Self-Employed Adult Service Clinical Psychologist
Beacon House is a dynamic and thriving multi-disciplinary service specialising in therapeutic services for children, young people, families and adults in West Sussex and surrounding areas. As a team, we integrate psychotherapy, psychology and occupational therapy to provide a range of creative, innovative and carefully formulated assessment and therapeutic packages, with a special focus on healing the imprint of developmental and intergenerational trauma. We are passionate about creating opportunities for healing within the safety of a team that works sensitively and effectively with therapeutic complexity and clinical risk.
We receive referrals from self-funding individuals and families, ICBs, Local Authorities, Regional Adoption Agencies and schools, amongst other sources.
Beacon House is registered as an Adoption Support Agency with Ofsted, who regulate all our work with young people who are adopted. To find out more about our service please visit us at www.beaconhouse.org.uk
We would love to hear from:
- Clinical Psychologists with a specialist interest in working relationally with trauma and dissociation.
- Clinical Psychologists who are in the early years of their post-qualification careers as well as more experienced practitioners.
- Practitioners who have completed at least EMDR L1 (with a clear plan in place to complete all levels)
We are interested in hearing from applicants with skills and experience working with:
- Clients experiencing a broad range of challenges, difficulties and distress associated with developmental, attachment and lifespan trauma.
- Clients who have been exposed to significant adversity and trauma and who have specialist therapeutic needs. Many clients may present with significant dissociative phenomena.
- Clients who would meet diagnostic criteria for Dissociative Identity Disorder.
We are keen to hear from Clinical Psychologists in the early years of their post-qualification careers, including those who have qualified within the past 12-months. You should be motivated and committed to working with the complexities of trauma and dissociation, and looking to develop your skills in this specialism under close clinical supervision.
Our Therapeutic Framework
Beacon House offers a wide variety of therapeutic approaches and our team includes a diverse range of professional backgrounds and disciplines. We embrace clinical creativity, in the context of evidence-based and effective ways of working. An important principle underpinning our service is that we are formulation-driven, rather than diagnosis-driven. We have an over-arching framework of being trauma and attachment informed and we warmly welcome therapists who have a passion for trauma informed thinking, but who would like to develop their skills in this way of working.
The role will involve:
- Offering assessments within our Adult Emotional and Psychological Health Service, followed by a therapeutic needs letter clearly outlining therapy goals and recommended next steps.
- Offering assessments within our Adult Specialist Trauma Service, which may include the administration of structured clinical interviews (e.g. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders).
- Preparing detailed and comprehensive reports for our Adult Specialist Trauma Services, for both clients and professional audiences.
- Working therapeutically with clients using a range of approaches dependent on what matches their preferences, needs and capacity to tolerate the work; and offering 5 sessions per day.
- Reviewing therapy with the client and with the professional network where relevant.
- Offering consultations and liaison with other professionals in the client’ s network.
- Using the Service ’ s feedback questionnaires to understand the client’s experience of our service.
- Offering clinical supervision to professionals outside of Beacon House
The applicant will:
- Ideally have at least 2 years’ experience post-qualification, however, we are open to applications from newly qualified psychologists who have begun their EMDR training.
- Be registered with HCPC.
- Have a passion and commitment to working in a formulation-driven (nondiagnostic) way.
- Have excellent written and verbal communication, particularly making complex information truly accessible to clients of all ages and abilities.
- Be committed to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and bringing a spirit of ‘ give what you can, take what you need’ to and from the team.
- Bring courage, spirit, tenacity and energy to the role. Aspire and strive to always offer a high quality and respectful service to our clients.
- Share our commitment to safeguarding individuals of all ages.
- Share our commitment to inclusion, equality and diversity.
Applicants will be expected to:
- Become a self-employed, part-time associate.
- Work within the Beacon House policies and procedures and within our clinical oversight and management infrastructure. Applicants working with clients who are adopted will also be required to comply with Adoption Regulations and Ofsted requirements.
- Work a minimum of two days a week based in the clinic and also have time outside of the clinic for report writing and admin.
- Be open to offering online assessment and therapy.
Benefits of the role
- Pay information is available on application enquiry.
- The opportunity to be part of a nurturing, cutting edge, motivated and energetic team.
- Informal and formal opportunities to develop professionally in the areas that interest you.
- Comprehensive support from a Clinical Lead, including regular Clinical Oversight meetings and support with safeguarding and clinical risk.
- Excellent opportunities for collaboration with our talented Creative Team, in the development of therapeutic resources and letters.
- Access to a wide range of resources unique to Beacon House.
- Complex issues of independent practice, such as safeguarding, GDPR and Health & Safety, are all managed robustly by the service on your behalf.
- Become part of, and contribute to, our in-house CPD
- Excellently resourced and purpose-built therapeutic spaces in our clinics.
- Administrative support.
- Management of all aspects of invoicing and debt collection on your behalf.
- Provision of the necessary IT training and systems and ongoing IT support.
For all informal enquiries, or to request an application form, please contact our Operations Manager, Sarah Brown, on: [email protected] or call us on 01444 413 939.
Deadline for applications: Friday 3rd July 2026
Shortlisting: Tuesday 7th July 2026
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 13th July 2026
We look forward to hearing from you!
Job Type: Part-time
Licence/Certification:
- HCPC registration (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
