advising on how the mental health needs of parents might best be met.

This role would be ideally suited to someone who is looking for a new challenge, who enjoys working with colleagues from a range of different backgrounds and who is committed to working in an innovative way to improve the lives of children and their families. The role will provide ample opportunities to utilise and develop skills in leadership and service development.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details

Date posted

05 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

342-SWN008-0226

Job locations

Wat Tyler West

Beckhampton Street

Swindon

SN1 2JG