Apply for a specific vacancy or register your interest and keep up to date with new and exciting opportunities.
Find your next career in Psychology with Shire
Apply for a specific vacancy or register your interest and keep up to date with new and exciting opportunities.
Careers in Psychology
In such a highly skilled area of healthcare, it’s important any recruiter representing you has a comprehensive understanding of your profession. Our consultants have the knowledge and experience recruiting in the industry to ensure only accurate opportunities are presented to you.
Our team of talented and experienced consultants will not only identify suitable opportunities, but they will also offer CV and interview guidance as well as negotiate on your behalf, so any offer of employment is a fair representation of your skills and experience. We have ample experience in supporting newly qualified applicants to find their first clinical role as well as self-employed Psychologists who want to secure part-time employment to complement their private practice or other commitments. We are also skilled at supporting overseas applicants to secure their first UK role so regardless of your circumstances, we want to hear from you.
Careers in Psychology
In such a highly skilled area of healthcare, it’s important any recruiter representing you has a comprehensive understanding of your profession. Our consultants have the knowledge and experience recruiting in the industry to ensure only accurate opportunities are presented to you.
Our team of talented and experienced consultants will not only identify suitable opportunities, but they will also offer CV and interview guidance as well as negotiate on your behalf, so any offer of employment is a fair representation of your skills and experience. We have ample experience in supporting newly qualified applicants to find their first clinical role as well as self-employed Psychologists who want to secure part-time employment to complement their private practice or other commitments. We are also skilled at supporting overseas applicants to secure their first UK role so regardless of your circumstances, we want to hear from you.
Psychology vacancies
Looking for a new role? We offer a range of opportunities for Clinical, Counselling, Educational and Forensic Psychologists, nationwide.
Psychology vacancies
Looking for a new role? We offer a range of opportunities for Clinical, Counselling, Educational and Forensic Psychologists, nationwide.
Benefits of working with Shire
Exclusive opportunities you won’t find elsewhere.
A portfolio of over 100 organisations using Shire for their Psychology permanent recruitment.
A dedicated Consultant who understands your industry.
Ensuring your offer of employment is a fair representation of your skills and experience.
A variety of opportunities.
Vacancies within the national health service, charities, social enterprises and privately owned organisations.
To view our full vacancy list, click here!
Success with Shire
“I had the pleasure of working with Lena in 2016 when I first moved to London. I had no idea how lucky I was to have found her straight away! My colleagues recommended her to me originally, due to her being the most caring, knowledgeable and trustworthy person who will sure find the right position for you. They were right. So right that even now, in 2022, when I was looking for work, she was the first person I called.”
– Bettina Pataki, Counselling Psychologist
Interested in working with us? Get in touch >
Success with Shire
“I had the pleasure of working with Lena in 2016 when I first moved to London. I had no idea how lucky I was to have found her straight away! My colleagues recommended her to me originally, due to her being the most caring, knowledgeable and trustworthy person who will sure find the right position for you. They were right. So right that even now, in 2022, when I was looking for work, she was the first person I called.”
– Bettina Pataki, Counselling Psychologist
Interested in working with us? Get in touch >
FAQ’s
We support services across the UK with their permanent recruitment specialising in:
- Adult Residential
- Children’s Residential
- Talking Therapies
- Psychology
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Therapy
We are a trusted and well-respected provider with many clients, using Shire exclusively.
We have hundreds of permanent vacancies across the Health and Social Care sectors with many of our clients, choosing to use Shire exclusively. Our teams are specialist within their chosen sectors meaning the Consultant representing you, will have a sound understanding of your industry. Shire is a family run company and our reputation means everything. The service you will receive is a representation of our core values and we can guarantee, you will feel valued and respected, should
you let Shire support you find your next permanent vacancy.
Our benefits:
- Exclusive vacancies no other agencies will have.
- Allocated, experienced consultant to negotiate on your behalf.
- International vacancies as well as UK based, depending on your preferences.
- Vacancies within the national health service, as well as charities, social enterprises, and privately owned organisations.
- Extensive support with interviews including mock interviews if required.
CV guidance and support. - Friendly, approachable team with years of experience within the sector.
We have a range of opportunities to suit your profession, skills and level of experience and upon your initially enquiry, you will be assigned a Recruitment Consultant that will be your main point of contact throughout your journey with Shire. We will present you with opportunities that we feel best match your requirements and facilitate the interview process, negotiating on your behalf, should an offer of employment be made. We offer CV guidance to ensure you are selling yourself effectively. We are also able to offer interview support to give you the very best shot of securing a role should you feel you need it.
We are a specialist provider of permanent staffing solutions and have fixed term contract opportunities as well as hundreds of permanent vacancies across the health and social care industries. We have an impressive portfolio of clients including NHS Trusts, local authorities, privately owned, social enterprises and charities across the country and work with most of the nations leading mental health and care providers.
We can support overseas applications within:
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Psychology
You must be a qualified professional within your industry and be eligible for HCPC registration. We cannot provide sponsorship for Support Workers.
For more information, visit the HCPC website:
What to expect when you make an international application | (hcpc-uk.org)
Once you have accepted an offer of employment, your Recruitment Consultant will facilitate the offer and work with the hiring client to ensure your compliance checks are carried out in a timely manner. Once you start in post, Shire will no longer need involvement.
For information on how we process, store, and share your data, including managing your contact preferences and your data rights, click here:
We only request the basic data required to accurately represent you in finding a suitable position. All data is handled with sensitivity and in accordance with the data protection legislation. For more information on how we handle your data, visit our privacy policy:
If you are unhappy with any part of our service, you have the right to make a complaint. All complaints are resolved within 28 working days but for more complex complaints, we may need a little longer. You will need to make your complaint directly to your Recruitment Consultant or Director, James Greany (james.greany@shire-hcs.co.uk)
All complaints are confidential and used as an opportunity to improve our services.
We offer £100.00 – £250.00 per referral you make, once your referral has been placed and completed their probationary period with our client. We have a system in place that allows us to track the referral payment and when it’s due, meaning you don’t need to worry.
There is no limit to the number of friends or colleagues you can refer!
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We do not offer locum contracts and our aim is to be the more effective provider of permanent staffing solutions in the UK.
Our office is open Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 5pm. You can contact the team on 01707 802381
If you want to keep your DBS certificate up to date, you should put your DBS on the update service which requires a yearly fee. For more information, visit the gov.uk website.