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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting opportunity for a permanent post has arisen within NHFT to deliver integrated healthcare within HMP Lowdham Grange . The successful candidate will have prior experience working as an Assistant Psychologist.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holder will be working as a member of the mental health team to provide psychological interventions for a wide range of mental health challenges, including the delivery of psychoeducational groups and one to one work, as well as working with neurodiverse residents. The ability to employ CBT for common mental health challenges is essential but the post holder will also make use of other psychological approaches as necessary to ensure that the most suitable person-centred care is provided.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Staffordshire &amp; Nottinghamshire.</p>
<p>NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>11 September 2025</p>

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

    
      
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      <p>Band 5</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
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      £31,049 to £37,796 a year
      
        pa pro rata
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <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>270-TG341-MH</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>HMP Lowdham Grange</p>
            <p>Lowdham</p>
            <p>NG14 7DA</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>There will also be the opportunity to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. The post requires the ability to work alongside partner agencies such as the prison, forensic psychology, and probation services in order to provide residents with care and support while meeting the operational needs of working within a secure setting. The production of reports and communication with partner agencies will require the regular use of professional writing skills.</p>
<p>The nature of our work may involve exposure to material and situations which may be emotionally challenging.</p>
<p>We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce, who are values driven, compassionate and aspire to deliver high-quality care every day.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>There will also be the opportunity to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. The post requires the ability to work alongside partner agencies such as the prison, forensic psychology, and probation services in order to provide residents with care and support while meeting the operational needs of working within a secure setting. The production of reports and communication with partner agencies will require the regular use of professional writing skills.</p>
<p>The nature of our work may involve exposure to material and situations which may be emotionally challenging.</p>
<p>We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce, who are values driven, compassionate and aspire to deliver high-quality care every day.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology.</li>
        
        <li>Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society</li>
        
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          <li>Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.</li>
          
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        <li>Experience of work in a healthcare setting</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities as an assistant psychologist</li>
        
        <li>Experience of using psychological assessments, formulations, risk assessments and care planning</li>
        
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          <li>Experience of working with people with offending history.</li>
          
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            <li>Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.</li>
            
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            Experience
          
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          <li>Experience of work in a healthcare setting</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities as an assistant psychologist</li>
          
          <li>Experience of using psychological assessments, formulations, risk assessments and care planning</li>
          
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            <li>Experience of working with people with offending history.</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>
  

  

  


 

      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>HMP Lowdham Grange</p>
            <p>Lowdham</p>
            <p>NG14 7DA</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>HMP Lowdham Grange</p>
                    <p>Lowdham</p>
                    <p>NG14 7DA</p>
        
      

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

NHS Jobs

Senior Assistant Psychologist

<p><strong>Please note this role may appear with a location in the advert which is our head office. This is predominantly a remote role, and therefore suitable for applicants Nationwide.</strong></p><p>This is a fixed term contract for(6-months initially, immediate start) <br>22.5 hours (not inclusive of lunch breaks).</p><p>We may require you travel to our offices in York and London, and other locations within the UK (reimbursed through expenses) for team development days, staff training and other in-person events (approximately 2-3 days during this fixed term).</p><p><strong>About our opportunity</strong></p><p>As a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist you will supervise and support the assessment and interventions provided by Assistant Psychologists across various areas of Onebright’s delivery of services. You will also hold a small caseload and provide Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies to clients accessing our services through our vibrant Adult Psychological Therapies team at Onebright. You will be working with an articulate and interesting group of clients, who are motivated and engaging, to proactively support them in improving their mental health. Our practitioners work collaboratively with our clients to achieve the best treatment outcomes. &nbsp;</p><p>As a clinically led service with over 30 years’ experience, Onebright has helped organisations and individuals navigate the challenges of mental health and wellbeing in the UK. We are proud to be a trusted provider of evidence-based clinical assessments and treatments, delivering high-quality services to more than 60,000 people annually.</p><p>Our mission is to create a brighter tomorrow by providing easy access to personalised, life-changing mental health support. You would be integral to our mission.</p><p>Our vision is to be the specialist provider of mental health services for practitioners and clients. We’re driven by five core values which underpin our expertise delivering mental health support at scale.&nbsp;</p><ol><li>We are client centred.</li><li>We support each other.</li><li>We are curious.</li><li>We are committed to quality care.</li><li>We lead with integrity and compassion.</li></ol><p>Most of Onebright’s clients are professional working people.&nbsp; These include but are not limited to:</p><ul><li>Individuals and families with private medical insurance;</li><li>front-line health care professionals (e.g., police, fire services, NHS staff); and</li><li>corporate employees from sectors such as law, energy and finance.</li></ul><p>Our clients typically present at the early stage of mental ill-health, are highly engaged, and motivated to improve. Presentations are&nbsp;typically <strong>subclinical to mild/moderate</strong>, with&nbsp;<strong>lower risk</strong>&nbsp;than what is found in stepped-care NHS services. You will spend less time on admin-heavy risk management and safeguarding protocols, and more time delivering therapy that works when compared to treatment as usual in the NHS. Our structured clinical assessments, provided by over 50 mental health nurses, manage safety into the clinical services. Our streamlined systems, with risk escalation, means you can focus on what you do best: helping people get better.</p><p>In this role you will also hold a small caseload and be working with adults accessing our services providing a specific number of client contacts per week. As an experienced practitioner you will treat a mixed caseload of sub-clinical and mild/moderate presentations.</p><p><strong>You will:</strong></p><ul><li>Support the Assistant Psychology team through expert consultations, provide clinical supervision and hold clinical oversight of work undertaken by Assistant Psychologists who are under your supervision.</li><li>Be committed to placing the client at the centre of the service and everything that you do; providing evidence-based treatments as indicated by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) – specifically Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and EMDR if trained to part 2.&nbsp;</li><li>Treat clients who have a range of subclinical and mild to moderate anxiety and depression presentations and apply the principles of CBT to other mental health problems where clinically appropriate.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Demonstrate integrity and compassion within our culture of ED&amp;I practices in every aspect of the role, above and beyond ensuring adherence to legislative statutory guidance, and Onebright policies and procedures.</li></ul><p><strong>What we need from you</strong></p><ul><li>Post-graduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.</li><li>Minimum of five years’ mental health experience working in public/private healthcare, with a minimum of two of those years’ being post qualifying experience.</li><li>Experience of supervising Assistant Psychologists and/or qualified mental health professionals.</li><li>Have provided a minimum of 80 hours clinical supervision to others over the past two years as part of their clinical practice.</li></ul><p><strong>Desirable:</strong></p><ul><li>Specialist clinical supervision training.</li><li>Registration on the BPS Register of Applied Psychology Practice supervisors and/or BABCP Supervisor accreditation.</li><li>Completion of a Post Graduate training course specifically in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.</li><li>Accreditation with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies as a CBT Practitioner.</li></ul><p>Please review the ‘<strong>Role Profile and Person Specification’ </strong>attached to this advert for more details on the essential and desirable criteria for this role.</p><p><strong>More about Onebright</strong></p><p>At Onebright, we offer a wide range of private psychological therapy and neurodevelopmental services. We treat adults, children and young people who experience emotional and psychological issues. We help individuals and organisations with mental health and wellbeing solutions, providing <strong>every person</strong> with the best mental healthcare, offering hope for a better future. We work across the mental health continuum from performance optimisation, early intervention, prevention, and treatment.&nbsp;</p><p>Our deep understanding of mental health and unrivalled clinical expertise enables us to support businesses from the first interaction with us through to recovery.</p><p>You can find out more about Onebright via our website - <a href="https://onebright.com/" target="_blank">https://onebright.com/</a></p><p><strong>Application process </strong></p><p>Should you meet the essential criteria for this position please apply via the application link and please ensure the following is attached to your application</p><ol><li>Copy of your CV.</li><li>A covering letter.</li><li>A supporting statement demonstrating how your experience meets the competencies outlined within the role profile using the following headings below, which are taken from the role profile:</li></ol><br><ol><li>Clinical</li><li>Clinical governance.</li><li>Facilitating teaching, training and supervision.</li><li>Organisational and administrative.</li><li>Personal and professional development.</li><li>Additional information (optional).</li></ol><p>&nbsp;If you have any other relevant information that would be helpful to know in your application, please add this to point 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>You will need to upload the covering letter and supporting statement as one document, under the section “Covering letter” as part of the application process.</p><p><strong>How we say thank you</strong></p><p>An exciting career is much more than just a salary. We also understand that everyone, regardless of culture, gender identity, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, or disability status, can contribute to our goal to make our work better for all. Our strength is in our people. So, at Onebright we have a range of benefits that include:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>26 days holiday with an option to purchase more through our holiday purchase scheme. Plus, bank holidays on top.</li><li>When you need support, we rely on our excellent Employee Assistance Programme to help you with your wellbeing.</li><li>A private company pension with Royal London enabling you to keep one eye on the future.</li><li>Your development is critical to our success so giving you access to Continuous Professional Development is always available to you.</li><li>A very useful cash plan to help with those unexpected health issues such as dentist, eye wear or prescriptions and much more.</li><li>Rewards gateway giving you access to an endless list of little perks and savings with retailers.</li><li>Learning new skills is important so accessing our Onebright Learning and Development platform will engage your enquiring mind.</li><li>We encourage and reward our staff to “Refer Friends &amp; Colleagues” with cash reward when they successfully join us.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;At Onebright we like to go further. So, we want to ensure that once you get here, you’ll still be going places.</p><p><strong>Information to help you in your application</strong></p><ul><li>Onebright is committed to delivering in line with 'safer recruitment' principles and therefore the successful candidate will be required to undertake a credit check and a DBS check (Enhanced or Standard) with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), the cost of which will be met by Onebright.</li><li>Onebright is committed to adhering to the Equality Act 2010 and provides equal opportunities to all applicants, staff and clients. Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you might need in the application or interview process, please contact&nbsp;our Recruitment Team and we will organise appropriate support.</li><li>Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK, and we will seek to complete a Right to Work check for all candidates.</li></ul><p>If you would like to <strong>find out more</strong> about this role, please contact:</p><p>Dr. Glenn Mason, Head of Adult Psychological Therapies, <a href="mailto:glennmason@onebright.com" target="_blank">glennmason@onebright.com</a> or Dr. Helen Taylor, Clinical Lead, <a href="mailto:helentaylor@onebright.com" target="_blank">helentaylor@onebright.com</a></p>

Onebright

Locum HCPC Practitioner Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>The N&amp;S CAMHS Adolescent At-risk &amp; Forensic Service (AAFS) is a national and specialist service within the South London &amp; Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. AAFS are delighted to be recruiting a 1 WTE Band 7 Specialist Practitioner Psychologist to join our team on a permanent basis.This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a responsive, specialist service for young people and families who present with high risk alongside complex mental health needs and neurodiversity. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to consolidate skills in formulation, intervention, and risk management within a skilled and supportive clinical team.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holders will provide a specialist clinical service to the Adolescent At-risk &amp; Forensic Service, National and Specialist CAMHS. Main duties include:</p> <p>o Highly specialist assessments of young people with complex mental health needs, high-risk behaviours (e.g., self-harm, aggression, sexual offending) and/ or risk of exploitation (sexual and criminal). Assessments include structured risk and neuropsychological assessments.o To provide direct and indirect evidence-based psychological interventions for young people, their families and the systems around them. o To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.o To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate. o To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.o To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p><strong>About our locations:</strong>The post will be based at the Maudsley Hospital which is located in Denmark Hill, less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from green spaces (e.g., Ruskin Park) and a vibrant high-street (Camberwell). (Due to move to the Pears Maudsley Children and Young People (PMCYP) at the Maudsley Hospital in late 2025/early 2026)</p> <p><strong>Flexible working:</strong>As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 09:00 to 17:00. This may include working early mornings or late evenings and some Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>03 September 2025</p>

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

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

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £56,276 to £63,176 a year
      
        per annum Incl. of HCAs
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <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>334-CLI-7424864</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Michael Rutter Centre</p>
      <p>De Crespigny Park</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SE5 8AZ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>The post holders will provide a specialist clinical service to the Adolescent At-risk &amp; Forensic Service, National and Specialist CAMHS. We are a friendly and supportive team committed to professional and personal development. We are committed to addressing inequality in access, experience and outcomes for children and staff from diverse backgrounds and take an anti-racist approach. Our team is made up of clinical psychologists, a forensic psychologist, a social worker, clinical psychology trainees, MSc placement students, and assistant psychologists. We are actively involved in research and have close links with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology &amp; Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, Doctoral Training Programme in Clinical Psychology. We recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and the positive impact this has on our staff and our service users. We welcome and actively encourage applications from those with lived experiences of mental health and care services and from black and minority groups.Main duties include: Highly specialist assessments of young people with complex mental health needs, high-risk behaviours (e.g., self-harm, aggression, sexual offending) and/ or risk of exploitation (e.g., sexual and criminal). Assessments include structured risk and neuropsychological assessments. To provide direct and indirect evidence-based psychological interventions for young people, their families and the systems around them.  To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment. To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.  To undertake service evaluation, audit and research. To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>The post holders will provide a specialist clinical service to the Adolescent At-risk &amp; Forensic Service, National and Specialist CAMHS. We are a friendly and supportive team committed to professional and personal development. We are committed to addressing inequality in access, experience and outcomes for children and staff from diverse backgrounds and take an anti-racist approach. Our team is made up of clinical psychologists, a forensic psychologist, a social worker, clinical psychology trainees, MSc placement students, and assistant psychologists. We are actively involved in research and have close links with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology &amp; Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, Doctoral Training Programme in Clinical Psychology. We recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and the positive impact this has on our staff and our service users. We welcome and actively encourage applications from those with lived experiences of mental health and care services and from black and minority groups.Main duties include: Highly specialist assessments of young people with complex mental health needs, high-risk behaviours (e.g., self-harm, aggression, sexual offending) and/ or risk of exploitation (e.g., sexual and criminal). Assessments include structured risk and neuropsychological assessments. To provide direct and indirect evidence-based psychological interventions for young people, their families and the systems around them.  To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment. To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.  To undertake service evaluation, audit and research. To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service.</p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>Professional Doctorate or combined MSc plus diploma that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration as a Clinical or Forensic psychologist. (A/I)</li>
        
        <li>Additional training beyond entry level qualifications in a specialised area of psychological practice (CBT/ DBT). This could be a diploma or short course. (A/I)</li>
        
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          Experience
        
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        <li>Experience of assessment and treatment of clients with a range of complex needs and risk behaviours (A/I)</li>
        
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        <li>To be skilled in the use of risk assessment measures, risk formulation (including wider context and complexity) and management (A/I)</li>
        
        <li>To deliver a range of evidence-based interventions with child, parent/ carer and systems in at least one model of psychological therapy (i.e. CBT, DBT) (A/I)</li>
        
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          <li>Knowledge of mental health and CAMHS assessment including clinical psychometrics. (A/I)</li>
          
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          <li>To deliver therapy across cultural and other differences. (A/I)</li>
          
          <li>To be skilled in the use of risk assessment measures, risk formulation (including wider context and complexity) and management (A/I)</li>
          
          <li>To deliver a range of evidence-based interventions with child, parent/ carer and systems in at least one model of psychological therapy (i.e. CBT, DBT) (A/I)</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>
  

  
    <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>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Michael Rutter Centre</p>
      <p>De Crespigny Park</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SE5 8AZ</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Michael Rutter Centre</p>
          <p>De Crespigny Park</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>SE5 8AZ</p>
        
      

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

CAMHS Specialist Practitioner Psychologist

Preceptorship Senior Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Bexley MHST seeks to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who are passionate about mental health support in schools, with a demonstrable track record of MHST clinical experience. This is a fixed term contract to cover the existing staff member's annual leave.</p> <p>This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified SWP, who has at least two year's post qualification experience as an EMHP, to build their experience as a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner (SWP) within a highly supportive, creative and dynamic team with the Bexley Mental Health Support Team.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holder will:</p> <p>o Work as part of the Bexley MHST team to manage a defined caseload with a focus on providing focused assessment and evidence-based intervention for children and young people (CYP) with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers.</p> <p>o Plan and deliver whole school activities, as part of a school's whole school/college approach to mental health and wellbeing.</p> <p>o Provide advice and guided signposting to education settings. </p> <p>o Be expected to provide Case Management and Clinical Supervision to qualified and/or trainee EMHPs within the service.</p> <p>o Be able to work flexibly across a range of education providers. </p> <p>o Promote the participation of children, young people, families, carers and the wider school community.</p> <p>o Promote equity, diversity and inclusion within their own role, the MHST and school communities, contributing to enabling other staff, children, young people, families, carers and the wider school community from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.</p> <p>Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:</p> <ul>  <li>We're Kind</li>  <li>We're Fair</li>  <li>We Listen</li>  <li>We Care</li> </ul>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>01 September 2025</p>

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

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £44,485 to £52,521 a year
      
        pa inc
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>7 months</p>
  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>277-7409659-CYP-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Goldie Leigh</p>
            <p>Welling, Kent</p>
            <p>DA16 1BL</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <ul>
<li>Work as part of the Bexley MHST team to manage a defined caseload with a focus on providing focused assessment and evidence-based intervention for children and young people (CYP) with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers.</li>
<li>Plan and deliver whole school activities, as part of a schools whole school/college approach to mental health and wellbeing.</li>
<li>Provide consultation and guided signposting to education settings. Be expected to provide Case Management and Clinical Skills Supervision to qualified and/or trainee EMHPs within the service.</li>
<li>Ensure that all members of the multi-disciplinary team, their colleagues, service users and appropriate others are informed/updated of changes involving current care plans, progress, mental state, and psychosocial factors in line with best practice.</li>
<li>Liaise with and advise CYP and families, schools, local authority and other statutory bodies and third sector agencies including childrens safeguarding as necessary.</li>
<li>Communicate sensitive information to carers and relatives.</li>
<li>Use a range of communication styles and channels as appropriate to the task.</li>
<li>Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate.</li>
<li>Maintain accurate written records on the electronic record system of the service.</li>
<li>Undertake assessments, culminating in an agreed plan of action and/or care and intervention.</li>
<li>Undertake complex risk assessments and develop a formulation of risk which will lead to the development of risk management plans which have taken into consideration a range of possible options.</li>
<li>Undertake and continuously re-evaluate complex bio-psycho-social assessments and develop a working formulation and/or diagnosis which will lead to the development of personalised needs-led care plan in line with evidence based and routine outcome measures.</li>
<li>Ensure that practice is evidence-based, paying attention to the services and NICE guidelines, policies, protocols and pathways and other professional standards.</li>
<li>Be available for and participate in individual supervision with agreed clinical supervisor.</li>
<li>Comply with information governance policies.</li>
<li>Comply with the relevant professional standards.</li>
<li>Act in accordance with the NICE Guidelines, data protection and organizational information governance policies and protocols.</li>
</ul>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <ul>
<li>Work as part of the Bexley MHST team to manage a defined caseload with a focus on providing focused assessment and evidence-based intervention for children and young people (CYP) with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers.</li>
<li>Plan and deliver whole school activities, as part of a schools whole school/college approach to mental health and wellbeing.</li>
<li>Provide consultation and guided signposting to education settings. Be expected to provide Case Management and Clinical Skills Supervision to qualified and/or trainee EMHPs within the service.</li>
<li>Ensure that all members of the multi-disciplinary team, their colleagues, service users and appropriate others are informed/updated of changes involving current care plans, progress, mental state, and psychosocial factors in line with best practice.</li>
<li>Liaise with and advise CYP and families, schools, local authority and other statutory bodies and third sector agencies including childrens safeguarding as necessary.</li>
<li>Communicate sensitive information to carers and relatives.</li>
<li>Use a range of communication styles and channels as appropriate to the task.</li>
<li>Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate.</li>
<li>Maintain accurate written records on the electronic record system of the service.</li>
<li>Undertake assessments, culminating in an agreed plan of action and/or care and intervention.</li>
<li>Undertake complex risk assessments and develop a formulation of risk which will lead to the development of risk management plans which have taken into consideration a range of possible options.</li>
<li>Undertake and continuously re-evaluate complex bio-psycho-social assessments and develop a working formulation and/or diagnosis which will lead to the development of personalised needs-led care plan in line with evidence based and routine outcome measures.</li>
<li>Ensure that practice is evidence-based, paying attention to the services and NICE guidelines, policies, protocols and pathways and other professional standards.</li>
<li>Be available for and participate in individual supervision with agreed clinical supervisor.</li>
<li>Comply with information governance policies.</li>
<li>Comply with the relevant professional standards.</li>
<li>Act in accordance with the NICE Guidelines, data protection and organizational information governance policies and protocols.</li>
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    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>CYP-MH Post-Graduate Diploma or  Certificate (EMHP)</li>
        
        <li>SWP PG. Dip.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of CPD relevant to working with CYP in schools or community settings</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Two years post qualification experience within a MHST</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with CYP's with mild to moderate mental health problems and their families using CBT informed guided self help.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of managing and prioritising  a caseload.</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of providing culturally adapted interventions.</li>
        
        <li>Experience in design and delivery of  workshops, groups and whole school approach interventions.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of supervising junior staff or  trainees</li>
          
          <li>Experience in working with children and  adolescents with Special Educational Needs</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>CAMHS  assessment facilitation, including assessing: risk behaviour, impact of the lived experience, systemic functioning and managing difference in the clinical space.</li>
        
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        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>CYP-MH Post-Graduate Diploma or  Certificate (EMHP)</li>
          
          <li>SWP PG. Dip.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Evidence of CPD relevant to working with CYP in schools or community settings</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Two years post qualification experience within a MHST</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with CYP's with mild to moderate mental health problems and their families using CBT informed guided self help.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of managing and prioritising  a caseload.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of providing culturally adapted interventions.</li>
          
          <li>Experience in design and delivery of  workshops, groups and whole school approach interventions.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of supervising junior staff or  trainees</li>
            
            <li>Experience in working with children and  adolescents with Special Educational Needs</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>CAMHS  assessment facilitation, including assessing: risk behaviour, impact of the lived experience, systemic functioning and managing difference in the clinical space.</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>
  

  
    <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>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Goldie Leigh</p>
            <p>Welling, Kent</p>
            <p>DA16 1BL</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Goldie Leigh</p>
                    <p>Welling, Kent</p>
                    <p>DA16 1BL</p>
        
      

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

Senior Wellbeing Practitioner

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking for a clinical psychologist who is interested in developing their skills further within the Bedford Community Access Pathway. </p>  <p>This post is based within Bedford Community Access Service CAMHS (CAS) Service, and which provides a specialist service, to young people, their families/caring network, working closely with external partners including Education, Local Authority and Primary Care. This is a community-based post, located within Bedford CAMHS, offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatments, group-work and psychoeducation to children, young people and parent/carers.</p>  <p>Bedford CAS provides specialist therapeutic interventions to children, adolescents and their families from a wide range of social and ethnic backgrounds, whose problems cause mild to moderate levels of concern to themselves, their parents/carers, professionals and the wider community. The team also works closely with the locality CAMH teams to provide a seamless multi-disciplinary service.</p>  <p>The team is part of wider and comprehensive Bedfordshire Specialist CAMH Services that offers a comprehensive stepped model of mental health care, from early intervention partnerships with all our schools and GP practices, to the imminent opening of an adolescent inpatient unit with intensive home treatment care, providing for all four quadrants of the Thrive model. East London Foundation Trust provides CAMHS services across East London, Bedfordshire and Luton.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The role will include the provision of specialist advice/consultation to the network around the young person, psychological assessment, liaison with other agencies, psychology interventions, cognitive assessments, delivering training and workshops, supporting and informing on the trauma-based care for the children and young people and their caring networks, helping to develop a system of care and embedding a trauma-informed approach with partner agencies, clinical supervision (Band 8A) and line management (Band 8A). </p>  <p>At Band 8A, the post holder will be an experienced psychologist with a substantial knowledge in the field of child and adolescent mental health, with an awareness of the social, emotional and psychological impact of care experienced young people. They will clinically supervise the work of trainee psychologists and other psychologists as needed, and offer management supervision to other members of the team. A preceptorship will be offered to less experienced psychologist to offer support and training to enable the transition to Band 8A two years post qualification.</p>    <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 September 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 £62,682 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>363-SSLB7447017</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>North Bed CAMHS</p>
      <p>9 Rush Court</p>
      <p>Bedford</p>
            <p>MK40 3JT</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>As part of CAMHS commitment to partnership working with, we have expanded our clinical intervention to support the Multidisciplinary Team Around the School (TAS) charter, in conjunction with Cambridgeshire Community services NHS Trust and Bedford borough council. This is a pilot project as part of the Change programme. This is a multi-agency collective working in partnership to create opportunities for the early identification of diverse needs to offer children and young people the right support in the right place at the right time. The meetings working towards embedding new behaviors and ways of working and moving towards making inclusion a reality. </p>  <p>For more details please view the attached Job Description</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>As part of CAMHS commitment to partnership working with, we have expanded our clinical intervention to support the Multidisciplinary Team Around the School (TAS) charter, in conjunction with Cambridgeshire Community services NHS Trust and Bedford borough council. This is a pilot project as part of the Change programme. This is a multi-agency collective working in partnership to create opportunities for the early identification of diverse needs to offer children and young people the right support in the right place at the right time. The meetings working towards embedding new behaviors and ways of working and moving towards making inclusion a reality. </p>  <p>For more details please view the attached Job Description</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Education/ Qualification/ Training
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>A qualification and professional registration in Clinical / Counselling Psychology or CBT profession</li>
        
        <li>Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology OR Counselling Psychology OR Health Psychology OR Education Psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the HCPC.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Band 8A only: Work as a qualified psychologist for a minimum of two years including relevant experience working with children and adolescents.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of care planning</li>
        
        <li>Experience of providing a direct clinical service, including specialist assessment, psychological formulation of problems and intervention (minimum 500 hours supervised practice), offering interventions in an individual, family-based and group-based format.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Previous experience of working in CAMHS</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a wide range of CAMHS problems</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in education settings</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
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            Education/ Qualification/ Training
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>A qualification and professional registration in Clinical / Counselling Psychology or CBT profession</li>
          
          <li>Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology OR Counselling Psychology OR Health Psychology OR Education Psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the HCPC.</li>
          
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Band 8A only: Work as a qualified psychologist for a minimum of two years including relevant experience working with children and adolescents.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of care planning</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing a direct clinical service, including specialist assessment, psychological formulation of problems and intervention (minimum 500 hours supervised practice), offering interventions in an individual, family-based and group-based format.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way</li>
          
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          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Previous experience of working in CAMHS</li>
            
            <li>Experience of working with a wide range of CAMHS problems</li>
            
            <li>Experience of working in education settings</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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    <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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    <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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        <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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        <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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        <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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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>North Bed CAMHS</p>
      <p>9 Rush Court</p>
      <p>Bedford</p>
            <p>MK40 3JT</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>North Bed CAMHS</p>
          <p>9 Rush Court</p>
          <p>Bedford</p>
                    <p>MK40 3JT</p>
        
      

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

CAMHS Clinical Psychologist Band 7 to Band 8a Preceptorship

Senior Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Priory Hospital Woodbourne are looking for a Registered Psychologist to join the team. This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Youll be part of a dedicated and compassionate team, all working together to ensure the smooth running of the hospital and to support the wellbeing of our patients. While your role doesnt involve providing direct care, your contribution is vital in helping to maintain a safe, comfortable, and welcoming environment for everyone. Whether you're assisting with day-to-day operations, keeping things organised, or ensuring our spaces are well looked after, your support plays an important part in creating a positive experience for those who live and work here.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Priory Hospital Woodbourne, located in a peaceful and picturesque suburb of South West Birmingham, is a specialised addiction rehab centre, providing expert treatment for a range of addictions, including alcohol, drugs and support for behavioural addictions.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 September 2025</p>

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

    
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £48,250 to £58,250 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>E0358-02WOODBOURNE</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
        <p>Woodbourne Priory Hospital</p>
      
      <p>Woodbourne Road</p>
      <p>Harborne</p>
      <p>Birmingham</p>
            <p>B17 8BY</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>As a core member of both the Therapy Team and MDT, you will:</p><ul> <li>Provide comprehensive psychological assessments, formulations, and reports.</li> <li>Deliver evidence-based individual and group interventions (e.g., CBT, DBT-informed, ACT, Schema Therapy).</li> <li>Contribute to care planning and risk management through collaborative MDT discussions.</li> <li>Offer clinical guidance to nursing, occupational therapy, and medical colleagues to promote a psychologically-informed environment.</li> <li>Facilitate reflective practice sessions, staff training, and contribute to service development. Work closely with psychiatrists, nurses, dietitians, and other professionals to ensure holistic care for patients with complex needs</li></ul>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>As a core member of both the Therapy Team and MDT, you will:</p><ul> <li>Provide comprehensive psychological assessments, formulations, and reports.</li> <li>Deliver evidence-based individual and group interventions (e.g., CBT, DBT-informed, ACT, Schema Therapy).</li> <li>Contribute to care planning and risk management through collaborative MDT discussions.</li> <li>Offer clinical guidance to nursing, occupational therapy, and medical colleagues to promote a psychologically-informed environment.</li> <li>Facilitate reflective practice sessions, staff training, and contribute to service development. Work closely with psychiatrists, nurses, dietitians, and other professionals to ensure holistic care for patients with complex needs</li></ul>
    
  


      
  
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>We are seeking an HCPC Registered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) with experience working in inpatient mental health settings, ideally with exposure to acute services and/or eating disorder care. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong skills in assessment, formulation, and the delivery of evidence-based interventions. Experience or training in specialist approaches for eating disorderssuch as MANTRA, CBT-E, DBT, or FBTand the ability to apply these within multidisciplinary inpatient or community settings would be highly desirable. The role requires excellent collaboration skills, the resilience to thrive in challenging situations, and a commitment to reflective practice, supervision, and ongoing professional development.</li>
        
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>We are seeking an HCPC Registered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) with experience working in inpatient mental health settings, ideally with exposure to acute services and/or eating disorder care. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong skills in assessment, formulation, and the delivery of evidence-based interventions. Experience or training in specialist approaches for eating disorderssuch as MANTRA, CBT-E, DBT, or FBTand the ability to apply these within multidisciplinary inpatient or community settings would be highly desirable. The role requires excellent collaboration skills, the resilience to thrive in challenging situations, and a commitment to reflective practice, supervision, and ongoing professional development.</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="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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        <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="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>Priory Healthcare</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Woodbourne Priory Hospital</p>
      
      <p>Woodbourne Road</p>
      <p>Harborne</p>
      <p>Birmingham</p>
            <p>B17 8BY</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Woodbourne Priory Hospital</p>
          
          <p>Woodbourne Road</p>
          <p>Harborne</p>
          <p>Birmingham</p>
                    <p>B17 8BY</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Registered Practitioner Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Priory Hospital, Southampton are looking for an enthusiastic clinical or counselling psychologist to join the psychology team in delivering individual therapy, group therapies and assessments as part of delivering excellent standards of care for NHS service users requiring inpatient hospital admission.</p><p>This role could cater for someone seeking flexible working alongside another job role or other commitments as we are looking to recruit a psychologist for 15 hours per week in a part-time permanent role.</p><p>The individual therapy delivered at our hospital is exclusively with the service users on our specialist eating disorder ward, Skylark, therefore we are seeking a psychologist with an interest or previous experience in working with those suffering with an eating disorder.</p>  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The successful candidate will be welcomed into a passionate and positive team of professionals, headed by a Counselling Psychologist within the psychology team, and made up of a Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Creative Arts Therapist, and an Assistant Psychologist. This team isoverseen within the wider therapy services umbrella headed by therapy manager and Occupational Therapist, Sarah Marsh.</p><p>There will be opportunities for continuing professional development and your passion, style and ambitions would be taken into account as you grow within the role. Particular professional development would see the candidate gaining distinct experience in working with acute distress and eating disorders, allowing for the possibility of specialism.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>In addition to the above, we are routinely involved in delivering carer support, assessments and written psychological formulations for the adult acute wards, facilitating training for staff, holding consults/peer supervision,and holding reflective practice sessions for staff;a candidate enthusiastic towards these aspects of delivering a psychology service for a hospital would be welcomed as they would form an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team and would sit alongside a number of other allied health professions, including occupational therapy, psychiatry, medicine, dietetics and social work.</p>


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

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Hospital medical and dental staff</p>

    
       
        <h3>Grade</h3>
      
      <p>Specialist</p>
  
  

  
  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      Depending on experience
      
        £48,250 - £58,250 Depending on experience
      
    </p>
  

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  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>E0358-25-0006Shampton</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
        <p>The Priory Hospital</p>
      
      <p>Marchwood Park</p>
      <p>Marchwood</p>
      <p>Southampton</p>
            <p>SO40 4DA</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Group therapy takes place across our three wards, with groups for eating disorder difficulties, and too groups for adults on an acute admission on either our Starling or Sandpiper wards which both serve adults with acute mental health difficulties requiring hospital admission. Experience of delivering groups deriving from CBT, DBT and/or ACT approaches would be desirable.</p>  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Group therapy takes place across our three wards, with groups for eating disorder difficulties, and too groups for adults on an acute admission on either our Starling or Sandpiper wards which both serve adults with acute mental health difficulties requiring hospital admission. Experience of delivering groups deriving from CBT, DBT and/or ACT approaches would be desirable.</p>    
  


      
  
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>The successful candidate will be an HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Experience in outpatient or inpatient NHS services would be desirable owing to the nature of this role being NHS facing and within an inpatient context. </li>
          
          <li>This role will be on-site and therapies delivered in-person.</li>
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>The successful candidate will be an HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Experience in outpatient or inpatient NHS services would be desirable owing to the nature of this role being NHS facing and within an inpatient context. </li>
            
            <li>This role will be on-site and therapies delivered in-person.</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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    <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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        <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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        <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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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>The Priory Hospital</p>
      
      <p>Marchwood Park</p>
      <p>Marchwood</p>
      <p>Southampton</p>
            <p>SO40 4DA</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>The Priory Hospital</p>
          
          <p>Marchwood Park</p>
          <p>Marchwood</p>
          <p>Southampton</p>
                    <p>SO40 4DA</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are seeking an experienced and dynamic psychologist to work across two innovative services in Wiltshire. This role offers the chance to develop your leadership skills by supporting a growing brief psychological intervention service as well as working within a busy MDT providing assessment, formulation, and brief interventions for a wide range of mental health needs.</p> <p><strong>The Primary Care Complex Emotional Needs Service</strong> (PC CEN) delivers brief psychological support for individuals with emotional and relational difficulties, associated with personality disorder.With additional investment the service will expand to also offer intervention to people with complex PTSD who may fall between the gap between primary and secondary MH services.</p> <p><strong>The Primary Care Liaison Service (PCLS) </strong>provides mental health triage, assessment, brief interventions, advice, and signposting for diverse mental health issues.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>This role operates across both the PC CEN Service and the Primary Care Liaison Service (PCLS), covering South Wiltshire. While your formal line management will sit within the PC CEN Service, you will also maintain close links with the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service (PTS).</p>
<p>As the PC CEN Psychologist, you will lead the locality team through a period of service expansion. You will be responsible for supervising therapists and Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs), ensuring the delivery of safe, evidence-based interventions for individuals with complex emotional needs and complex PTSD.</p>
<p>In your role within PCLS, you will work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide psychological assessments, formulations, brief interventions, and appropriate signposting for a broad spectrum of mental health presentations.</p>
<p>Both teams are co-located on the same site,</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p><strong>We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):</strong>a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&amp;NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.</p> <p>Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. </p> <p>AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.</p> <p>At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.</p>       
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>09 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
      
        pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
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  <p>342-WTS181-0925</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Fountain Way</p>
      <p>Wilton Road</p>
      <p>Salisbury</p>
            <p>SP2 7FD</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>To provide highly specialist assessment and therapy (CBT / DBT informed) to patients and carers as appropriate to the service.</p>
<p>To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients care and management in relation to the service.</p>
<p>To clinically supervise other therapists and other professionals in the team in addition to taking on line management responsibilities for some.</p>
<p>To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the complex emotional needs pathway.</p>
<p>To develop and deliver training in complex emotional needs and trauma informed care for multidisciplinary staff.</p>
<p>Contribute to continued service development and audit</p>
<p>Participate in CPD and other developmental activities</p>
<p>As the PCLS psychologist, you will work closely with the other members of the MDT to ensure that service users receive a high quality assessment and intervention/ onward signposting.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>To provide highly specialist assessment and therapy (CBT / DBT informed) to patients and carers as appropriate to the service.</p>
<p>To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients care and management in relation to the service.</p>
<p>To clinically supervise other therapists and other professionals in the team in addition to taking on line management responsibilities for some.</p>
<p>To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the complex emotional needs pathway.</p>
<p>To develop and deliver training in complex emotional needs and trauma informed care for multidisciplinary staff.</p>
<p>Contribute to continued service development and audit</p>
<p>Participate in CPD and other developmental activities</p>
<p>As the PCLS psychologist, you will work closely with the other members of the MDT to ensure that service users receive a high quality assessment and intervention/ onward signposting.</p>
    
  


      
  
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>HPCP accredited clinical/counselling psychologist</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>BABCP Accredited Therapist</li>
          
          <li>Leadership experience / training</li>
          
          <li>BABCP Accredited Supervisor</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>2 year post qualification experience</li>
        
        <li>Experience of delivering trauma focused interventions i.e. TF-CBT</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in Access / Primary Care mental health services</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in to an MDT</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>EMDR Trained</li>
          
          <li>MBT/DBT Trained</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing brief interventions</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of delivering clinical supervision</li>
        
        <li>Experience of delivering line management supervision</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>BABCP accredited supervisor</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of delivering training</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of designing training</li>
          
          <li>Relevant R&amp;D clinical audit work post qualification</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>HPCP accredited clinical/counselling psychologist</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>BABCP Accredited Therapist</li>
            
            <li>Leadership experience / training</li>
            
            <li>BABCP Accredited Supervisor</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>2 year post qualification experience</li>
          
          <li>Experience of delivering trauma focused interventions i.e. TF-CBT</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in Access / Primary Care mental health services</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in to an MDT</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>EMDR Trained</li>
            
            <li>MBT/DBT Trained</li>
            
            <li>Experience of providing brief interventions</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of delivering clinical supervision</li>
          
          <li>Experience of delivering line management supervision</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>BABCP accredited supervisor</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of delivering training</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of designing training</li>
            
            <li>Relevant R&amp;D clinical audit work post qualification</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>
  

  
    <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>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Fountain Way</p>
      <p>Wilton Road</p>
      <p>Salisbury</p>
            <p>SP2 7FD</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/" target="_blank">http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Fountain Way</p>
          <p>Wilton Road</p>
          <p>Salisbury</p>
                    <p>SP2 7FD</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/" target="_blank">http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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