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Higher Assistant Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>The post could be offered as a 30 hours per week or Job share depending on applicants and we may be able to offer full time hours for the right candidate.</p> <p>An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic highly skilled and experienced practitioner psychologist to join our mental health services focusing on working with adults with psychosis. This is an exciting time to be joining the Trust as we are looking at improving our services for people experiencing psychosis and bipolar disorder and expanding the psychological provision in our teams.</p> <p>Working across a number of community teams you will provide expertise in both direct clinical work and leadership/supervision of teams in psychological approaches to care.</p> <p>This is a key clinical leadership role, working within teams and responsible for continuing to drive and embed the significant work already undertaken to develop services for people with psychosis across Gloucestershire.</p> <p>The post holder will be responsible for providing highly-specialist advice and consultancy to staff, teams, and patients with direct responsibility for the provision of psychological services within the teams, including supervision of assistants and trainees. They will also have a key role to play in service development and quality improvement across care pathways.</p>   <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>This role covers teams based in Gloucester, Cheltenham and across the county. All reasonable flexible working requests will be considered, but the post holder will be expected to work across sites in line with service need.</p> <p>Our specialist mental health services work with adults with severe mental health problems. About 60% of the people we work with have experienced psychosis, and we aim to provide psychologically and trauma informed care and evidence based interventions including CBT-P and Family Therapy.</p> <p>In this role you will:</p> <p>Work as part of MDT's providing specialist psychological formulation, assessment and direct care.</p> <p>Provide supervision, reflective practice and consultation/advice to colleagues and teams,</p> <p>Contribute to quality improvement and service development, including research and development activities such as teaching.</p> <p>Leading workstreams on psychological approaches to care, and specifically working as a part of our developing psychosis pathways</p> <p>Line manage, supervise and support other psychological professionals, assistants and trainees.</p> <p><strong>The qualification, training &amp; experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.</strong></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.</p>
<p>Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:</p>
<ul>
<li>72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.</li>
<li>76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.</li>
<li>81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.</li>
</ul>
<p>This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>17 December 2025</p>

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

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

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £64,455 to £74,896 a year
      
        per annum (pro rata)
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>327-25-1069</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Pullman Place</p>
      <p>Great Western Road</p>
      <p>Gloucester</p>
            <p>GL1 3NF</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.</p> <p>Please read the job description and person specification carefully before making your application, in particular the requirements about professional registration, experience and qualifications in therapy modes.</p> <p>The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -<strong></strong><strong><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas</a></em></strong></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.</p> <p>Please read the job description and person specification carefully before making your application, in particular the requirements about professional registration, experience and qualifications in therapy modes.</p> <p>The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -<strong></strong><strong><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas</a></em></strong></p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Appropriate qualification for role</li>
        
        <li>HCPC or other appropriate professional registration</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>CBT-Psychosis / Family Therapy Qualifications (0-1-2)</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Working with client group adults smhp psychosis</li>
        
        <li>experience of working in AMH MDT</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of being care coordinator</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working at highly specialist level</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Hold driving license</li>
        
        <li>Ability to participate in all mandatory and statutory training</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Appropriate qualification for role</li>
          
          <li>HCPC or other appropriate professional registration</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>CBT-Psychosis / Family Therapy Qualifications (0-1-2)</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Working with client group adults smhp psychosis</li>
          
          <li>experience of working in AMH MDT</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of being care coordinator</li>
            
            <li>Experience of working at highly specialist level</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Hold driving license</li>
          
          <li>Ability to participate in all mandatory and statutory training</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>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        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>Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Pullman Place</p>
      <p>Great Western Road</p>
      <p>Gloucester</p>
            <p>GL1 3NF</p>
    
  

  
    <br>
    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/" target="_blank">https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Pullman Place</p>
          <p>Great Western Road</p>
          <p>Gloucester</p>
                    <p>GL1 3NF</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/" target="_blank">https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Principal Practioner Psychologist AOT/GRIP

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>A rare and exciting vacancy has arisen for a passionate and highly motivated band 7/8a Practitioner Psychologist to join our Secure CAMHS team.</p> <p>The Secure CAMHS (SCAMHS) service sits within the Ardenleigh site and offers treatment for up to 11 young people, across two wards. It has received accreditations from QNIC and the National Autistic Society and a quality review in June 2024 highlighted strengths in a positive team culture, great relationships between young people and staff and comprehensive therapeutic provision. </p> <p>The young people we work with have often experienced significant difficulties in their lives and presentations include trauma, mental illness, personality difficulties, neurodevelopment difficulties and harm to self and/or others. As a team psychologist, you will work alongside a range of professionals, providing safe, containing environments and interventions to help the young people understand themselves, their mental health and offending behaviour. Within the role you will have opportunities to provide individual and group interventions, supervision and management of others, and be involved in training, service development, audit and evaluation.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The service has a strong multi-disciplinary team ethos, in which psychology is well established and respected. It is committed to providing the best care for young people, and as such service user involvement and co-production are central to what we do. Recently, alongside service users and family members, the team co-wrote an article looking at a group written and delivered by young people and the experiences of having a child in a secure hospital.</p> <p>As a service we are committed to supporting our staff to have a positive experience of their time at work. We acknowledge that working within the Ardenleigh site can be challenging, so you will have access to a range of wellbeing support. You will be joining a large and diverse psychological therapies team within the division, consisting of clinical and forensic psychologists, arts therapists, specialist psychological practitioners and assistant psychologists. There will be opportunities to collaborate across the division in strategic working groups. As a division we are also committed to investing in staff and you will have opportunities for training, mentoring, supervision and career development.</p> <p>If you are passionate about working with young people who present with complex trauma and risk to self and others and can compassionately challenge systems and staff to be better, hold integrity and connect with the people around you, we hope that you speak to us and apply.</p>   <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.</p> <p>Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.</p>       
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>11 December 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, pro rata
      
    </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>436-7639605</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Ardenleigh</p>
            <p>Birmingham</p>
            <p>B24 9SA</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.</p>
  

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


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Satisfactory completion of a British Psychological Society accredited Doctoral Level postgraduate professional training course in clinical/forensic psychology completion of which includes the study of models of psychopathology, psychometric and neuropsychological assessment, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.</li>
        
        <li>Eligibility for entry onto the Register of Chartered Psychologists</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of specialist psychological assessment and individual and group based treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including primary and secondary/ specialist care and inpatient/residential, outpatient and community team settings.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including forensic contexts with clients of all ages across the lifespan and of wide-ranging presenting problems that reflect the full spectrum of clinical complexity and severity.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working therapeutically with 'difficult to treat' clients.</li>
          
          <li>oExperience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Skills commensurate with doctoral level training in the formulation of problems from a psychological perspective and in the implementation of highly specialist psychological therapies, interventions and management techniques that are appropriate for use with complex presenting problems. Able to deliver established/evidenced based psychological therapy to fidelity.</li>
        
        <li>Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability to empathically, sensitively and effectively communicate clinical and condition related information to clients, their families, carers and professional colleagues (within and outside the NHS) that is extremely complicated or technical; extremely sensitive and potentially distressing to the recipient; or that is extremely contentious or challenging.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in providing consultation and advice from a psychological perspective to members of other professional and non-professional groups.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific 'difficult to treat' groups (e.g. personality disorder, challenging behaviour, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_4">
        
          Personal
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to interact and to build and sustain relationships with people with mental health problems and associated disabilities</li>
        
        <li>Is a 'team player' and has demonstrated ability to work and deliver to team and organisational objectives</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_5">
        
          Other
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.</li>
        
        <li>Awareness and understanding of the purpose and mechanisms of clinical governance and an ability to employ such mechanisms to maintain and improve standards of clinical practice</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Satisfactory completion of a British Psychological Society accredited Doctoral Level postgraduate professional training course in clinical/forensic psychology completion of which includes the study of models of psychopathology, psychometric and neuropsychological assessment, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.</li>
          
          <li>Eligibility for entry onto the Register of Chartered Psychologists</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of specialist psychological assessment and individual and group based treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including primary and secondary/ specialist care and inpatient/residential, outpatient and community team settings.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including forensic contexts with clients of all ages across the lifespan and of wide-ranging presenting problems that reflect the full spectrum of clinical complexity and severity.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of working therapeutically with 'difficult to treat' clients.</li>
            
            <li>oExperience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Skills commensurate with doctoral level training in the formulation of problems from a psychological perspective and in the implementation of highly specialist psychological therapies, interventions and management techniques that are appropriate for use with complex presenting problems. Able to deliver established/evidenced based psychological therapy to fidelity.</li>
          
          <li>Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability to empathically, sensitively and effectively communicate clinical and condition related information to clients, their families, carers and professional colleagues (within and outside the NHS) that is extremely complicated or technical; extremely sensitive and potentially distressing to the recipient; or that is extremely contentious or challenging.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in providing consultation and advice from a psychological perspective to members of other professional and non-professional groups.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific 'difficult to treat' groups (e.g. personality disorder, challenging behaviour, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Personal
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to interact and to build and sustain relationships with people with mental health problems and associated disabilities</li>
          
          <li>Is a 'team player' and has demonstrated ability to work and deliver to team and organisational objectives</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_5">
          
            Other
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.</li>
          
          <li>Awareness and understanding of the purpose and mechanisms of clinical governance and an ability to employ such mechanisms to maintain and improve standards of clinical practice</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>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        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>
      

      
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Band 7/8A Practitioner Psychologist Preceptorship - Secure CAMHS

<b>£62,769 - £73,666 + excellent benefits</b> <b>Those Huge Small Victories</b> <p>Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.</p> <b>Get out what you put in</b> <p> This role is based at The Gables Learning Centre, 3-days-per-week  click apply for full job details</p>

Psychologist

<b>£62,769 - £73,666 + excellent benefits</b>  <b>Those Huge Small Victories</b> <p>Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.</p> <b>Get out what you put in</b> <p> This role is based at The Gables Learning Centre, 3-days-per-week. We are o pen to anyone interested in full time hours and can offer 2 days at Bescot Hall School. </p><p> Located in the Midlands, our fully integrated therapeutic, education and care enables young people to realise their full potential, whilst developing their social and emotional resilience for the next chapter in their lives. The unique characteristic of our integrated provisions are the delivery of wraparound education, therapy and care to all children and young people 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. </p><p> O ur clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children's homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.</p><p>As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.</p><p>Our Psychologists work collaboratively within our schools and children's homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.</p> <b>What we do for you</b> <p>We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you'll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get:</p><ul><li><p><b>Training</b>: A full induction and on the job training</p></li><li><p><b>Holiday</b>: You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with 35 days holidays including bank holidays </p></li><li><p><b>Clinical Development</b>: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development</p></li><li><p><b>Flexible benefits</b>: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits here </p></li><li><p><b>Wellbeing: </b>a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance</p></li><li><p><b>Medical cover</b> so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of <b>high-street discounts </b></p></li><li><p><b>Beautiful working environments</b> with the very best facilities - check out our schools here </p></li><li><p>A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time</p></li></ul> <b>Bring your whole self to work</b> <p>Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs - and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person we're looking for will:</p><ul><li><p>Be a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC</p></li><li><p>Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to assess, formulate and support the delivery of therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs</p></li><li><p>Have experience of supporting the team around a child or young person to provide clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences</p></li><li><p>Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer</p></li><li><p>Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative</p></li><li><p>Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people</p></li></ul><p>This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You'll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.</p> <b>Interested in joining us?</b> <p>Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.</p><p> The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community. </p><p> For a full job description and person specification, please click here . </p><p> To view our ex-offenders policy please click here . </p><p> To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here . </p><p> Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD </p>

A healthcare provider is seeking a Clinical/Forensic Psychologist to deliver forensic DBT therapy at HMP Downview, focusing on individual and group treatments for women. The successful candidate will develop formulations based on personality disorders, provide clinical supervision, and work autonomously within professional guidelines. Candidates must have relevant clinical qualifications, HCPC registration, and knowledge of specialized therapies. The role offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in a sensitive environment.

Forensic DBT Psychologist at Women's Prison

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a qualified Practitioner Psychologist to provide Modified Forensic Dialectic Behavioral Therapy and clinical supervision at HMP Downview. Candidates should possess relevant clinical qualifications and experience in complex clinical needs, and ideally in a prison environment. This full-time position offers a salary between £38,682 - £54,710, with complete support for professional development and career growth.

Forensic DBT Psychologist (Women's Offender Pathway)

A healthcare provider in Potters Bar is seeking an experienced HCPC-registered Practitioner Psychologist to provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions. You will work in a multi-disciplinary team, delivering care to adults with acute mental health needs. This role offers significant opportunities for professional development, a competitive salary of £53,000, and various benefits including generous leave and wellbeing support.

Trauma-Informed Adult Inpatient Psychologist

<p>Are you passionate about making a difference in mental health care? Join Gateway Recovery Centre as a Practitioner Psychologist and play a vital role in delivering evidence-based interventions that transform lives.</p> <p>Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will ensure service users are fully engaged in their care pathway and receive high-quality, person-centred treatment. This is an opportunity to contribute to innovative therapeutic approaches and service development while supporting people on their journey to recovery.</p> <p>In this role, you will provide psychological assessments using a range of tools and techniques, integrating complex data to formulate tailored treatment plans. You will implement individual and group interventions, adjusting and refining formulations to meet patient needs. Alongside direct clinical work, you will contribute to service improvement initiatives, research and audits, ensuring our practices remain aligned with best practice and clinical governance standards. You will also support staff development through training programmes and provide supervision to Assistant Psychologists, helping to build a strong and skilled team.</p> <p><strong>As the Practitioner Psychologist, you will:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Support the provision of psychology services in a specified area, in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, and under the direction and supervison of a Senior/Principal/Consultant or Lead Psychologist.</li><li>Participate fully with the multidisciplinary team and ensure that the patient is fully engaged in their care pathway.</li><li>Support clinical team working, including both direct interventions and the delivery of staff training programmes.</li><li>Support the clinical team and area of service in developing new initiatives and ways of working.</li><li>Work with internal and external agencies to enhance treatment pathways for patients.</li></ul> <p><strong>To be successful in this role, you will have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Successful completion of a Doctorate level qualification in applied psychology either through the British Psychological Society or a recognised training body, enabling registration with the HCPC as as Practitioner Psychologist.</li><li>Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist and Charterable status with the British Psychological Society.</li><li>Experience (either pre-training, on training, or subsequently) of working with clients with complex needs that are relevant to the population in the service area.</li><li>Competency in psychological assessment and formulation skills and an aptitude for learning new assessment methods.</li><li>Competency with risk assessment, management, and evaluation tools.</li><li>Clinical therapy skills - Experience using different therapeutic approaches to address a range of clinical issues. An awareness of other modalities and how they may be applied to the current service user population.</li></ul> <p><strong>What You'll Get</strong></p> <p>At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:</p> <ul> <li>Annual salary between £55,000 and £65,000</li><li>The equivalent of 25 days annual leave (including bank holidays) - plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window</li><li>Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals</li><li>Access to our Rewards &amp; Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!</li><li>Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance</li><li>Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts</li><li>Life Assurance, for added peace of mind</li><li>Stream - instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.</li><li>24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be</li><li>Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time</li><li>Pension contribution, to help secure your future</li><li>Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking</li></ul> <p><strong>About your next employer:</strong></p> <p>Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities &amp; Autism, Children &amp; Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.</p> <p>Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.</p> <p>Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.</p>

Practitioner Psychologist

<p><strong>Job Title: </strong>Practitioner Psychologist</p> <p><strong>Location:</strong> Based in Croydon. Unfortunately this service does not have step free access.</p> <p><strong>Salary: </strong>60,000 (Full Time Equivalent) Equivalent 8A NHS Banding</p> <p><strong>Shift Pattern: </strong>22.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday working between 09.00 - 17.00, although some flexibility may be required at times with service needs. Working days can be agreed upon next stages of the interview process. </p> <p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>We're looking for an experienced Registered Practitioner Psychologist with a background in clinical psychology to join our team in Croydon. The service offers a psychologically informed environment across four sites, providing low to high support forensic mental health services to our residents with forensic mental health needs, complex conditions, and dual diagnosis. In this role, you will drive the delivery of evidence based psychological assessments and interventions aimed at the rehabilitation and reintegration of our residents into the communities. This is a creative, evolving, and impactful role which works closely with our Group Psychological Lead and wider teams to provide support to staff and at times residents to support in providing a streamlined and psychologically informed service.</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities include:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Provide advice, guidance, and support to the team with supporting our residents to overcome personal challenges and create a supportive environment</li> <li>Advise and streamline best practices, and enhance the overall skills and expertise of the team to deliver high quality care and support</li> <li>Provide clinical supervision to the team</li> <li>Provide highly specialised psychological assessments for our residents with mental health and complex needs</li> <li>Exercise full clinical responsibility for residents psychological care as a care coordinator within a multidisciplinary team</li> <li>Formulate and implement plans for various therapy routes and management of assessing mental health conditions based upon appropriate conceptual frameworks and evidence-based practices</li> </ul> <p><strong>About You</strong></p> <p>We're looking for someone who is a self-starter, able to proactively encourage, take leadership and ownership for creating a psychologically informed environment. You will be able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information effectively within the organisation and with external partners, collaborating with external stakeholders regularly in a multidisciplinary approach. You will be able to utilise your own expertise and support in empowering the wider team to enhance their skills to deliver a service which is supportive, safe, and in line with best practice for the organisation and external regulatory bodies.</p> <ul> <li>HCPC Registration is essential</li> <li>Post-graduate doctoral level training as a Registered Practitioner Psychologist including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology</li> <li>Previous experience working as a qualified clinical and/or forensic psychologist, including working with people with complex backgrounds/needs and a good understanding of the sector we run our services in</li> <li>Ability to teach, train, consult, and deliver clinical supervision</li> <li>Understanding of criminology, psychology, and behavioural patterns, and how they link to different behaviours and engagement</li> <li>Ability to understand and apply safeguarding protocols as they arise</li> <li>Ability and willingness to show flexibility in working patterns, responding to the needs of the service and residents</li> <li>Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency</li> </ul> <p> <strong>Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.</strong> </p> <p><strong>What we Offer:</strong></p> <ul> <li>25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service</li> <li>Employer Pension Contribution</li> <li>Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card</li> <li>Access to discounted tickets for music events, shows, sports and more</li> <li>Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing at work</li> <li>Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans</li> <li>Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling</li> <li>Life Assurance Scheme</li> <li>Cycle-to-work scheme</li> <li>Annual Staff Awards</li> <li>EDI Ambassador programme</li> </ul> <p><strong>Additional Information</strong></p> <p>Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.</p> <p>Please note that as part of our process, we complete an enhanced DBS check, some roles may require further vetting. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact us on the details below. </p>

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