Job Description

Band 8a modelled equivalent | Care Without Compromise, part of Choice Care Group

Salary: £58,379–£65,723 per annum depending on experience

Hours: Full or part time considered

Location: South West Wales – Llanelli, Neath and Swansea

Help shape what psychology looks like in social care

This is an exciting opportunity to join Care Without Compromise at a pivotal stage in the growth of the service. As a healthcare professional embedded within social care, you will be able to take psychology directly into the places where people live and influence meaningful change from the ground up.

The role offers the time, continuity and autonomy to work holistically, build meaningful relationships and understand each person properly. You will help translate psychological formulations into practical, everyday support, working alongside the teams who deliver it and influencing the environments, relationships and systems around each person. This is where psychological thinking can lead to real, sustained change—and where you can see the difference it makes to people’s stability, wellbeing, independence and personal growth.

The opportunity

Working across a defined portfolio of residential and supported living services, you will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation for adults with learning disabilities and complex co-occurring needs. These may include autism, mental health difficulties, trauma, complex emotional and behavioural needs, offending behaviour and associated risks.

You will work directly within our homes, alongside the people we support, their families, managers, support teams and external professionals. You will translate psychological understanding into practical changes that improve quality of life, promote independence and wellbeing, and reduce reliance on restrictive practices.

Drawing on Positive Behaviour Support and a range of evidence-based psychological approaches, you will combine direct clinical work with consultation, staff development and wider systems work. You will have real scope to influence care, supported through regular clinical and professional supervision from an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead for Wales.

What you’ll do

• Lead specialist psychological assessments and develop clear, accessible formulations that guide meaningful support.
• Deliver and evaluate evidence-based psychological interventions adapted to individual communication and cognitive needs.
• Provide expert consultation to managers, support teams, families and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Shape Positive Behaviour Support plans and help teams develop psychologically informed, trauma-aware and least restrictive environments.
• Facilitate team formulation, reflective practice, training and coaching that translate psychological ideas into consistent everyday support.
• Contribute psychological expertise to safeguarding, risk assessment and risk management.
• Provide supervision to PBS Practitioners, Assistant Psychologists, trainees and other colleagues, where appropriate.
• Contribute to audit, evaluation and the continued development of our clinical service.

What you’ll bring

• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist, or eligibility to register upon qualification.
• Additional experience of delivering specialist psychological models of intervention, e.g. CBT, DBT, Schema Therapy, or interest in developing competencies in one of these area.
• Relevant experience of working with people with learning disabilities and/or other complex client groups.
• Strong assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation skills.
• The ability to build trusting relationships and work collaboratively across professional and organisational boundaries.
• A clear commitment to person-centred, trauma-informed, evidence-based and least restrictive practice.

Ready to step up to 8a?

Applicants currently working at NHS Band 7, but do not yet meet all the essential criteria for appointment at Band 8a are still encouraged to apply. If successful, they will be appointed under a structured development plan akin to Agenda for Change Annex 21.

We will also welcome applications or informal enquiries from Trainees due to qualify in 2026.

Why join us?

• Join a growing and ambitious company, with genuine scope to shape its next stage of development.
• Work within an expanding clinical team comprising a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Behaviour Specialist (Registered Nurse), PBS Practitioners and Assistant Psychologists.
• Receive regular clinical and professional supervision, alongside ongoing investment in continuing professional development and specialist training.
• Enjoy flexible and autonomous working while remaining closely connected to a supportive clinical team.
• Make a visible difference to the everyday lives of people with complex needs across Wales.
• Work within an organisation that is psychologically informed and have real scope to influence meaningful change.
• The company also offers competitive terms and conditions which can be discussed with interested candidates.

Find out more

For an informal discussion about the role or development pathway, please contact:

Dr Mark Smith

Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead for Wales

mark.smith@carewithoutcompromise.org.uk

07814 033080

Care Without Compromise is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS check with an Adults’ Barred List check.

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