Community Psychologist / Psychotherapist - Girls' Project
- NHS
- Part Time
- Kentish Town
- 45895 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Join Brandon Centre as a Community Psychologist/Psychotherapist within our girls project, She Is Supported (SIS) , and help shape an innovative, community-based mental health offer for girls and young women in Islington.
This is an exciting opportunity to deliver psychologically informed support in trusted youth settings, working alongside partner organisations to improve emotional wellbeing, increase access to mental health support, and strengthen resilience for girls facing multiple disadvantage. You will provide group-based and 1:1 psychological support, offer consultation to youth workers, and help create safe, accessible spaces where girls can explore issues affecting their lives and wellbeing.
We are looking for a compassionate, skilled and thoughtful psychologist/psychotherapist who is committed to trauma-informed, culturally responsive and relationship-based practice. You will join a highly respected organisation with a long history of improving young peoples mental health, and be part of a collaborative partnership that values participation, inclusion and innovation.
If you are passionate about making psychological support more accessible and want to make a meaningful difference in the lives of girls and young women, we would love to hear from you.
Provisional Interview Date and Location: 03/07/2026 - In person at the Brandon Centre
Please note that previous applicants to the role do not need to reapply.
Main duties of the job
You will provide psychologically informed support to girls and young women within community-based youth settings across Islington. The role includes delivering group sessions on mental health and wellbeing, offering 1:1 support where appropriate, and helping young people access the right support at the right time.
You will work closely with youth workers and partner organisations to bring a psychological perspective into everyday practice, offering consultation, advice and reflective support to staff. You will also contribute to creating safe, inclusive and trauma-informed spaces where girls can build confidence, resilience and emotional wellbeing.
The post involves working across different partner sites, building strong relationships with young people and professionals, responding to emerging needs, and supporting the wider development of the project. You will also contribute to safeguarding, signposting and referrals, and maintain accurate records and outcome information in line with service requirements.
This is an opportunity to use your clinical skills in a flexible, relational and community-focused way, helping to make mental health support more accessible for girls who may not engage with more traditional services.
Due to the nature of this role and the needs of the service users, applications are invited from women only. This is a lawful occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
About us
Brandon Centre has been supporting young peoples mental health and wellbeing since 1969. We are a well-established charity with a strong reputation for providing accessible, flexible and high-quality support to young people and families. Our work combines clinical expertise with a deep commitment to early intervention, inclusion and social justice.
We offer a range of mental health services for young people, alongside specialist projects and partnerships that reach those who may not otherwise access support. Our staff group includes psychologists and psychotherapists, managers, and operational colleagues who work together in a thoughtful, collaborative and caring way.
We are committed to creating a supportive working environment where people feel valued, respected and able to develop. We place a strong emphasis on reflective practice, supervision, safeguarding, professional curiosity and continuous learning. We are also committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, both in the communities we serve and within our organisation.
Working at Brandon Centre offers the opportunity to be part of a mission-driven organisation that is ambitious for young people and committed to making services more responsive, relational and impactful.
Job responsibilities
Job Description and Person Specification
Community Psychologist / Psychotherapist
She Is Supported (SIS) Girls' Project
Female Only Applicants: Due to the nature of this role and the needs of the service users, applications are invited from women only. This is a lawful occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Job title
Community Psychologist/ Psychotherapist
Project
She Is Supported (SIS) Girls' Project
Grade
Band 7 equivalent
Salary
£45,895
Contract
2 years fixed term
Hours
14 hours per week (0.4 FTE)
Working pattern
Regular evening work during term time to attend girls groups, plus occasional attendance at Girls Super Groups, trips and residential activity as required.
Must be able to work during the following days and times:
Tuesday - HRH - 4pm - 6pm
Wednesday - Prospex - 7-9pm
Thursday - Mary's - 5pm-6:30pm
Location
Across community sites in Islington, including Brandon Centre and partner venues used by Highbury Roundhouse, Prospex, and Marys Youth Club
Reports to
Clinical Director, with operational liaison to the SIS Project Manager
Accountability
Clinical Director
A. Job Summary
The postholder will provide specialist community psychology/psychotherapy support within the She Is Supported (SIS) Girls' Project, a partnership with youth organisations delivering open access, girls-only provision in Islington for girls aged 9 to 17. The role is embedded across the partnership and will involve attending community-based girls groups, shaping and leading sessions on mental health and wellbeing topics identified by girls, offering 1-to-1 support, supporting youth workers with psychologically informed practice, and helping to identify and signpost girls who require additional or specialist support.
The SIS model is designed to reach girls experiencing multiple disadvantage, including poverty, trauma, domestic violence, irregular home lives, cultural barriers to accessing mixed provision, refugee and asylum experiences, and neurodivergence. The post-holder will therefore need to work in a flexible, relational, culturally responsive and trauma-informed way, making mental health support accessible within trusted local community spaces.
The post-holder will also contribute to project monitoring, evaluation and reporting, and will work closely with Brandon Centre colleagues and partner youth workers to strengthen psychologically informed practice across the consortium.
B. Brandon Centre Overview
The principal objective of the Brandon Centre, since it was founded in 1969, has been to provide a professional, accessible and flexible service which responds to the psychological and social needs of young people under the age of 25.
Services include counselling and psychotherapy for young people, systemic integrative treatment for families, parenting programmes, and consultation and training for other charities working with young people.
C. Principal Duties and Responsibilities
1. Clinical and therapeutic work
- To provide community psychology/psychotherapysupport to girls participating in the SIS project across partner settings.
- To attend and contribute to weekly girls-only groups across the SIS partnership during term time, and to shape and lead mental health and wellbeing sessions in response to themes identified by girls and project staff.
- To deliver developmentally appropriate, accessible and engaging group-based input on topics such as emotions, stress, relationships, self-esteem, body image, identity, safety, and wellbeing.
- To offer 1-to-1 therapeutic or consultative support to girls within the remit of the project, using a flexible and responsive model.
- To undertake specialist assessment and formulation of emotional wellbeing needs based on information from direct contact, observation, self-report, youth worker consultation and other relevant sources.
- To make clinically informed decisions about the most appropriate level of support within the project and when onward referral or signposting is indicated.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for girls presenting with emotional distress, self-harm, safeguarding concerns or other vulnerabilities, and to provide specialist advice to project staff where required.
- To support identification of girls who may require additional or specialist mental health, social care or other support, and to facilitate appropriate signposting or referral pathways.
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