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CAMHS Clinical Specialist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking to appoint an inspiring and enthusiastic Arts
Principal Lead to join the Adult Directorates Community Services. </p><p>You will have strong leadership skills and will be
responsible for leading a highly skilled team who provide services for people
with severe and complex mental health needs. You will have experience of Adult
Mental Health Community settings, provision of supervision and working in MDT
teams.</p><p>Psychological professions are highly valued by the Trust and
key contributors to many new developments in services and the overall strategic
vision to provide efficient and trauma informed care. </p><p>You will be a member of the Psychology Professional Lead
team working with the Strategic Lead for Adult Mental Health, assisting with
the implementation of our Strategic Plan and ensuring good governance for the
Psychological Practice.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>In this role you will be providing psychological leadership
for the Arts Therapists and support the provision of psychologically informed
care. You would also support access to effective and efficient evidence based
psychological therapy across clinical pathways and hold a small caseload.</p><p>The Psychology Service supports close links with the local
DClinPsy and DCounsPsych training courses (Exeter, Plymouth and Bristol) and we
welcome trainees from all of the different psychological professions.</p><p>In addition to clinical supervision, there will be
opportunities to meet regularly with the other psychologists and psychological
therapists for CPD events. Additional training and career development
opportunities are encouraged and supported. The South West Psychology
Profession Network is a well-established professional community attend by a
range of professions from across the region providing a forum to discuss issues
of local and national importance, networking opportunities and sharing
learning.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p><strong>About Devon Partnership Trust</strong></p><p>We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist &amp; secure services for the wider south west region &amp; nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health &amp; wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise &amp; resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe &amp; focused on people's recovery.</p><p>We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families &amp; carers in everything we do</p><p><strong>Our values</strong></p><p>We not only recruit based on qualifications &amp; experience - we recruit individuals who possess &amp; demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity &amp; compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves &amp; others, &amp; being open to new ideas.</p><p>We are committed to being an inclusive employer &amp; applications are encouraged &amp; welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time &amp; flexible working applications will be considered &amp; supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>09 October 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8b</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £64,455 to £74,896 a year
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>C9369-25-0796</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>The Briars </p>
      <p>Crabb Lane</p>
      <p>Exeter</p>
            <p>EX2 9JD</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Job Purpose</p><p>The principal purpose
of the job is to provide leadership, clinical governance and management support
to the Creative Therapies service for the adult community services.</p><p>To improve the
psychological health &amp; wellbeing of people
across the range of ability
through the use of creative therapies in any one or more area of
specialism such as in Art, Music, Drama, Dance or Movement) This will be
achieved in this post by:</p><p>1. To
ensure the systematic provision of high quality creative therapies using a
range of modalities and media</p><p>2. To
ensure equitable access to populations with diverse mental health needs,
including people with varied learning needs. </p><p>3. Providing
clinical leadership, managerial responsibility, co-ordination and supervision
for staff, trainees and volunteers employed by or attached to the creative
therapy service.</p><p>4. Carrying
a specialist caseload of clients, and providing advice and consultancy to
patients and professionals.</p><p>5. To
work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility
for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the creative
therapies</p><p>6. The post holder with receive regular professional
and clinical supervision in accordance to Trust policy and to Professional
Practice Guidelines set out by Health Professions Council and
appropriate designated Professional
Body.</p><p>7. Observe,
and abide by all relevant Professional Codes of Conduct and Practise. The post holder
will be fully registered with the Health Professions Council as a condition of
employment.</p><p>8. Contributing
to the management of the Psychology and Psychological Therapies Unit.</p><p>9. Providing
Clinical and professional leadership, advice to other managers and ensuring
appropriate supervision of arts therapists across the whole trust.</p><p>10. Involvement
nationally with other arts therapies leads to raise profile of DPT and move
arts therapies progress in line with other NHS trusts</p>  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Job Purpose</p><p>The principal purpose
of the job is to provide leadership, clinical governance and management support
to the Creative Therapies service for the adult community services.</p><p>To improve the
psychological health &amp; wellbeing of people
across the range of ability
through the use of creative therapies in any one or more area of
specialism such as in Art, Music, Drama, Dance or Movement) This will be
achieved in this post by:</p><p>1. To
ensure the systematic provision of high quality creative therapies using a
range of modalities and media</p><p>2. To
ensure equitable access to populations with diverse mental health needs,
including people with varied learning needs. </p><p>3. Providing
clinical leadership, managerial responsibility, co-ordination and supervision
for staff, trainees and volunteers employed by or attached to the creative
therapy service.</p><p>4. Carrying
a specialist caseload of clients, and providing advice and consultancy to
patients and professionals.</p><p>5. To
work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility
for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the creative
therapies</p><p>6. The post holder with receive regular professional
and clinical supervision in accordance to Trust policy and to Professional
Practice Guidelines set out by Health Professions Council and
appropriate designated Professional
Body.</p><p>7. Observe,
and abide by all relevant Professional Codes of Conduct and Practise. The post holder
will be fully registered with the Health Professions Council as a condition of
employment.</p><p>8. Contributing
to the management of the Psychology and Psychological Therapies Unit.</p><p>9. Providing
Clinical and professional leadership, advice to other managers and ensuring
appropriate supervision of arts therapists across the whole trust.</p><p>10. Involvement
nationally with other arts therapies leads to raise profile of DPT and move
arts therapies progress in line with other NHS trusts</p>    
  


      
  
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of work in Creative Therapies in a range of service settings or agencies </li>
        
        <li>Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision</li>
        
        <li>Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS, and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi disciplinary, multi agency contexts</li>
        
        <li>Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and  social inequality</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Specialist professional knowledge acquired through arts or other  appropriate degree with Additional training in the relevant arts psychotherapy to masters degree plus experience to accreditable standard - Registered with HCPC.</li>
        
        <li>OR</li>
        
        <li>Qualified Post doctoral Applied Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent), with specialist interest and experience in one or more Creative therapy to a professional standard - Registration with HCPC</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Further training and specialist training and experience (post-masters degree) in clinical specialism/arts therapy method</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of work in Creative Therapies in a range of service settings or agencies </li>
          
          <li>Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision</li>
          
          <li>Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS, and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi disciplinary, multi agency contexts</li>
          
          <li>Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and  social inequality</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Specialist professional knowledge acquired through arts or other  appropriate degree with Additional training in the relevant arts psychotherapy to masters degree plus experience to accreditable standard - Registered with HCPC.</li>
          
          <li>OR</li>
          
          <li>Qualified Post doctoral Applied Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent), with specialist interest and experience in one or more Creative therapy to a professional standard - Registration with HCPC</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Further training and specialist training and experience (post-masters degree) in clinical specialism/arts therapy method</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
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    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>The Briars </p>
      <p>Crabb Lane</p>
      <p>Exeter</p>
            <p>EX2 9JD</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>The Briars </p>
          <p>Crabb Lane</p>
          <p>Exeter</p>
                    <p>EX2 9JD</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Arts Therapist Principal Lead

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Are you an experienced and accredited counselling professional looking to take the next step in leadership? Nouvita Healthcare is proud to be launching a newNHS-commissioned Talking Therapiesservice in Hertfordshire and we are looking for a dynamicLead Counsellorto play a pivotal role in its success.</p><p>This is a unique opportunity to be part of an exciting new chapter in accessible, high-quality mental health care. Youll help build, shape, and deliver a compassionate, forward-thinking counselling service working closely with colleagues, GPs, NHS partners, and the wider community.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p><strong>What Youll Be Doing</strong></p><ul> <li><p>Provide Clinical Leadershipto counsellors, trainees, and other therapy professionals</p></li> <li><p>Ensure Safe &amp; Effective Supervision, overseeing the structure and quality of clinical supervision</p></li> <li><p>Deliver Specialist Therapyfor complex presentations within the service</p></li> <li><p>Support Service Developmentby creating new interventions, guiding best practice, and driving innovation within the counselling modalities</p></li> <li><p>Collaborate with NHS Partners(including Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust and GPs)</p></li> <li><p>Lead Recruitment &amp; Workforce Development, helping build and train our team</p></li> <li><p>Promote Mental Health Awarenessthrough community events, training, and public engagement</p></li></ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Nouvita Healthcare is an established provider of specialist health and social care services across Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. We are dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient-centred mental health support and therapeutic services in hospital, residential and now in outpatient settings. Our focus is on empowering recovery and improving outcomes through effective, compassionate care. At Nouvita, we value continuous improvement and foster an environment where all staff have a voice and can develop their careers.</p><p>We are committed to:</p><p>Delivering high-quality mental health services</p><p>Maintaining excellent clinical governance and patient outcomes</p><p>Supporting staff development and wellbeing</p><p>Promoting equality, inclusion, and diversity in everything we do</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>27 August 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Other</p>

    
  

  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £55,000 a year
      
    </p>
  
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>L0012-25-0017</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>33 Wellfield Close</p>
            <p>Hatfield</p>
      <p>Hertfordshire</p>
      <p>AL100BU</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><strong>Why Join Nouvita Healthcare?</strong></p><ul> <li><p>Be part of abrand-new, values-led Talking Therapies service</p></li> <li><p>Play akey leadership rolefrom day one</p></li> <li><p>Work in asupportive, multidisciplinary environment</p></li> <li><p>Contribute togenuinely meaningful mental health transformation</p></li> <li><p>Opportunities for continuedprofessional development and innovation</p></li></ul><p>If you're ready to make a difference and shape the future of psychological therapies in Hertfordshire,wed love to hear from you.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p><strong>Why Join Nouvita Healthcare?</strong></p><ul> <li><p>Be part of abrand-new, values-led Talking Therapies service</p></li> <li><p>Play akey leadership rolefrom day one</p></li> <li><p>Work in asupportive, multidisciplinary environment</p></li> <li><p>Contribute togenuinely meaningful mental health transformation</p></li> <li><p>Opportunities for continuedprofessional development and innovation</p></li></ul><p>If you're ready to make a difference and shape the future of psychological therapies in Hertfordshire,wed love to hear from you.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>What Were Looking For:</li>
        
        <li>Completed training in Counselling for Depression (essential) </li>
        
        <li>One or more NHS Talking Therapies specified counselling or psychotherapy accreditations (as detailed in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual): British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited; United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor; Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC) Accreditation; National Counselling Society (NCS) Accredited Professional registrants, British Psychoanalytic Council Registered.</li>
        
        <li>Proven experience in clinical leadership and supervision</li>
        
        <li>Skilled in working with complex presentations</li>
        
        <li>In-depth knowledge of NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT)</li>
        
        <li>Passion for service development, workforce growth, and patient care</li>
        
        <li>Willingness to travel across Hertfordshire County</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Completed training in Counselling for Depression - CfD  </li>
        
        <li>One or more NHS Talking Therapies specified counselling or psychotherapy accreditations (as detailed in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual): </li>
        
        <li>British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited; United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor; Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC) Accreditation; National Counselling Society (NCS) Accredited Professional registrants, British Psychoanalytic Council Registered.</li>
        
        <li>Willingness to travel across Hertfordshire County</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>In-depth knowledge of NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT)</li>
          
          <li>Passion for service development, workforce growth, and patient care</li>
          
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>What Were Looking For:</li>
          
          <li>Completed training in Counselling for Depression (essential) </li>
          
          <li>One or more NHS Talking Therapies specified counselling or psychotherapy accreditations (as detailed in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual): British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited; United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor; Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC) Accreditation; National Counselling Society (NCS) Accredited Professional registrants, British Psychoanalytic Council Registered.</li>
          
          <li>Proven experience in clinical leadership and supervision</li>
          
          <li>Skilled in working with complex presentations</li>
          
          <li>In-depth knowledge of NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT)</li>
          
          <li>Passion for service development, workforce growth, and patient care</li>
          
          <li>Willingness to travel across Hertfordshire County</li>
          
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            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Completed training in Counselling for Depression - CfD  </li>
          
          <li>One or more NHS Talking Therapies specified counselling or psychotherapy accreditations (as detailed in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual): </li>
          
          <li>British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited; United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor; Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC) Accreditation; National Counselling Society (NCS) Accredited Professional registrants, British Psychoanalytic Council Registered.</li>
          
          <li>Willingness to travel across Hertfordshire County</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>In-depth knowledge of NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT)</li>
            
            <li>Passion for service development, workforce growth, and patient care</li>
            
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
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    <p>Nouvita Limited</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>33 Wellfield Close</p>
            <p>Hatfield</p>
      <p>Hertfordshire</p>
      <p>AL100BU</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Nouvita Limited</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>33 Wellfield Close</p>
                    <p>Hatfield</p>
          <p>Hertfordshire</p>
          <p>AL100BU</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://nouvita.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://nouvita.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Senior Counsellor (CfD - Counselling for Depression) 

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>This is an exciting opportunity to join the Early Intervention Prevention and Promotion Service within the CAMH Service joining the established Local Integrated Family Team (LIFT), a multi-disciplinary, integrated partnership, successfully bringing together Conwy and Denbighshire County Councils and the Central Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) services. LIFT works with children of all ages, families and wider systems to understand behaviours that challenge within the home. Whilst employed through Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB), you will be embedded within the LIFT team contributing to the values of the service, which puts families at the heart. Using a compassionate bio-psycho-social understanding of challenging behaviour, LIFT works with the 'missing middle', providing assessment and intervention where universal interventions have been exceeded, and where difficulties do not meet thresholds for statutory services.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The team are looking for an enthusiastic Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to work alongside the LIFT Team Manager and other specialists to support the service to meet the team's aims and uphold its values and purpose. The successful candidate will coordinate and provide a Family Therapy service within LIFT team, as part of the wider Central Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Early Intervention, Prevention and Promotion (EIPP) service, covering the areas of Conwy and Denbighshire. Newly qualified psychotherapists, and those due to qualify as Family and Systemic Psychotherapists, would be welcome to apply, with opportunities for further professional development supported.</p> <p>An understanding of child development and systemic factors which contribute to healthy child- parent relationships are desirable, along with any experience of using evidence based and practice-based evidence, to deliver interventions within services would be valued.</p> <p>The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and /or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.</p> <p>Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.</p> <p>Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.</p> <p>Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>25 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £48,527 to £55,532 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>050-PST130-0925</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Royal Alexandra Hospital</p>
      <p>Marine Road</p>
      <p>Rhyl</p>
            <p>LL18 3AS</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac .</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac .</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Qualifications and/or Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Relevant Degree</li>
        
        <li>Post grad Family Therapy or equiv qualifiction at Masters or higher award</li>
        
        <li>UKCP Registration as a Family/Systemic Psychotherapist</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of research design and methodology as practised within the field of family therapy</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of legislation for both clinical practice and professional management in relation children and families</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of CPD</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Additional relevant academic and/or accredited therapeutic qualification</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Experience of implementing evidence based family interventions</li>
        
        <li>Experience of taking full clinical responsibility for clients' care with experience of co-ordinating</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working as a registered family/systemic psychotherapist</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working directly with children and young people</li>
          
          <li>Direct experience of Care Coordination under the MHM 2010</li>
          
          <li>Experience of Teaching, training and/or supervision</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Aptitue and Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Highly developed skills in systemic practice</li>
        
        <li>Ability to develop, manage and co-ordinate Family Therapy/interviewing</li>
        
        <li>Ability to develop, manage and coordinate training packages (staff and clients)</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work within an evidence based framework</li>
        
        <li>Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work with distressing clinical material and help others manage this</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work in contexts of high complexity and ongoing change</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to speak Welsh</li>
          
          <li>Ability to develop manage co-ordinate and provide consultation to other professionals</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
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        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications and/or Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Relevant Degree</li>
          
          <li>Post grad Family Therapy or equiv qualifiction at Masters or higher award</li>
          
          <li>UKCP Registration as a Family/Systemic Psychotherapist</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of research design and methodology as practised within the field of family therapy</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of legislation for both clinical practice and professional management in relation children and families</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of CPD</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Additional relevant academic and/or accredited therapeutic qualification</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of implementing evidence based family interventions</li>
          
          <li>Experience of taking full clinical responsibility for clients' care with experience of co-ordinating</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of working as a registered family/systemic psychotherapist</li>
            
            <li>Experience of working directly with children and young people</li>
            
            <li>Direct experience of Care Coordination under the MHM 2010</li>
            
            <li>Experience of Teaching, training and/or supervision</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Aptitue and Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Highly developed skills in systemic practice</li>
          
          <li>Ability to develop, manage and co-ordinate Family Therapy/interviewing</li>
          
          <li>Ability to develop, manage and coordinate training packages (staff and clients)</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work within an evidence based framework</li>
          
          <li>Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work with distressing clinical material and help others manage this</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work in contexts of high complexity and ongoing change</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Ability to speak Welsh</li>
            
            <li>Ability to develop manage co-ordinate and provide consultation to other professionals</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  


 
  
    
      
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        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Royal Alexandra Hospital</p>
      <p>Marine Road</p>
      <p>Rhyl</p>
            <p>LL18 3AS</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/train-work-live/" target="_blank">https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/train-work-live/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Royal Alexandra Hospital</p>
          <p>Marine Road</p>
          <p>Rhyl</p>
                    <p>LL18 3AS</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/train-work-live/" target="_blank">https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/train-work-live/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Family Systemic Psychotherapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Band 7 Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist</strong></p> <p>The post holder will provide specialist psychoanalytic child psychotherapy assessment and treatment to children, young people and their families and carers across clinical pathways within CAMHS. The post holder will be required to provide initial CAMHS assessments, offering consultation and supervision as appropriate to colleagues, within and external to the organisation in accordance with best practice. There will be a requirement for audit and research activities to enhance service development. The post holder will be working within guidelines set out by the Association for Child Psychotherapy whist adhering to Coventry &amp; Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust policies and procedures.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>  <li>To provide efficient, effective, comprehensive specialist child and adolescent psychoanalytical psychotherapy assessment and treatment for children, young people and their families.</li> </ul> <ul>  <li>To support and/or provide specialist supervision and consultation for multi-disciplinary teams within CAMHS clinical pathways and to other related staff and agencies in health, education, social services, voluntary sector, and youth support service.</li> </ul> <ul>  <li>To undertake clinical audit, research and evaluation and to contribute to the development of child psychotherapy within the organisation as required.</li> </ul> <ul>  <li>To work as an autonomous clinician within ACP guidelines and the overall framework of CAMHS and trust policies and procedures.</li> </ul> <ul>  <li>To work within clinical pathways and MDT forums to inform clinical decision making within a psychotherapeutic framework.</li> </ul> <ul>  <li>To collect and analyse data regarding referrals and outcomes in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment offered.</li> </ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.</p> <p>We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.</p> <ul>  <li>generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us</li>  <li>excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more</li>  <li>salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more</li>  <li>discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes</li>  <li>wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more</li>  <li>staff networks and support group</li> </ul> <p>We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect. </p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>13 October 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>12 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>444-7359884B-MH</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Parkside House</p>
      <p>Quinton Rd</p>
      <p>Coventry</p>
            <p>CV1 2NJ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>You will be a qualified psychotherapist with current registration with the ACP professional body. You will hold a caseload of young people with complex mental health needs and will take responsibility for providing assessments and therapeutic treatment programmes.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>You will be a qualified psychotherapist with current registration with the ACP professional body. You will hold a caseload of young people with complex mental health needs and will take responsibility for providing assessments and therapeutic treatment programmes.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Relevant Professional Qualification</li>
        
        <li>Current Registration with Association of Child Psychotherapy</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with children and adolescents in a mental health setting / service.</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of Continued Professional Development</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of attending short courses and any relevant training in specialist area.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of working with Multi-disciplinary teams and multi-agency working</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in a mental health setting.</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Relevant Professional Qualification</li>
          
          <li>Current Registration with Association of Child Psychotherapy</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with children and adolescents in a mental health setting / service.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of Continued Professional Development</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of attending short courses and any relevant training in specialist area.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working with Multi-disciplinary teams and multi-agency working</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in a mental health setting.</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

  


 

      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Parkside House</p>
      <p>Quinton Rd</p>
      <p>Coventry</p>
            <p>CV1 2NJ</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <p>Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Parkside House</p>
          <p>Quinton Rd</p>
          <p>Coventry</p>
                    <p>CV1 2NJ</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable senior DBT therapist or clinical / counselling psychologist trained in DBT, with a particular interest in family therapy work.</p> <p>CASCADE is an all-ages (14+)DBT service, delivering comprehensive, adapted and DBT-informed therapies, to treat core difficulties associated with severe emotional dysregulation, complex PTSD and otherco-occurring presentations related to an Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. </p> <p>Essential criteria for this post include being trained in DBT, leadership skills, experience of supervising others, and a flexible working approach. The postholder will be expected to work collaboratively, possess excellent planning and organisational skills, contribute towards and support the delivery of service development initiatives, and demonstrate autonomous professional responsibility for all aspects of their work. </p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>You will join a growing team of new and experienced DBT therapists delivering comprehensive DBT, adapted DBT models such as DBT-PE, DBT for cPTSD, RO-DBT and other DBT-informed interventions.You will work across both the CYP and Adult DBT programmes providing individual therapy, skills training groups and telephone coaching. Additionally, you will offer specialist psychological assessments and formulations, as well as provide consultation and advice to staff teams on DBT and behavioural principles to shape environments to support clients' adaptive behaviours. As part of your role, you will be responsible for ensuring the inclusion of family and carers throughout, and for the planning and implementation of direct family work where appropriate. An interest in or experience of family therapy or delivering DBT-informed interventions and psychoeducational groups to family and carers will be desirable. </p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.</p>
<p>Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>29 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £55,690 to £62,682 a year
      
        per annum, pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>436-7471455</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Thomas Telford House - Ardenleigh site</p>
      <p>Kingsbury Road, Erdington</p>
      <p>Birmingham</p>
            <p>B24 9SA</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Training &amp; Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Core professional training with appropriate associated professional registration.</li>
        
        <li>DBT trained diploma level or intensive training (with or without accreditation).</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Pre-qualification training or additional qualifications in an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or other psychological therapy: including MBT, CAT, EMDR.   Completed training in adapted DBT models such as DBT-PE for PTSD; DBT-RO; DBT-A</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of working with children/young people and/or adult service users diagnosed with or presenting with personality difficulties and complex trauma, in community and or inpatient mental health settings, or within a personality disorder and complex trauma pathway.</li>
        
        <li>At least 2 years post qualification experience of delivering comprehensive DBT and/or DBT-A; in mental health community, specialist or inpatient settings.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of direct therapeutic work with parents, family and carers, within a DBT programme.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of leading service development or implementing service initiatives.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Skills &amp; Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Skills in the formulation of problems from a psychological perspective and in the implementation of highly specialist psychological therapies, interventions and management techniques that are appropriate for use with complex presenting problems. Able to deliver established/evidenced based psychological therapy to fidelity.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in providing consultation and advice from a psychological perspective to members of other professional and non-professional groups.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies such as DBT, MBT, CBT for personality disorder.</li>
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Core professional training with appropriate associated professional registration.</li>
          
          <li>DBT trained diploma level or intensive training (with or without accreditation).</li>
          
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          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Pre-qualification training or additional qualifications in an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or other psychological therapy: including MBT, CAT, EMDR.   Completed training in adapted DBT models such as DBT-PE for PTSD; DBT-RO; DBT-A</li>
            
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Experience of working with children/young people and/or adult service users diagnosed with or presenting with personality difficulties and complex trauma, in community and or inpatient mental health settings, or within a personality disorder and complex trauma pathway.</li>
          
          <li>At least 2 years post qualification experience of delivering comprehensive DBT and/or DBT-A; in mental health community, specialist or inpatient settings.</li>
          
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          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Experience of direct therapeutic work with parents, family and carers, within a DBT programme.</li>
            
            <li>Experience of leading service development or implementing service initiatives.</li>
            
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            Skills &amp; Knowledge
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Skills in the formulation of problems from a psychological perspective and in the implementation of highly specialist psychological therapies, interventions and management techniques that are appropriate for use with complex presenting problems. Able to deliver established/evidenced based psychological therapy to fidelity.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in providing consultation and advice from a psychological perspective to members of other professional and non-professional groups.</li>
          
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          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies such as DBT, MBT, CBT for personality disorder.</li>
            
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    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
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      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Thomas Telford House - Ardenleigh site</p>
      <p>Kingsbury Road, Erdington</p>
      <p>Birmingham</p>
            <p>B24 9SA</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Thomas Telford House - Ardenleigh site</p>
          <p>Kingsbury Road, Erdington</p>
          <p>Birmingham</p>
                    <p>B24 9SA</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Senior DBT Therapist

Band 7 High Intensity Counsellor

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Do you have experience of working with childrens mental health?</p><p>Are you looking to train as a High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Practitioner?</p><p>We have two exciting opportunities to join our Thought-Full Mental Health Support Team in schools as a Trainee CBT Therapist - CYP (further details of the training and university are below).</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>You will be expected to work as part of an integrated mental health team which requires creativity, flexibility, and adaptability, and above all a passion for working with Children and Young People in educational settings.</p><p>As a Trainee CBT Therapist - CYP, you will hold caseloads of children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems within schools, being responsible for developing packages of care for them.</p><p>You will be training to deliver a variety of evidence-based interventions against a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model, working collaboratively with children, young people, their families, schools and other mental health professionals.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Working as part of Standards and Effectiveness, Thought-Full, The Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) are an exciting new initiative and an important strand of the Governments 2017 Green Paper Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Provision.</p><p>We fulfil 3 core functions:</p><ol> <li>Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school approach.</li> <li>Delivering evidence-based interventions in schools for mild to moderate mental health issues.</li> <li>Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.</li></ol><p>The Trainee CBT Therapist -CYP is a professional role which delivers CBT-informed, evidence-based early interventions for children and young people and parents / carers in educational settings in England, such as schools and colleges.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>14 October 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Other</p>

    
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £36,363 to £39,152 a year
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>12 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>F0052-25-0005</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>County Hall</p>
      <p>West Street</p>
      <p>Chichester</p>
      <p>West Sussex</p>
      <p>PO19 1RG</p>
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            <p>West Sussex County Council</p>
          
          <p>Chart Way</p>
                    <p>Horsham</p>
          <p>West Sussex</p>
          <p>RH12 1XH</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>To succeed at this role, you will need to:</p><ul><li>Be highly motivated and enthusiastic about making a difference to children and young peoples mental health through evidence-based interventions</li> <li>You will be committed to the CYP Psychological Training Programme core principles: Accessibility, accountability, participation, awareness and evidence-based practice and in providing an inclusive and effective service for children and young people, along with a dedication to equity, diversity and inclusion.</li> <li>Demonstrate a good level of understanding/experience in offering cognitive behavioural informed assessment, formulation, and intervention.</li> <li>Demonstrate the ability to study as a self-motivated learner.</li> <li>Be open and aware of others.</li> <li>Have time management skills, organisational skills, and be able to communicate in English with members of the public.</li> <li>Work collaboratively with children, young people, and their families to provide the best outcomes for them.</li> <li>You will need to be able to demonstrate personal resilience as some cases may be sensitive, traumatic or potentially emotionally distressing.</li></ul><p>For more information on the Key Skills, Qualifications and/or Experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached. Please refer to the key skills in your cover letter as these will be used for shortlisting criteria.</p><p>Training and Qualification Information</p><p>This post is fully funded by NHS England.</p><p>Our Trainee CBT Therapist - CYP positions training starts in January 2026. This is split with 2.5 days a week for academic work (teaching and personal study), and 2.5 days based at the service seeing clients related to training assignments. Trainees will be both an employee of the service and an enrolled student with KCL. Upon completion, qualified trainees will receive a Postgraduate Diploma.</p><p>Whilst on assignment you will work within a multidisciplinary team, being responsible for supporting development and embedding services in educational settings.</p><p>You will either need a minimum second-class bachelors degree (or equivalent in a relevant subject),OR if you do not hold the academic criteria but you have relevant professional experience, we would love to hear from you.</p><p>You need to be ready to start with us in January as the course begins on 19 January 2026.</p><p>The reference number for this role isCAFHE05425.</p><p>To apply: please upload your CV and Cover Letter. You can apply via the WSCC here: <a href="http://emea3.mrted.ly/3y2sf" target="_blank">http://emea3.mrted.ly/3y2sf</a></p><p>In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.</p><p>This is a dual application process. In addition to applying for this position with us, you must also complete a KCL application for the Course Team to review. The Course Team will liaise with us on whether you meet the academic requirements for the course during the recruitment process. You will only be offered a KCL training place if you are successful in securing this post and you meet the university training requirements.</p><p>Please go to <a href="https://www.kings-cyp.com/page/recruit-to-train" target="_blank">https://www.kings-cyp.com/page/recruit-to-train</a> to complete your UCL application.</p><p>Please note: candidates who have previously completed a course funded by HEE (Health Education England), can only apply for this course 2 years after the exam board of their previous course.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>To succeed at this role, you will need to:</p><ul><li>Be highly motivated and enthusiastic about making a difference to children and young peoples mental health through evidence-based interventions</li> <li>You will be committed to the CYP Psychological Training Programme core principles: Accessibility, accountability, participation, awareness and evidence-based practice and in providing an inclusive and effective service for children and young people, along with a dedication to equity, diversity and inclusion.</li> <li>Demonstrate a good level of understanding/experience in offering cognitive behavioural informed assessment, formulation, and intervention.</li> <li>Demonstrate the ability to study as a self-motivated learner.</li> <li>Be open and aware of others.</li> <li>Have time management skills, organisational skills, and be able to communicate in English with members of the public.</li> <li>Work collaboratively with children, young people, and their families to provide the best outcomes for them.</li> <li>You will need to be able to demonstrate personal resilience as some cases may be sensitive, traumatic or potentially emotionally distressing.</li></ul><p>For more information on the Key Skills, Qualifications and/or Experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached. Please refer to the key skills in your cover letter as these will be used for shortlisting criteria.</p><p>Training and Qualification Information</p><p>This post is fully funded by NHS England.</p><p>Our Trainee CBT Therapist - CYP positions training starts in January 2026. This is split with 2.5 days a week for academic work (teaching and personal study), and 2.5 days based at the service seeing clients related to training assignments. Trainees will be both an employee of the service and an enrolled student with KCL. Upon completion, qualified trainees will receive a Postgraduate Diploma.</p><p>Whilst on assignment you will work within a multidisciplinary team, being responsible for supporting development and embedding services in educational settings.</p><p>You will either need a minimum second-class bachelors degree (or equivalent in a relevant subject),OR if you do not hold the academic criteria but you have relevant professional experience, we would love to hear from you.</p><p>You need to be ready to start with us in January as the course begins on 19 January 2026.</p><p>The reference number for this role isCAFHE05425.</p><p>To apply: please upload your CV and Cover Letter. You can apply via the WSCC here: <a href="http://emea3.mrted.ly/3y2sf" target="_blank">http://emea3.mrted.ly/3y2sf</a></p><p>In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.</p><p>This is a dual application process. In addition to applying for this position with us, you must also complete a KCL application for the Course Team to review. The Course Team will liaise with us on whether you meet the academic requirements for the course during the recruitment process. You will only be offered a KCL training place if you are successful in securing this post and you meet the university training requirements.</p><p>Please go to <a href="https://www.kings-cyp.com/page/recruit-to-train" target="_blank">https://www.kings-cyp.com/page/recruit-to-train</a> to complete your UCL application.</p><p>Please note: candidates who have previously completed a course funded by HEE (Health Education England), can only apply for this course 2 years after the exam board of their previous course.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Qualifications and/or experience:</li>
        
        <li>Minimum second-class bachelors degree, or equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc)</li>
        
        <li>OR</li>
        
        <li>Applicants who do not fulfil the academic criteria but have relevant professional experience are still encouraged to apply and will be considered on a case-by-case basis</li>
        
        <li>PLUS</li>
        
        <li>2 or more years of experience working within a children and young peoples mental health setting (e.g. mental health worker)</li>
        
        <li>Previous experience of working within a CBT framework and/or using CBT informed interventions (e.g. PWP, CWP, EMHP).</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Previous training in a mental-health related profession (e.g. psychology, nursing, health visiting, social work, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, special needs teaching, psychiatry, psychotherapy, counselling, CWP, EMHP and low intensity therapies).</li>
          
          <li>Ability to study and complete academic work at postgraduate study level, with a proven record of academic attainment.</li>
          
          <li>Previous experience of assessing and managing risk and safeguarding issues.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working as multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary working and liaising across internal and external agencies.</li>
          
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>(These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)</li>
        
        <li>Key Skills:</li>
        
        <li>1.Ability to maintain a reflective stance and consider multiple perspectives in emotive/challenging interactions with children, young people and their parent/carers.</li>
        
        <li>2.Ability to personally manage sensitive and potentially emotionally distressing caseload material.</li>
        
        <li>3.Ability to reflect on own practice (in clinical supervision and practice tutor groups with course peers).</li>
        
        <li>4.Ability to maintain accurate records and follow all policy and clinical governance procedures.</li>
        
        <li>5.Ability to complete academic work at postgraduate level and balance the academic demands of the course with clinical placement demands.</li>
        
        <li>6.Effective verbal and written communication skills with good IT skills and able to work with diverse communities.</li>
        
        <li>7.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly build and maintain an effective therapeutic rapport with a child, young person and / or their parents.</li>
        
        <li>8.Ability to effectively manage an allocated caseload including assessing, recording and communicating risk appropriately and taking necessary actions.</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Qualifications and/or experience:</li>
          
          <li>Minimum second-class bachelors degree, or equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc)</li>
          
          <li>OR</li>
          
          <li>Applicants who do not fulfil the academic criteria but have relevant professional experience are still encouraged to apply and will be considered on a case-by-case basis</li>
          
          <li>PLUS</li>
          
          <li>2 or more years of experience working within a children and young peoples mental health setting (e.g. mental health worker)</li>
          
          <li>Previous experience of working within a CBT framework and/or using CBT informed interventions (e.g. PWP, CWP, EMHP).</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Previous training in a mental-health related profession (e.g. psychology, nursing, health visiting, social work, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, special needs teaching, psychiatry, psychotherapy, counselling, CWP, EMHP and low intensity therapies).</li>
            
            <li>Ability to study and complete academic work at postgraduate study level, with a proven record of academic attainment.</li>
            
            <li>Previous experience of assessing and managing risk and safeguarding issues.</li>
            
            <li>Experience of working as multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary working and liaising across internal and external agencies.</li>
            
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>(These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)</li>
          
          <li>Key Skills:</li>
          
          <li>1.Ability to maintain a reflective stance and consider multiple perspectives in emotive/challenging interactions with children, young people and their parent/carers.</li>
          
          <li>2.Ability to personally manage sensitive and potentially emotionally distressing caseload material.</li>
          
          <li>3.Ability to reflect on own practice (in clinical supervision and practice tutor groups with course peers).</li>
          
          <li>4.Ability to maintain accurate records and follow all policy and clinical governance procedures.</li>
          
          <li>5.Ability to complete academic work at postgraduate level and balance the academic demands of the course with clinical placement demands.</li>
          
          <li>6.Effective verbal and written communication skills with good IT skills and able to work with diverse communities.</li>
          
          <li>7.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly build and maintain an effective therapeutic rapport with a child, young person and / or their parents.</li>
          
          <li>8.Ability to effectively manage an allocated caseload including assessing, recording and communicating risk appropriately and taking necessary actions.</li>
          
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
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    <p>West Sussex County Council</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>County Hall</p>
      <p>West Street</p>
      <p>Chichester</p>
      <p>West Sussex</p>
      <p>PO19 1RG</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <p>West Sussex County Council</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>County Hall</p>
          <p>West Street</p>
          <p>Chichester</p>
          <p>West Sussex</p>
          <p>PO19 1RG</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Trainee CBT Therapist

Head of Service

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior High Intensity CBT Therapist to join our NHS Wirral Talking Therapies Service!</strong></p><p><strong>Working hours for this job are Monday to Friday - service hours between 8am and 8pm, with the expectation of at least one late shift per week (12-8).</strong></p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>As a Senior HIT, youll provide evidence-based therapy for people experiencing complex anxiety and depression, while also taking a leadership role in the team. Youll balance your own clinical caseload with supporting colleagues, trainees, and service developments that ensure we continue to deliver excellent, person-centred care.</p><p><strong>Key responsibilities</strong></p><ul> <li>Lead and support a team of therapists to deliver high-quality Step 3 interventions (face-to-face and remote).</li> <li>Monitor and report on service performance, using data to drive recovery outcomes and ensure KPIs are achieved.</li> <li>Support incident investigations, identifying lessons learned and embedding improvements.</li> <li>Contribute to service reviews, evaluations, and working groups to improve both operations and clinical quality.</li> <li>Provide supervision, training, and ongoing support to trainees, including coordinating with university partners.</li> <li>Maintain a small caseload to support your clinical practice and accreditation.</li> <li>Promote a safe, supportive, and high-quality service environment.</li></ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p><strong>What We Offer In Return</strong></p><p>We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:</p><ul> <li>30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) pro rata for part-time and the option to purchase or sell days</li> <li>Enhanced pension</li> <li>Wagestream-ability torelease earnings, giving youinstant access to your pay</li> <li>Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card</li> <li>Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary</li> <li>Plus, many more great benefits on offer</li></ul><p>Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.</p><p>We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities. We particularly encourage applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds, as we strive to ensure our service reflects the diversity within our locality.</p>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>14 October 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Other</p>

    
  

  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £53,754 a year
      
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  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Full-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>B0419-25-0094</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
        <p>Nhs Wirral Talking Therapies</p>
      
      <p>Woodside Business Park</p>
            <p>Birkenhead</p>
      <p>Merseyside</p>
      <p>CH41 1EL</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><strong>We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior High Intensity CBT Therapist to join our NHS Wirral Talking Therapies Service!</strong></p><p><strong>Working hours for this job are Monday to Friday - service hours between 8am and 8pm, with the expectation of at least one late shift per week (12-8).</strong></p><p>As a Senior HIT, youll provide evidence-based therapy for people experiencing complex anxiety and depression, while also taking a leadership role in the team. Youll balance your own clinical caseload with supporting colleagues, trainees, and service developments that ensure we continue to deliver excellent, person-centred care.</p><p><strong>Key responsibilities</strong></p><ul> <li>Lead and support a team of therapists to deliver high-quality Step 3 interventions (face-to-face and remote).</li> <li>Monitor and report on service performance, using data to drive recovery outcomes and ensure KPIs are achieved.</li> <li>Support incident investigations, identifying lessons learned and embedding improvements.</li> <li>Contribute to service reviews, evaluations, and working groups to improve both operations and clinical quality.</li> <li>Provide supervision, training, and ongoing support to trainees, including coordinating with university partners.</li> <li>Maintain a small caseload to support your clinical practice and accreditation.</li> <li>Promote a safe, supportive, and high-quality service environment.</li></ul><p><strong>About you</strong></p><p>We would love to hear from you if you possess the following:</p><ul> <li>A recognised Step 3 High Intensity CBT qualification and BABCP (or equivalent) accreditation.</li> <li>A supervision qualification, with experience supporting and developing others.</li> <li>Significant post-qualification experience delivering Step 3 interventions in Talking Therapies.</li> <li>Proven ability to manage a high-volume caseload and achieve strong clinical outcomes.</li> <li>Experience of working with complex mental health needs, risk management, and challenging presentations.</li> <li>Strong knowledge of the stepped-care model, evidence-based psychological therapies, and national policy on mental health provision.</li> <li>Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and support colleagues.</li> <li>Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data to drive service improvements.</li> <li>A commitment to Everyturns values of compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and innovation.</li></ul><p><strong>What We Offer In Return</strong></p><p>We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:</p><ul> <li>30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) pro rata for part-time and the option to purchase or sell days</li> <li>Enhanced pension</li> <li>Wagestream-ability torelease earnings, giving youinstant access to your pay</li> <li>Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card</li> <li>Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary</li> <li>Plus, many more great benefits on offer</li></ul><p>Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.</p><p>We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities. We particularly encourage applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds, as we strive to ensure our service reflects the diversity within our locality.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p><strong>We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior High Intensity CBT Therapist to join our NHS Wirral Talking Therapies Service!</strong></p><p><strong>Working hours for this job are Monday to Friday - service hours between 8am and 8pm, with the expectation of at least one late shift per week (12-8).</strong></p><p>As a Senior HIT, youll provide evidence-based therapy for people experiencing complex anxiety and depression, while also taking a leadership role in the team. Youll balance your own clinical caseload with supporting colleagues, trainees, and service developments that ensure we continue to deliver excellent, person-centred care.</p><p><strong>Key responsibilities</strong></p><ul> <li>Lead and support a team of therapists to deliver high-quality Step 3 interventions (face-to-face and remote).</li> <li>Monitor and report on service performance, using data to drive recovery outcomes and ensure KPIs are achieved.</li> <li>Support incident investigations, identifying lessons learned and embedding improvements.</li> <li>Contribute to service reviews, evaluations, and working groups to improve both operations and clinical quality.</li> <li>Provide supervision, training, and ongoing support to trainees, including coordinating with university partners.</li> <li>Maintain a small caseload to support your clinical practice and accreditation.</li> <li>Promote a safe, supportive, and high-quality service environment.</li></ul><p><strong>About you</strong></p><p>We would love to hear from you if you possess the following:</p><ul> <li>A recognised Step 3 High Intensity CBT qualification and BABCP (or equivalent) accreditation.</li> <li>A supervision qualification, with experience supporting and developing others.</li> <li>Significant post-qualification experience delivering Step 3 interventions in Talking Therapies.</li> <li>Proven ability to manage a high-volume caseload and achieve strong clinical outcomes.</li> <li>Experience of working with complex mental health needs, risk management, and challenging presentations.</li> <li>Strong knowledge of the stepped-care model, evidence-based psychological therapies, and national policy on mental health provision.</li> <li>Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and support colleagues.</li> <li>Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data to drive service improvements.</li> <li>A commitment to Everyturns values of compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and innovation.</li></ul><p><strong>What We Offer In Return</strong></p><p>We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:</p><ul> <li>30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) pro rata for part-time and the option to purchase or sell days</li> <li>Enhanced pension</li> <li>Wagestream-ability torelease earnings, giving youinstant access to your pay</li> <li>Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card</li> <li>Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary</li> <li>Plus, many more great benefits on offer</li></ul><p>Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.</p><p>We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities. We particularly encourage applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds, as we strive to ensure our service reflects the diversity within our locality.</p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>A recognised Step 3 High Intensity CBT qualification and BABCP (or equivalent) accreditation.</li>
        
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        <li>Significant post-qualification experience delivering Step 3 interventions in Talking Therapies.</li>
        
        <li>Proven ability to manage a high-volume caseload and achieve strong clinical outcomes.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with complex mental health needs, risk management, and challenging presentations.</li>
        
        <li>Strong knowledge of the stepped-care model, evidence-based psychological therapies, and national policy on mental health provision.</li>
        
        <li>Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and support colleagues.</li>
        
        <li>Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data to drive service improvements.</li>
        
        <li>A commitment to Everyturns values of compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and innovation.</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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          <li>A recognised Step 3 High Intensity CBT qualification and BABCP (or equivalent) accreditation.</li>
          
          <li>A supervision qualification, with experience supporting and developing others.</li>
          
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Significant post-qualification experience delivering Step 3 interventions in Talking Therapies.</li>
          
          <li>Proven ability to manage a high-volume caseload and achieve strong clinical outcomes.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with complex mental health needs, risk management, and challenging presentations.</li>
          
          <li>Strong knowledge of the stepped-care model, evidence-based psychological therapies, and national policy on mental health provision.</li>
          
          <li>Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and support colleagues.</li>
          
          <li>Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data to drive service improvements.</li>
          
          <li>A commitment to Everyturns values of compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and innovation.</li>
          
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    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

  


 

      
  
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Everyturn Mental Health</p>
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      <p>Nhs Wirral Talking Therapies</p>
      
      <p>Woodside Business Park</p>
            <p>Birkenhead</p>
      <p>Merseyside</p>
      <p>CH41 1EL</p>
    
  

  
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        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Everyturn Mental Health</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Nhs Wirral Talking Therapies</p>
          
          <p>Woodside Business Park</p>
                    <p>Birkenhead</p>
          <p>Merseyside</p>
          <p>CH41 1EL</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.everyturn.org/careers-at-everyturn/" target="_blank">https://www.everyturn.org/careers-at-everyturn/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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