At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide psychological expertise to support families and assess child-parent relationships.
- Company: Tyre Hill House, a leading residential family centre focused on intensive support.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Join a multidisciplinary team dedicated to evidence-informed practice and continuous learning.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable families and children.
- Qualifications: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and experience with children and families required.
The predicted salary is between 37338 - 44962 £ per year.
Join Tyre Hill House. Tyre Hill House is an aspirational residential family centre providing assessment and support for parents and children who need intensive, round-the-clock support while questions about parenting capacity, child safety and sustainable care are understood. Many of the families who come to Tyre Hill will have experienced adversity, trauma, care experience, domestic abuse, mental health difficulty, substance misuse, learning needs or social isolation. Our aim is to provide assessments that are safe, fair, structured and child-centred, while also giving parents clear support, teaching and feedback. We are strengthening our multidisciplinary model around families. This includes residential family support, social work assessment, psychology, parenting and early years expertise, domestic abuse, substance misuse, and dedicated support for care-experienced parents.
Role Purpose
The Clinical Psychologist will provide specialist psychological, developmental and relational expertise within Tyre Hill House's evidence-led residential family assessment and change model. The postholder will lead psychological formulation across the assessment model, with a particular focus on infants, young children, parent-child relationships, parental emotional availability, attunement, reflective functioning, trauma, emotional regulation, mental health, learning needs, neurodivergence and relational patterns. The role combines direct observation, psychological assessment, formulation, consultation, reflective practice, staff support, training, contribution to assessment planning and specialist input into final analysis and recommendations.
Key Responsibilities
- Psychological, developmental and relational assessment
- Formulation and analysis
- Direct work with parents, infants and young children
- Contribution to the Tyre Hill model
- Safeguarding and regulatory responsibilities
- MDT and formulation responsibilities
- Recording, assessment and evidence responsibilities
- Consultation, supervision and workforce development
Person Specification
Essential experience, knowledge and skills required:
- Experience as a qualified Clinical Psychologist working with children, parents and families
- Experience of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention with families where complexity, risk or vulnerability is present
- Strong knowledge of infant and child development, attachment, parent-child relationships and the impact of trauma
- Ability to assess the relationship between parental emotional functioning and the child's lived experience
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams
- Ability to provide consultation to non-specialist colleagues
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information clearly
- Strong written skills, including assessment, formulation and report writing
- Understanding of safeguarding children and adults at risk
- Ability to contribute to risk assessment and risk management
- Ability to work with parents who may feel scrutinised, ashamed, fearful, defensive or mistrustful
- Ability to adapt communication and intervention for parents with learning needs, neurodivergence or trauma histories
- Commitment to anti-discriminatory, inclusive and culturally sensitive practice
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries in an emotionally demanding residential environment
- Ability to use supervision and reflective practice appropriately
- Commitment to evidence-informed practice and continuous learning
Qualifications
Essential:
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, or equivalent qualification conferring eligibility to practise as a Clinical Psychologist in the UK
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Eligibility to use the protected title Clinical Psychologist
- Evidence of post-qualification experience relevant to children, families, safeguarding, trauma, parent-child relationships or complex assessment
Next Steps
For further information, please contact Julie Elias for a full job description. To apply, please send your CV and accompanying letter outlining how you meet the requirements for the role. The role will require a full disclosure barring service (DBS). Closing date for applications is Thursday 2 July 2026. We reserve the right to close applications earlier.
Clinical Psychologist - Infants, Young Children and Family Assessment employer: Tyre Hill House
Tyre Hill House is an exceptional employer dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment for Clinical Psychologists. With a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration, employees benefit from continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact on families facing adversity. Located in a nurturing residential setting, our team is committed to providing evidence-led assessments and support, ensuring that both staff and families thrive in a compassionate atmosphere.
