Job Title: Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist

Banding: Band 7–8b (depending on experience) 

Location: Multiple Residential Sites across Manchester

Working Hours: Full-Time (On-site only)

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience (Band 7–8b)

Pulse are recruiting an HCPC registered Psychologist to join a specialist residential service supporting children and young people with complex trauma, autism, and learning disabilities. This is a full-time, on-site role working across several sites in the greater Manchester region. Sponsorship is available for eligible applicants (must be HCPC registered), and the role offers a unique opportunity to lead psychological therapies within a trauma-informed framework.

Responsibilities:

As a Psychologist, you will:

• Deliver specialist psychological assessments and therapy to children and young people with severe and enduring mental health needs.
• Formulate and implement evidence-based treatment plans tailored to individual needs.
• Lead psychological input across services, embedding trauma-informed care principles.
• Provide consultation, guidance, and supervision to non-psychologist colleagues, trainees, and assistants.
• Contribute to service development through research, audit, and teaching.
• Work closely within a multi-disciplinary team, maintaining autonomy within professional guidelines.

Benefits:

• Sponsorship available for eligible candidates
• Mileage paid at £0.45 per mile (after first 20 miles from home)
• Private medical insurance post-probation
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunities for further training in CFT, DBT, Dynamic Dyadic Psychotherapy, and Systemic Practice

Qualifications and Experience:

We welcome applications from candidates who:

• Are HCPC-registered Psychologists
• Have experience working with children and young people, ideally in residential or trauma-informed settings
• Are confident in psychological formulation and therapeutic delivery across a range of models
• Can work both independently and collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team

Don’t meet every requirement? We still encourage you to apply – we value diverse experiences and perspectives.

How to Apply:

Apply directly through the Pulse website. Once your application is received, a member of our recruitment team will be in touch to discuss the next steps.

Why Work with Pulse:

Pulse is a leading provider of specialist healthcare recruitment. We offer:

• Dedicated support from experienced consultants
• Access to exclusive roles across the UK
• Ongoing career development opportunities

Reasonable Adjustments:

We are committed to supporting all applicants. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we’ll be happy to accommodate your needs.

A specialist healthcare service is seeking to recruit a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the team on an 18-bed male and female Eating Disorder Ward. This is a full-time role of 37.5 hours per week.

The hospital provides comprehensive inpatient mental health services in a safe and supportive environment, focused on helping patients live their best life.

What you’ll be doing

You will join a compassionate team committed to patient wellbeing, using a personalised, evidence-based approach to support recovery.

Key responsibilities include:

• Taking clinical responsibility for patients, including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk reviews, strategic reviews, and developing a therapeutic environment.

• Acting as Responsible Clinician for patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).

• Supervising referral and admission processes, including contributing to pre-admission assessments.

• Providing a psychiatric perspective to the multidisciplinary team regarding assessment, formulation, and treatment.

• Participating in management and clinical governance meetings and contributing to service development and strategy.

Further information is available in the attached job description.

What you’ll bring to the role

The role is rewarding but challenging, requiring resilience, empathy, and flexibility. No two days are the same.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a strong team player with experience in multidisciplinary assessment, formulation, and management planning.

• Hold full GMC registration, be on the relevant Specialist Register, and provide evidence of registration when required.

• Hold a CCST/CCT (or equivalent) in the appropriate area of Psychiatry.

• Have experience working in inpatient settings with individuals facing significant mental health challenges.

Informal enquiries can be made via the recruitment team.

What we will give you in return

You will be supported to develop and thrive through structured career conversations, comprehensive training, and opportunities for leadership and senior clinical roles.

Benefits include:

• Free on-site parking

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Additional birthday leave

• Enhanced maternity pay

• Contributory pension scheme

• Flexible benefits, including gym membership, IT technology schemes, and healthcare cash plan

• Access to development and training opportunities

• Sponsorship for professional qualifications via an Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel

• Leadership and management development programmes

• Long service awards

• Refer-a-friend bonuses

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting an experienced Adult Social Worker to join the Learning Disability Team at Somerset.

Responsible fora caseload of varying complexity, commensurate with ability and qualifications, receiving and responding to referrals from various sources.

Responsibilities:

• Community Care, integrated careprogramme approach andrisk assessment to work to protect the safety and protection of individuals.
• Statutory reviews andcomply with appropriate legislation, policy andprocedures.
• Assess client needs in consultation with them and with otherprofessionals and agree levels of support.
• The need to engage with people refusing a service who are at risk to self or others.
• The need for sensitive negotiation when assessing service users and carers where there is conflict or lack of insight.
• Effectively managepeople presenting in crisis needing a quick resolution, using relevant legislation and resources.
• Statutory responsibility for the assessment of carers (including young carers) needs and the formulation of a carers care pl

Requirements:

• Professional Qualification: A recognised professional qualification in social work, such as an MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, or CQSW (Certificate of Qualification in Social Work).
• Registration: Must be registered with Social Work England, the regulatory body for social workers in England.
• Experience: 2+ years post qualified experience as an adult social worker in a statutory setting. 
• Knowledge of Legislation: Thorough understanding of relevant legislation, such as the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Skills: Strong assessment and analysis skills, as well as the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Driving Licence: A full UK driving licence and access to a car are often required for client visits.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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Senior Social Worker – MASH – Berkshire – Salary up to £51,495 (includes £6000 annual market supplement)

Liquid Personnel are looking for a hardworking and compassionate social worker to join an ambitious local authority in Berkshire to protect and enhance the lives of the children of Berkshire by working as a key member of its Children with Single Point of Access (CSPOA) team.

Benefits:

• Excellent Salary
• Flexible working
• Opportunities to develop managerial skills and capabilities
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• 26 holiday days
• Discounted childcare
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Season Train Ticket Loans
• Salary Sacrifice Car Lease Scheme
• Wide variety of local shopping discounts

What can you expect from this role?

• Undertake assessments of need, risk and options for children and young people with the most complex/high risk care needs and/or circumstances, in accordance with legislative requirements, all relevant policies and procedures and agreed performance targets
• To undertake case work responsibility for allocated complex cases, including development of appropriate packages or programmes of care and intervention, working in partnership with individuals, their families, carers, and with other agencies; undertake ongoing and urgent case review, as necessary.
• Act as the custodian of social work practice in the team and a recognised expert within a specialist field. This will involve, mentoring, providing advice and support, facilitating group supervision, co-working with, other social workers or multi-disciplinary team members in relation to complex cases as appropriate, and developing partner relationships.
• You will work directly with the Principal Social Worker on the development of processes, procedures, strategies and policies; to ensure a high quality of social work practice is experienced by children, young people and families.
• Take the lead in initiating, developing and sustaining internal and external working relationships with other professionals, partner organisations and external agencies.
• To participate in other activities which would benefit from the application of professional skills, e.g. working parties, special service developments, policy formulation, group work and community development work.
• To understand the fit between the team plan and the overall service plan; to identify and report issues of unmet need/inadequate performance so as to contribute to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the service.
• To act, as agreed with the Team Manager or Assistant Team Manager, as a resource person within the team contributing to standards of practice and development activities, including possible supervision of Social Workers, Newly Qualified Social Worker, Assistant Social Workers and students as appropriate.
• To maintain case records/client information systems and fulfil departmental procedures and statutory duties commensurate with national and directorate requirements
• To utilise supervision with your line manager as an interactive process to develop practice and improve performance at the individual and team level.

Is this role for you?

• You will need experience working within a MASH team
• You will need to have a desire to develop your managerial skills
• You will be able to display strong leadership and communication skills

If this is the role for you then contact Luke Burgess on luke.burgess@liquidpersonnel.com or call 020 3319 3159

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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