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<p><strong>Rethink Mental Illness are an&nbsp;organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness.</strong><strong> We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values.&nbsp;</strong></p><p>We are looking for an experienced and passionate Bank Mental Health Recovery Worker to work as part of our service in Warminster – The Mead.</p><p><strong>The Mead </strong>is a CQC registered residential home, located in a quiet area, but close to local amenities. This service offers 24-hour support, so there are always trained staff on hand to support residents and deal with any problems that might arise. At The Mead we believe that anyone who suffers from mental illness has the opportunity to live life to the full. Each resident has a ‘key worker’ who takes a special interest in their wellbeing, supporting them in what they wish to achieve while living at the home.</p><p><strong>How you will make a difference:</strong></p><p>As a Mental Health Support/Recovery&nbsp;Worker, you will offer people affected by mental illness the support and help they need to regain their confidence and get involved in everyday social and workplace activities. You will be working closely with service users to achieve their own personal goals and access all the support they need on their recovery journey.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><ul>	<li>I provide key worker support to a specified number of service users, including one to one individual support and liaison with other mental health agencies on behalf of people who use our services.</li>	<li>I always have the individual’s needs at the forefront, working to the recovery model and using communication, motivation and coaching skills to support the service user to achieve their goals and aspirations.</li>	<li>I develop a rapport with service users based on respect and honesty and work within clear professional boundaries and the Rethink Mental Illness Code of Conduct.</li></ul><p><strong>Essential experience, skills required for this role:</strong></p><ul>	<li>I have transferable life/work experience to apply to this role.</li>	<li>I am a good listener, empathetic, understanding, kind, patient and willing to learn</li>	<li>I can demonstrate behaviours consistent with the values of the Charity.</li>	<li>I may also have, experience of providing support to people with a mental illness; or experience of providing care and/or support services within another social care setting in either a paid or voluntary capacity.</li></ul><p><strong>Who are we?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”&nbsp;</p><p><strong><em>Diversity, Equity, Inclusion&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><em>Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. &nbsp;We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues.&nbsp;We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background&nbsp;- regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.</em></p><p><strong><em>Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><em>We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our </em><a href="https://www.rethink.org/aboutus/who-we-are/becoming-an-anti-racist-organisation/anti-racism-statement/" target="_blank"><em>anti-racist statement</em></a><em> . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our </em><a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/0630dbfe-57ad-47ef-a5be-a374ab206e3c" target="_blank"><em>Race Equality Action Plan</em></a><em> which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. You can read more about our progress&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.rethink.org/aboutus/who-we-are/becoming-an-anti-racist-organisation/" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>.&nbsp;</em></p><p><strong>We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.</strong></p><p>Please see further details on our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.rethink.org/" target="_blank">Website</a></p><p>You can also follow us on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/RethinkCharity/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/Rethink_" target="_blank">Twitter</a>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<a href="mailto:Rethink%20Mental%20Illness%20(@rethinkmentalillness)%20%E2%80%A2%20Instagram%20photos%20and%20videos" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/rethink-mental-illness/mycompany/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;to find out more about the work we do!</p><p>If you have any questions about the position, please contact -<a href="mailto:recruitment@rethink.org" target="_blank">recruitment@rethink.org</a>&nbsp;</p><p>IND1</p>

Rethink Mental Illness

BANK - Mental Health Support Worker

<h2>Job overview</h2>EQUA Mead Learning Trust is looking to recruit a passionate and enthusiastic&nbsp; Primary School Counsellor to join their team. Working as a member of staff within our Trust, you will play an active role in ensuring the well-being of children and young people.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>The successful candidate will be based at The Harbour on the site of Castle Mead School in Trowbridge.&nbsp; The Harbour Programme adopts a holistic partnership approach to supporting children with social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs. You will work alongside a small and dedicated multi-professional team.&nbsp;<a href="https://theharbourprogramme.org/" target="_blank">https://theharbourprogramme.org/</a><br>The working hours for this role are five hours per week on a long-term services contract.&nbsp; There is an element of flexibility, but it must be delivered within the school day, term time only.&nbsp;<br>Your duties and responsibilities will include providing a quality counselling service to primary-aged children experiencing a wide range of emotional issues. You will be expected to contribute to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare and mental well-being of children and young people.&nbsp; The successful candidate will provide a confidential counselling service, primarily on a 1:1 basis; however, therapeutic group work may be required. You must be able to communicate effectively with staff and external agencies to ensure that pupils receive the support they need.&nbsp;<br>For a complete Job description and Person Specification, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents, as this will guide you in preparing a strong application and understanding what we’re looking for.<br><br>EQUA Mead Learning Trust is a leading educational institution based in Wiltshire. Dedicated to providing high-quality education to students from diverse backgrounds. Members of staff across EQUA Mead will be committed to improving the life chances of the pupils we educate and ensure we give Every Child, Every Chance. As a growing Trust, currently educating almost 6000 pupils across 22 different schools (pre-school, primary, secondary, and sixth form) we are immensely proud of our staff and endeavour to be an employer of choice. This is an exciting time as we continue to grow the number of schools and children we support.<br><br>When completing your application, please ensure that you add at least 2 references, with the first being your most recent employer. Please view the attached referencing document to familiarise yourself with our process. Early applications are encouraged, as we reserve the right to interview before the closing date.<br><br>In addition, it is essential that your application includes a full employment history and accounts for any periods of time where you were not in active employment.<br><br>If you have any questions about the vacancy or would like to know more about EQUA Mead Learning Trust, please do not hesitate to contact Jayne Bullock, <a href="mailto:jbullock@equamead.org" target="_blank">jbullock@equamead.org</a>. <br><br>This role will involve contact with children and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed. <br><br><i>We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted. <br></i><i><br></i><i>This Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow Safer Recruitment procedures and all interviews, regardless of role, will include questions about approaches to safeguarding. Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy is available on our website and follows all guidance in the most recent Keeping Children Safe in Education.  <br></i><i><br></i><i>All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 &amp; 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’.  These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. <br></i><i><br></i><i>Please note that by submitting an application, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to view any publicly available information published online (including social media platforms) as part of our shortlisting process, in line with current KCSIE guidelines.<br></i><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>

School Counsellor

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>HCRG Care Group Wiltshire Children and Young Peoples emotional wellbeing service are currently seeking a passionate and experienced children and young person's counsellor to work in the team. You will provide support to children and young people who may be experiencing a range of issues, such as but not limited to anxiety, gender dysphoria, depression, family problems and self- harm. Support will be provided in person and/or remotely depending on the clients needs.</p><p>This role is part of the wider wellbeing team who offer early support such as group work and positive activities with the aim of preventing escalation to more specialist CAMHS services.</p><p>You will have an active caseload of children and young people within the getting help sphere of support and will use evidence-based therapeutic models. Low intensity, early interventions will be delivered in a range of settings and will include parental and family support.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul> <li>Hold a case load of clients, delivering outcome-based interventions to support their wellbing</li> <li>Communicate effectively with a wide variety of professionals relevant to the role</li> <li>To deliver therapeutic interventions to children and young people, working independently which may at times mean lone working</li> <li>To undertake professional initial assessments of young people and formulate a plan for their treatment within the guidelines of the service</li> <li>To provide ongoing (up to 10 weeks) and one-off counselling to young people</li> <li>To support alternatives to one-to-one therapeutic work i.e., group work</li> <li>To maintain confidential case notes and records in a timely manner ensuring that they are stored securely using the specified case management systems</li> <li>To support outcome focused reporting of interventions</li> <li>To develop links to other agencies and services and have a good understanding of local services for signposting and onward referrals</li> <li>To positively manage risk and recognise and pro-actively respond to child protection and safeguarding issues escalating and referring as required</li> <li>To undertake regular supervision in line with regulation guidance</li></ul><p><em>A full list of role responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.</em></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p><strong>About the Company</strong></p><p>We change lives by transforming health and care.</p><p>Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.</p><p>Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.</p><p>While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.</p><p>To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit <a href="https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2" target="_blank">https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2</a></p>


      
        
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    <p>As an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner, youll be part of our valued Wiltshire Children's Service.You will feel valued as an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:</p><ul> <li>A salary of £30,607.50 with access to our group pension</li> <li>Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location</li> <li>Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you</li> <li>Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates</li> <li>Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling</li> <li>Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise</li> <li>An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year</li></ul>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>As an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner, youll be part of our valued Wiltshire Children's Service.You will feel valued as an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:</p><ul> <li>A salary of £30,607.50 with access to our group pension</li> <li>Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location</li> <li>Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you</li> <li>Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates</li> <li>Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling</li> <li>Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise</li> <li>An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year</li></ul>
    
  


      
  
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NHS Jobs

Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking to recruit a Band 6 Specialist Practitioner to join our team. We welcome applications from motivated and enthusiastic individuals seeking a new challenge in an ever-evolving service. Whether you're transitioning from an inpatient setting to community care, or you're a Band 5 clinician ready to step into a specialist role, we would love to hear from you.</p> <p>Our team offers an excellent developmental support package for those stepping up from Band 5 to Band 6. NWIS is a fantastic place to work, providing opportunities to develop both clinical and leadership skills--skills that may be harder to gain in other roles due to the fast-paced and high-acuity nature of our service.</p> <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with AWP Trust policy, all newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of the advertised role banding. All NQSWs are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within two years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances--in which case it may be extended for a further two years.</p> <p>If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role, this will be an automatic progression following confirmation of your successful ASYE completion. If you have been appointed to a Band 5 post, you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy upon successful ASYE completion.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The Band 6 clinician will work shifts including evenings and weekends, but we are pleased to confirm that night shifts are no longer required. Our service now operates between 07:30 and 22:00, and we support flexible working arrangements, including the ability to request specific shifts. We welcome full-time and part-time applications and are happy to consider flexible working agreements.</p> <p>The Band 6 will have a role leading the team.</p> <p>Within this role they may:</p> <ul>  <li>Triage referrals to the service and make recommendations.</li>  <li>Complete holistic psychosocial assessments within the community.</li>  <li>Complete gatekeeping assessments to facilitate admission when home treatment is not felt to be a viable / safe option.</li>  <li>Attend Mental Health Act assessments on Bluebell Place of Safety, and formulate home treatment plans if home treatment is indicated.</li>  <li>Implement Risk Management and Care Plans for the effective home treatment of Service Users utilising least restrictive practice at every opportunity.</li>  <li>Support with medication management and concordance within community.</li>  <li>Provide telephone support to service users who ring in during times of crisis.</li>  <li>Provide supervision to Band 4 colleagues.</li> </ul> <p>There will be a comprehensive induction to the role and a supported period of supernumerary to aid with transition. </p> <p><strong>Please see attached Job Description file for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust); a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.</p> <p>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>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>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>03 November 2025</p>

  
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    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
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      £38,682 to £46,580 a year
      
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  <p>342-WTS221-1125</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Green Lane Hospital</p>
      <p>Marshall Road</p>
      <p>Devizes</p>
            <p>SN10 5DS</p>
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    <p>1. In a wide range of situations and locations to undertake the full range of activities required to deliver comprehensive mental health assessment, in an emergency for service users, who may be distressed and in crisis. </p> <p>2. To be responsible for developing delivering and reviewing comprehensive and complex treatment programmes using appropriate frameworks in line with evidencebased practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and carers, bringing in other resources as required.</p> <p>3. To act as care coordinator for service users as appropriate, also providing defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseloads.</p> <p>4. To plan, deliver and evaluate defined, specialist therapeutic interventions as indicated in the assessment process, in line with personal recovery plans, including to service users who maybe on other caseloads. This might include:</p> <p>a. Individual or group therapeutic intervention</p> <p>b. psychological treatments such as CBT, DBT approaches, family interventions</p> <p>c. Psychosocial interventions</p> <p>d. Motivational and coping enhancement strategies</p> <p>e. Medication management</p> <p>f. Interventions under the Mental Health Act</p> <p>5. To deliver a range of defined activities/interventions to improve the carers ability to support the service user and to enable them in their relationship with the service user.</p> <p>6. To develop and maintain good partnership working with other services throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison within Primary Health Care Team, inpatient and intensive services, day services, voluntary sector and with nominated carers/advocates.</p> <p>7. In collaboration with service users and carers, to be responsible for facilitating the development of comprehensive crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements etc, involving other agencies such as primary care etc where appropriate.</p> <p>8. To personally build and lead others to build, hope inspiring relationships with service users, which acknowledge the personal journey of each person, and focus on strengthsand aspirations to allow the creation of meaningful personal recovery plans.</p> <p>9. To be responsible for maintaining own workload, as well as planning the workload of others, on a day-to-day basis, ensuring that time is prioritised effectively, utilising electronic resources such as diaries/scheduling.</p> <p><strong>Please see attached Job Description file for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>1. In a wide range of situations and locations to undertake the full range of activities required to deliver comprehensive mental health assessment, in an emergency for service users, who may be distressed and in crisis. </p> <p>2. To be responsible for developing delivering and reviewing comprehensive and complex treatment programmes using appropriate frameworks in line with evidencebased practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and carers, bringing in other resources as required.</p> <p>3. To act as care coordinator for service users as appropriate, also providing defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseloads.</p> <p>4. To plan, deliver and evaluate defined, specialist therapeutic interventions as indicated in the assessment process, in line with personal recovery plans, including to service users who maybe on other caseloads. This might include:</p> <p>a. Individual or group therapeutic intervention</p> <p>b. psychological treatments such as CBT, DBT approaches, family interventions</p> <p>c. Psychosocial interventions</p> <p>d. Motivational and coping enhancement strategies</p> <p>e. Medication management</p> <p>f. Interventions under the Mental Health Act</p> <p>5. To deliver a range of defined activities/interventions to improve the carers ability to support the service user and to enable them in their relationship with the service user.</p> <p>6. To develop and maintain good partnership working with other services throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison within Primary Health Care Team, inpatient and intensive services, day services, voluntary sector and with nominated carers/advocates.</p> <p>7. In collaboration with service users and carers, to be responsible for facilitating the development of comprehensive crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements etc, involving other agencies such as primary care etc where appropriate.</p> <p>8. To personally build and lead others to build, hope inspiring relationships with service users, which acknowledge the personal journey of each person, and focus on strengthsand aspirations to allow the creation of meaningful personal recovery plans.</p> <p>9. To be responsible for maintaining own workload, as well as planning the workload of others, on a day-to-day basis, ensuring that time is prioritised effectively, utilising electronic resources such as diaries/scheduling.</p> <p><strong>Please see attached Job Description file for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>Demonstrates substantial post-registration experience, gained through working in a range of frontline adult mental health services, including undertaking assessments and delivering interventions.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates a developed understanding of recovery principles and the role of secondary mental health services in the delivery of care.</li>
        
        <li>Awareness of the importance of working with and engaging carers.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates substantial experience and holds a relevant professional practice qualification in mentoring and assessing students and learners.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates substantial experience and a relevant professional practice qualification in mentoring and assessing students and learners</li>
        
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          <li>Relevant post-registration qualifications, such as Thorn, Non Medical Prescribing, CBT, AMHP, Brief Interventions.</li>
          
          <li>Experience gained in a wide variety of settings</li>
          
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          <li>Registered Practitioner - Nurse, Occupational Therapist (OT), or Social Worker - with up-to-date registration. Holding a Diploma or Degree in a relevant health or social care profession, e.g., RMN, OT, or Social Worker.</li>
          
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          <li>Demonstrates substantial post-registration experience, gained through working in a range of frontline adult mental health services, including undertaking assessments and delivering interventions.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates a developed understanding of recovery principles and the role of secondary mental health services in the delivery of care.</li>
          
          <li>Awareness of the importance of working with and engaging carers.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates substantial experience and holds a relevant professional practice qualification in mentoring and assessing students and learners.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates substantial experience and a relevant professional practice qualification in mentoring and assessing students and learners</li>
          
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            <li>Relevant post-registration qualifications, such as Thorn, Non Medical Prescribing, CBT, AMHP, Brief Interventions.</li>
            
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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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      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
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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>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Green Lane Hospital</p>
      <p>Marshall Road</p>
      <p>Devizes</p>
            <p>SN10 5DS</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
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          <p>Green Lane Hospital</p>
          <p>Marshall Road</p>
          <p>Devizes</p>
                    <p>SN10 5DS</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>

Band 6 Specialist Intensive Practitioner - Devizes

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Are you a registered Psychotherapist seeking a new opportunity in a friendly, supportive environment?</strong></p>
<p>We are recruiting a part-time <strong>Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist </strong>to join our team at <strong>Marlborough CAMHS! </strong></p>
<p>Here, we pride ourselves on creating a <strong>supportive and high-quality working environment</strong>.Our staff are known for their friendliness and professionalism, and we maintain a culture where nothing is too much trouble.Our performance figures are <strong>consistently strong</strong>, reflecting our <strong>commitment to excellence</strong>. CAMHS in BSW has a <strong>strong child psychotherapy workforce </strong>who meet regularly for CPD events, with valued leadership. You will join this group of child psychotherapists to share work, think of new developments and share learning. </p>
<p>CAMHS in BSW is committed to having a well trained workforce, so alongside the standard CPD, we offer internal training on all aspects of CAMHS work ranging from working with risk/gender to engaging young children through play. We welcome applications from those willing to take the step up into an 8a role and we would support you with the relevant training and supervision to continue your development.</p>
<p>Marlborough CAMHS is located on a hill overlooking the town, adjacent to the historic Savernake Forest. The site offers free parking, an on-site caf, and a calm, welcoming environment.</p>
<p><strong>If you are looking to join a team where you can be proud of the service you provide and enjoy a supportive and friendly environment, we encourage you to apply.</strong></p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>
<li>To provide a high quality specialist child and adolescent psychotherapy service to clients with complex mental health problems including severe, enduring and multiple disorders, and challenging behaviour. </li>
<li>To offer advice, consultancy and supervision, and support the work of other CAMHS staff providing psychological treatment. </li>
<li>To participate on the local CAMHS duty rota and undertake emergency assessments when and where required (i.e. community, hospital site, children's homes)</li>
<li>To provide training to a range of qualified and unqualified staff across mental health areas, as agreed.</li>
</ul>
<p>You will be part of an experienced and reflective multi-disciplinary team offering generic and specialist assessments and treatment as well as providing complex case consultations. As well as individual child psychotherapy, we also offer parent child relationship focused interventions, parent infant psychotherapy and STPP.</p>
<p>We operate an out of hours service, but for this role you would be expected to work in office hours 9-5. Most of your appointments are likely to be offered at our base in Marlborough, but there will be some travelling for community and school visits, we also offer appointments and consultations on line via Teams. <strong>Applicants must have a full valid driving license and have access to a car for work, if necessary adjustments can be made in line with the equality act (2010)</strong></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the "candidate guide to making an application" which is attached to all roles.</p> <p>Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.</p> <p>As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: <strong>"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"</strong></p> <p>Our values are:<strong>"Caring, safe and excellent"</strong></p> <p>At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:</p> <ul>  <li>Excellent opportunities for career progression</li>  <li>Individual and Trust wide learning and development</li>  <li>27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service</li>  <li>NHS Discount</li>  <li>Pension scheme</li>  <li>Lease car scheme</li>  <li>Employee Assistance Programme</li>  <li>Mental Health First Aiders</li>  <li>Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)</li>  <li>Staff networking and support groups</li> </ul>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>05 November 2025</p>

  
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    <p>Agenda for change</p>

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

  
  
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      £55,690 to £62,682 a year
      
        pro-rata
      
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  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>267-OC6839534-1E</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Marlborough CAMHS  - The Lavington Centre, Savernake Hospital</p>
      <p>London Road</p>
      <p>Marlborough</p>
            <p>SN8 3HL</p>
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    <p>We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.</p>
<p>The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.</p>
<p>The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.</p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>Master's level pre-clinical training at  a training school recognised by the  Association of Child  Psychotherapists (ACP) and post- graduate training at doctoral level in clinical child psychotherapy at a  training school accredited by the ACP</li>
        
        <li>Maintenance of ACP Registration</li>
        
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          <li>ACP Supervisors training</li>
          
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          Skills &amp; Competencies
        
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        <li>Advanced skills in professional  supervision and an ability to deliver  regular supervision to a range of  professionals and psychotherapy  trainees</li>
        
        <li>Has received training (either formal  of through experience) and carried  out risk assessments within scope of  practice</li>
        
        <li>Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of principles and  methods of clinical audit, research and service evaluation</li>
        
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        <li>Sufficient experience of working as  a qualified psychotherapist within  an NHS CAMHS clinic</li>
        
        <li>Advanced knowledge and skills in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and  its effective application to the  mental health problems of children  and adolescents with complex  disorders and diagnosis, including  pervasive and severe emotional and  psychological difficulties</li>
        
        <li>Ability to meet agreed/specified  service targets</li>
        
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          <li>Master's level pre-clinical training at  a training school recognised by the  Association of Child  Psychotherapists (ACP) and post- graduate training at doctoral level in clinical child psychotherapy at a  training school accredited by the ACP</li>
          
          <li>Maintenance of ACP Registration</li>
          
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            <li>ACP Supervisors training</li>
            
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          <li>Advanced skills in professional  supervision and an ability to deliver  regular supervision to a range of  professionals and psychotherapy  trainees</li>
          
          <li>Has received training (either formal  of through experience) and carried  out risk assessments within scope of  practice</li>
          
          <li>Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of principles and  methods of clinical audit, research and service evaluation</li>
          
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          <li>Sufficient experience of working as  a qualified psychotherapist within  an NHS CAMHS clinic</li>
          
          <li>Advanced knowledge and skills in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and  its effective application to the  mental health problems of children  and adolescents with complex  disorders and diagnosis, including  pervasive and severe emotional and  psychological difficulties</li>
          
          <li>Ability to meet agreed/specified  service targets</li>
          
          <li>Ability to manage competing  demands / manage a caseload</li>
          
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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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          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
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    <p>Oxford Health NHS Trust</p>
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      <p>Marlborough CAMHS  - The Lavington Centre, Savernake Hospital</p>
      <p>London Road</p>
      <p>Marlborough</p>
            <p>SN8 3HL</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Oxford Health NHS Trust</p>
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          <p>Marlborough CAMHS  - The Lavington Centre, Savernake Hospital</p>
          <p>London Road</p>
          <p>Marlborough</p>
                    <p>SN8 3HL</p>
        
      

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

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Looking for the range of clinical work found in a friendly Community Mental Health Team?</p> <p>Still want the support of a Psychological Therapies Service?</p> <p>Do you have an area of interest you'd like the support and autonomy to develop?</p> <p>Then this is the role for you!</p> <p>This application is open to experienced Clinical Psychologists. The vacancy is within the West Wiltshire Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service, primarily based in Warminster, Devizes, and Trowbridge, while providing clinical services to the older adult population throughout Wiltshire.</p> <p>Working as part of both the Wiltshire PTS and CMHT offers psychologists the opportunity to treat a range of disorders and presenting difficulties. This means you can maintain your skills across a diverse client group or further develop a specialist interest, such as neuropsychology.</p> <p>In Wiltshire, the service is needs-led ('ageless'), offering care for both functional and organic conditions to all adults aged 18 and over. This role will focus on clients from the older adult population.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>This post is within the multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service. We are an enthusiastic and innovative team that values the input and contribution of all our staff and strives to offer the best possible services to our clients.</p> <p>We provide a wide range of psychological therapies, including CBT, EMDR, ACT, DBT, CAT, Integrative approaches, Schema-focused therapy, Mindfulness-based interventions, and Solution-focused methods, delivered in both group and individual contexts, primarily on an outpatient basis.</p> <p>About You</p> <p>The successful applicant will have clearly demonstrable skills and knowledge in working with people from the older adult age range. For this senior role, you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with different client groups in secondary mental health settings, and of having been responsible for providing specialist assessments and interventions. You will need to show evidence of clinical leadership and innovations that have improved services in which you have worked.</p> <p>As the provision of supervision, consultation, and training to colleagues within the service is highly valued and an essential part of the role, being able to demonstrate skill and experience in this area would be an advantage. We would particularly value experience and/or training in neuropsychology, ACT, and group-based working.</p> <p>For the full Job Description and Person Specification, please refer to the attached documents.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.</p> <p>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>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>04 November 2025</p>

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

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

  
  
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      £55,690 to £62,682 a year
      
        pro rata
      
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  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Job share,
        
      
        
          Compressed hours
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>342-WTS222-1125</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Shearwater Lodge</p>
      <p>1 The Avenue</p>
      <p>Warminster</p>
            <p>BA12 9AA</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <ul>  <li>To provide a high-quality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service.</li>  <li>To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessments, risk assessments, and assessments for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).</li>  <li>To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, based on an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients difficulties and employing evidence-based methods across the full range of care settings.</li>  <li>To be responsible for providing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, and groups, within and across teams, delivered individually or in combination. This includes adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models, and maintaining several provisional hypotheses.</li>  <li>To provide at least one specialist, evidence-based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.</li>  <li>To provide highly specialist consultation to members of various teams within the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients.</li>  <li>To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by teams.</li>  <li>To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust.</li>  <li>To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Service.</li>  <li>To maintain accurate records and monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.</li>  <li>To support the full implementation of YTCP (Your Team, Your Conversation, Your Plan) or equivalent, including acting as key worker as appropriate to the needs of the service.</li>  <li>To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner.</li> </ul> <p>For further information or to discuss this vacancy, we encourage you to contact:</p> <p>Dr Andy Bendell, Consultant Clinical Psychologist</p> <p> Tel: 07412 603442</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <ul>  <li>To provide a high-quality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service.</li>  <li>To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessments, risk assessments, and assessments for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).</li>  <li>To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, based on an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients difficulties and employing evidence-based methods across the full range of care settings.</li>  <li>To be responsible for providing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, and groups, within and across teams, delivered individually or in combination. This includes adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models, and maintaining several provisional hypotheses.</li>  <li>To provide at least one specialist, evidence-based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.</li>  <li>To provide highly specialist consultation to members of various teams within the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients.</li>  <li>To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by teams.</li>  <li>To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust.</li>  <li>To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Service.</li>  <li>To maintain accurate records and monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.</li>  <li>To support the full implementation of YTCP (Your Team, Your Conversation, Your Plan) or equivalent, including acting as key worker as appropriate to the needs of the service.</li>  <li>To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner.</li> </ul> <p>For further information or to discuss this vacancy, we encourage you to contact:</p> <p>Dr Andy Bendell, Consultant Clinical Psychologist</p> <p> Tel: 07412 603442</p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>Doctoral-level qualification in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent). Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status</li>
        
        <li>HCPC Registered (Health and Care Professions Council)</li>
        
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          <li>Doctoral-level qualification in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent). Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status</li>
          
          <li>HCPC Registered (Health and Care Professions Council)</li>
          
          <li>Post-qualification and further specialist training in specified psychological interventions.</li>
          
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    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

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

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

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

      
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          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
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      <p>Shearwater Lodge</p>
      <p>1 The Avenue</p>
      <p>Warminster</p>
            <p>BA12 9AA</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
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          <p>Shearwater Lodge</p>
          <p>1 The Avenue</p>
          <p>Warminster</p>
                    <p>BA12 9AA</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>

Band 8a Later Life Clinical Counselling Psychologist - Warminster

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Locum Clinical Psychologist (Grade 8a) to join our friendly Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) in North East Wiltshire, and the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service (PTS),for a period of six months.</p> <p>This locum role is primarily based in Chippenham and Devizes, while providing clinical services to the older adult population throughout Wiltshire.</p> <p>Working as part of both the Wiltshire PTS and CMHT offers psychologists the opportunity to treat a range of disorders and presenting difficulties. This means you can maintain your skills across a diverse client group or further explore a specialist interest, such as neuropsychology.</p> <p>In Wiltshire, the service is needs-led ('ageless'), offering care for both functional and organic conditions to all adults aged 18 and over. This role will focus on clients from the older adult population.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>This post is within the multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service (PTS). We are an enthusiastic and innovative team that values the input and contribution of all our staff and strives to offer the best possible services to our clients.</p> <p>We provide a wide range of psychological therapies, including CBT, EMDR, ACT, DBT, CAT, Integrative approaches, Schema-focused therapy, Mindfulness-based interventions, and Solution-focused methods, delivered in both group and individual contexts, primarily on an outpatient basis.</p> <p>The successful applicant will have clearly demonstrable skills and knowledge in working with people from the older adult age range. For this senior role, you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with different client groups in secondary mental health settings, and of having been responsible for providing specialist assessments and interventions. You will need to show evidence of clinical leadership and innovations that have improved services in which you have worked.</p> <p>As the provision of supervision, consultation, and training to colleagues within the service is highly valued and an essential part of the role, being able to demonstrate skill and experience in this area would be an advantage.</p> <p><strong>Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.</p> <p>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>


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

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

    
      
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      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
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      £55,690 to £62,682 a year
      
         pro rata
      
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  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>6 months</p>
  

  
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          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Compressed hours
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>342-WTS228-1125</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Bewley House</p>
      <p>Marshfield Road</p>
      <p>Chippenham</p>
            <p>SN15 1JW</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <ul>  <li>To provide a high-quality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service.</li>  <li>To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessments, risk assessments, and assessments for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).</li>  <li>To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, based on an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients difficulties and employing evidence-based methods across the full range of care settings.</li>  <li>To be responsible for providing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, and groups, within and across teams, delivered individually or in combination. This includes adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models, and maintaining several provisional hypotheses.</li>  <li>To provide at least one specialist, evidence-based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.</li>  <li>To provide highly specialist consultation to members of various teams within the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients.</li>  <li>To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by teams.</li>  <li>To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust.</li>  <li>To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Service.</li>  <li>To maintain accurate records and monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.</li>  <li>To support the full implementation of YTCP (Your Team, Your Conversation, Your Plan) or equivalent, including acting as key worker as appropriate to the needs of the service.</li>  <li>To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner.</li> </ul> <p>For further information or to discuss this vacancy, we encourage you to contact:</p> <p>Dr Andy Bendell, Consultant Clinical Psychologist</p> <p> Tel: 07412 603442</p> <p><strong>Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <ul>  <li>To provide a high-quality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service.</li>  <li>To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessments, risk assessments, and assessments for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).</li>  <li>To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, based on an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients difficulties and employing evidence-based methods across the full range of care settings.</li>  <li>To be responsible for providing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, and groups, within and across teams, delivered individually or in combination. This includes adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models, and maintaining several provisional hypotheses.</li>  <li>To provide at least one specialist, evidence-based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.</li>  <li>To provide highly specialist consultation to members of various teams within the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients.</li>  <li>To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by teams.</li>  <li>To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust.</li>  <li>To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Service.</li>  <li>To maintain accurate records and monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.</li>  <li>To support the full implementation of YTCP (Your Team, Your Conversation, Your Plan) or equivalent, including acting as key worker as appropriate to the needs of the service.</li>  <li>To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner.</li> </ul> <p>For further information or to discuss this vacancy, we encourage you to contact:</p> <p>Dr Andy Bendell, Consultant Clinical Psychologist</p> <p> Tel: 07412 603442</p> <p><strong>Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>Doctoral-level qualification in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent). Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status</li>
        
        <li>HCPC Registered (Health and Care Professions Council)</li>
        
        <li>Post-qualification and further specialist training in specified psychological interventions</li>
        
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          <li>Doctoral-level qualification in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent). Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status</li>
          
          <li>HCPC Registered (Health and Care Professions Council)</li>
          
          <li>Post-qualification and further specialist training in specified psychological interventions</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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        <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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          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>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Bewley House</p>
      <p>Marshfield Road</p>
      <p>Chippenham</p>
            <p>SN15 1JW</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>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
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          <p>Bewley House</p>
          <p>Marshfield Road</p>
          <p>Chippenham</p>
                    <p>SN15 1JW</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>

Band 8a Later Life Clinical Counselling Psychologist - Chippenham

<p><strong>Clinical / Forensic Psychologist</strong><br> <strong>Location:</strong> Wiltshire (Melksham, Devizes, Salisbury)<br> <strong>Salary:</strong> £60,000 <strong>Full Time (37.5 hrs.)</strong> Some Remote Working <br> <strong>Driving license and own car required</strong></p> <p>Join <strong>Horizon Care &amp; Education</strong> to deliver a comprehensive therapeutic service for children across our Wiltshire homes including a new assessment home focused on identifying individual needs.</p> <p><strong>What You ll Do:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Provide psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention for children with complex trauma and emotional needs</p> </li> <li> <p>Support and train care teams to embed therapeutic practice</p> </li> <li> <p>Deliver evidence-based therapies (e.g., CBT, EMDR, trauma-focused approaches)</p> </li> <li> <p>Contribute to safeguarding, risk management, and multi-agency planning</p> </li> <li> <p>Promote reflective practice and psychologically informed environments</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>What We re Looking For:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>HCPC-registered Clinical or Forensic Psychologist (doctoral-level qualification)</p> </li> <li> <p>Experience working with children and young people affected by trauma</p> </li> <li> <p>Strong assessment, intervention, and consultation skills</p> </li> <li> <p>Excellent communication and autonomy in practice</p> </li> <li> <p>Full UK driving licence and own transport</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Desirable:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Experience in service evaluation or transitions between placements</p> </li> <li> <p>Training in DBT, play therapy, or MBT approaches</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Why Horizon:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Blue Light &amp; Tastecard discounts</p> </li> <li> <p>MyGym &amp; MyActive perks</p> </li> <li> <p>Refer-a-Friend bonus (up to £2,500)</p> </li> <li> <p>Financial wellbeing &amp; life assurance</p> </li> <li> <p>Full induction, CPD, and SHINE therapeutic training</p> </li> <li> <p>Employee assistance via Bupa</p> </li> <li> <p>Supportive leadership &amp; wellbeing-focused culture</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Help shape brighter futures join Horizon and make a lasting difference.</strong></p>

Clinical/Forensic Psychologist

<p><strong>Dementia Band 6 CPN</strong><br> <strong>Location:</strong> Please enquire<br> <strong>Hours:</strong> 30 hours per week (days negotiable)<br> <strong>Pay:</strong> £26.78 per hour<br> <strong>Agency:</strong> Sanctuary Personnel</p><p>Sanctuary Personnel is seeking an experienced Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) to join a Dementia Service on a locum basis.</p><p>You will provide high-quality care to adults with dementia and related cognitive conditions, supporting assessment, care planning, risk management, and multi-disciplinary collaboration. The role involves community-based work, so confidence working independently and managing a caseload is essential.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities of the CPN</strong></p><ul> <li> <p>Conduct comprehensive assessments and review care plans</p></li><li> <p>Deliver specialist nursing interventions to individuals with dementia</p></li><li> <p>Manage and prioritise a community caseload</p></li><li> <p>Work collaboratively with MDT members, carers, and external services</p></li><li> <p>Monitor mental and physical wellbeing and respond to clinical risks</p></li><li> <p>Maintain accurate records and documentation</p></li></ul> <p><strong>Requirements of the CPN</strong></p><ul> <li> <p>NMC registration as a Mental Health Nurse</p></li><li> <p>Experience working within dementia or older adult mental health services</p></li><li> <p>Strong risk assessment, communication, and caseload-management skills</p></li><li> <p>Ability to work autonomously in the community</p></li></ul> <p><br><strong>Working with Sanctuary Personnel:</strong><br>Sanctuary Personnel is a trusted and award-winning agency for roles. With an Excellent rating on Trustpilot from over 1,000 reviews and many prestigious industry awards, we are dedicated to finding you the best possible rates in roles that match your skills and experience.</p>

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