Title: Early Career Sport Psychologist (qualified or able to be qualified within 12 months)
Location: Hybrid – home-based with a requirement to commute to Sheffield and / or the North-West and Midlands
THE OPPORTUNITY
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading applied psychology teams working with elite sport and corporate environments. In this role, you will be working across a number of high-performance settings, providing the opportunity to accelerate your career through exposure to multiple elite applied environments whilst working alongside experienced practitioners. You will also have a clear development plan, tailored individual supervision, and access to internal CPD.
COMPANY BACKGROUND
Changing Minds is a world-leading provider of elite sport and business psychology, consistently delivering sustained high-performance across industries. Our impact is recognised globally as a mark of quality. From supporting World Cup-winning teams, Olympic, Paralympic, and World Championship medallists, and Premier League football clubs to contributing to Great Place to Work (GPTW) business initiatives, our innovative work is reshaping cultures, improving leadership, and setting new benchmarks for performance.
At Changing Minds, we adopt a holistic approach to understanding and supporting the developmental needs of individuals, teams and organisations. Our services blend clinical and sport psychology to enable others to navigate change, maximise performance, enhance wellbeing, and realise their potential. As a company, we value reflective practice, curiosity, collaboration, compassion, and the courage to continually learn.
THE ROLE
This role provides the opportunity to deliver into multiple spaces, and so we are inviting applications from early career Sport Psychologists (qualified or on the verge of qualifying) who are interested in delivering high quality psychological services across a range of performance settings.
You will bring an understanding as to how performance environments influence both wellbeing and performance, and will have experience in formulating both individuals and environments in relation to their psychological needs. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates that have worked across football settings (e.g. within academy settings) and/ or have experience of supporting female athletes and teams. We are also interested in those with experience working with multidisciplinary teams, as well as designing and delivering support programmes for coaches, support staff, and parents within developmental environments.
In this role, you will:
· Conduct high quality assessments and interventions.
· Build trusted relationships with athletes, coaches, and staff.
· Contribute positively to multidisciplinary teams.
· Work alongside and with coaches to optimise performance environments.
· Design and deliver psycho-education programmes.
· Contribute to psychologically informed culture development.
· Collaborate and co-deliver with experienced HCPC registered practitioners.
· Continue to develop confidence and autonomy as an applied practitioner.
· Engage in supervision and ongoing professional development.
We are seeking resilient practitioners who are honest, hardworking and open to learning. Potential candidates will have the courage to take appropriate risks, be skilful communicators, and demonstrate compassion. They will also contribute positively to a collaborative and supportive team culture.
Interested individuals will require a post-graduate qualification to Masters level (or equivalent) in an applied psychology discipline and will need to be registered or working towards registration with the Health & Care Professionals Council (HCPC). Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate how HCPC registration will be achieved within 12 months in order to be eligible for the role.
COMPANY BENEFITS
Some benefits of working for Changing Minds are as follows:
· Regular access to high quality supervision from experienced clinical and performance psychologists working into sport.
· The opportunity to work into a variety of settings across sport, education and business.
· The opportunity for career progression with a clearly defined career pathway and development plan for aspiring applied psychologists.
· Competitive salaries and benefits package.
· Close working relationships with UK based academic institutions to encourage applied based research to inform ongoing practice.
· Delivery underpinned by the Performing Well®framework of Clinical Sport Psychology.
APPLICATIONS
To apply for this role please do this by 5pm on Friday 5th June 2026 and include the following:
1. Your CV and a maximum 2 page covering letter outlining your motivation and suitability for the role.
2. Your available start date/ notice period as well as salary expectations.
For further information or an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Chris Beaumont ([email protected]). It is anticipated that interviews may take place the week beginning the 22nd of June, depending on panel availability.
Pay: £28,000.00-£38,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sheffield (South Yorkshire)
