Clinical Psychologist/Senior Mental Health Practitioner: Toddler Mental Health Hub

Clinical Psychologist/Senior Mental Health Practitioner: Toddler Mental Health Hub
MB4 (£45,091- £51,356)
37 hours, Full-Time
Temporary (24 months - secondment considered if supported by existing employer)
Central House but will require travel across the Greater Manchester footprint and working from a variety of health, early education settings, family hubs and family homes.

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 27th April 2026
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 29th April 2026
Interview Date: 5th May 2026
Interview Type: Face to Face

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We are seeking a clinical psychologist with experience in early years or an experienced and skilled Mental Health Practitioner with a compassionate approach and a passion for working with toddlers and their families to develop a modern and inclusive Greater Manchester Toddler and Parent Mental Health Hub.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of developing an innovative service model for working with toddlers aged 2-5 years, and their parents within GM. Working with the clinical and strategic lead, you will be a senior practitioner in this specialist team and be supported by an assistant practitioner. If you care about the mental health of toddlers and their families and are keen to support others to understand this important and challenging stage of life, this role is for you.

Your Role

Working under the strategic direction of the GM Clinical and Strategic Lead, this senior practitioner role supports the development, delivery and evaluation of the two year GM ParentToddler Mental Health Hub. The post promotes an inclusive, evidence informed approach to toddler mental health across GM, strengthening pathways and building workforce capacity in partnership with early years services. Key functions include coordinating operational delivery; raising awareness of toddler mental health; supporting scoping, codesign and model development; coordinating assessment, intervention and consultation; contributing to pathway improvement aligned to Best Start in Life; leading workforce development; and supporting evaluation, research, reporting and governance.

About You

You must hold a core professional qualification (e.g., Clinical Psychology, Health Visiting, Social Work, OT, RMN, SALT, Teacher) with relevant professional registration and additional training and experience in 0-5's social emotional development and mental health; additional early childhood mental health or attachment training is desirable. Experience should include assessment, intervention and risk management with toddlers and families, alongside safeguarding, supervision, training and service development.

Knowledge of toddler development, attachment, trauma, early relationships, evidence based approaches and early years systems is essential. Strong communication, assessment, intervention, organisational and IT skills are required, as well as the ability to work autonomously, manage emotion in clinical contexts, and give/receive supervision.

About Us

The Greater Manchester Toddler Hub is a 2-year funded test and learn project with the aim of scoping the mental health needs of toddlers and their families. The project will work across the 10 boroughs of GM working in collaboration with families and the toddler workforce to understand the needs of young children aged 2-5 years and their families. The specialist hub will provide workforce development and training about toddler development, focusing particularly on social emotional development and mental health. The hub will be a specialist resource across GM as well as testing innovative and evidence-based ways of supporting the mental health needs of toddlers and their families. The project will work towards the development of a coproduced sustainable model of toddler and parent mental health within GM. We will be a small team including the strategic and clinical lead, this post and an assistant practitioner.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Emma Arnold on Emma.Arnold@Stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application. Please also email recruitment@stockport.gov.uk.

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