Job Title: Clinical Psychologist Special Needs
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
Salary Range: £79,133.77 to £86,974.41
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date: 17/03/2026
Job Overview
About the Service
The Jersey Adult Autism Service (JAAS) provides specialist psychological assessment, intervention, and consultation for autistic adults across the island. We work closely with individuals, families, carers, partner agencies, and mainstream services to ensure autistic adults can access safe, equitable, and effective support.
We are now seeking a highly skilled and motivated Clinical Psychologist to join our expanding and autism‑informed multi‑disciplinary team.
About the Role
As a Clinical Psychologist within JAAS, you will ensure the systematic delivery of a high‑quality specialist psychology service for autistic adults with complex or highly complex needs. You will deliver advanced assessments, formulate complex presentations, and provide evidence‑based psychological interventions tailored to autistic individuals.
You will play a central role in shaping autism‑informed practice across the system, develop pathways that improve access to mainstream services, and provide leadership within our psychology provision.
About You
We are looking for someone who is passionate about improving outcomes for autistic adults and confident working with complex presentations. You will bring advanced clinical skills, a strong understanding of autism‑informed models, and the ability to operate autonomously while contributing meaningfully to a dynamic MDT.
What We Offer
A supportive, autism‑informed service with a strong ethos of collaborative practice.
Opportunities for CPD, supervision, and leadership development.
The ability to influence system‑wide improvements for autistic adults in Jersey.
A varied, impactful role within a forward‑thinking MDT.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver highly specialised autism assessments, including ASC diagnostic assessments (e.g., ADOS‑2, ADI‑R, DISCO).
Conduct comprehensive psychological, cognitive, and risk assessments, including those relating to suicidality, self‑harm, harm to others, and safeguarding.
Formulate and implement evidence‑based, autism‑informed interventions for adults with co‑occurring mental health difficulties, trauma, emotional distress, or behaviours that challenge.
Provide psychological leadership within the MDT and coordinate intervention pathways with other disciplines.
Offer consultation, training, and reflective practice to professionals across services.
Provide clinical supervision to qualified clinicians, trainees, and assistants.
Lead or contribute to research, audit, quality improvement, and service evaluation.
Maintain high standards of clinical governance, record‑keeping, and adherence to HCPC and GoJ professional standards.
Develop and refine pathways to ensure accessible, equitable care for autistic adults across health, housing, employment, justice, and community systems.
For an informal discussion, Please contact Darlington Ihenacho- d.ihenacho@health.gov.je
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Attributes and Behaviours
Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
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