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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Band 7 Counselling/Clinical Psychologist/ Psychotherapist/ Systemic and Family Therapist: Eating Disorder Therapist</strong> </p><p>This is an exciting opportunity for a Eating Disorder Therapist to join our team. The post holder will have the opportunity to work with a broad range of eating disorder presentations as well as co-morbid mental health conditions to allow for the provision of a holistic care package to the young person. The ideal candidate communicates well, enjoys working with individuals, families and groups and will bring enthusiasm and commitment to the role.</p> <p>They will complete specialist eating disorder assessments and deliver evidence based and NICE concordant interventions for eating disorders to children and young people and their families within our early intervention and specialist therapy pathways. These interventions may be delivered in clinic, community and home settings; to individuals or groups work, holistically with the multi-disciplinary team to support young people and their families with eating disorders and contribute to increasing awareness of the presentation and prevalence of eating disorders. To develop and deliver our early intervention support pathway, including consultation, psycho education, self-help materials working closely with our assistant psychologist.</p> <p>We are looking for a someone, who combines experience with working with young people and families with a special interest in eating disorders.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>To complete specialist eating disorder assessments within the Community Eating Disorder Service for Children &amp; Young People (CEDS-CYP).</p>
<p>To act as the duty clinician on the rota of duty clinicians managing referrals and providing a rapid response to urgent clinical situations. </p>
<p>To be involved in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children and young people with eating disorders in the community, to liaise closely with other health care professionals to ensure a consistent approach.</p>
<p>To provide specialist therapeutic interventions as part of individualised treatment plans based on psychotherapeutic principles which are grounded in evidence based practice and NICE - concordant interventions for eating disorders.</p>
<p>To develop and deliver our early intervention support pathway, including consultation, psychoeducation, self-help materials working closely with our assistant psychologist.</p>
<p>Care coordinate a substantial caseload of assessment, treatment and consultation work, identifying priorities of action in complex circumstances.</p>
<p>To utilise specialist skills in managing and communicating with patients, their families, carers and other agencies in situations that are sensitive, highly complex and may be emotionally distressing.</p>
<p>To evaluate and monitor clinical risk which will include physical and psychiatric risk for appropriate interventions to jointly manage risk and to inform other agencies as appropriate.</p>
  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.</p>
<p>The East London Community Eating Disorders Service (CEDS) is a multidisciplinary team including Therapies (family therapy, clinical/ counselling psychology, assistant psychology), Medical (psychiatry and paediatrics), Nursing (mental health and paediatric nursing), Dietetics, Support Workers &amp; Administrative and Operational staff.</p>
<p>Our team covers the East London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and City &amp; Hackney.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>02 November 2025</p>

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

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

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £56,276 to £63,176 a year
      
        per annum incl HCA
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>363-SS7564203</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Emanuel Miller Centre</p>
      <p>11 Gill Street</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E14 8HQ</p>
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    <p>Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.</p>
<p><strong>Person specification</strong></p>
<p><strong>Essential criteria</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology, or equivalent qualification, such as a Statement of Equivalence, leading to eligibility for Chartered status,</li>
<li>Depending on Training needs, may hold a professional qualification in psychology and be undertaking further training to complete requirements for a Statement of Equivalence</li>
<li>Post qualification training in a relevant field of applied psychology</li>
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<p><strong>Person specification</strong></p>
<p><strong>Essential criteria</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology, or equivalent qualification, such as a Statement of Equivalence, leading to eligibility for Chartered status,</li>
<li>Depending on Training needs, may hold a professional qualification in psychology and be undertaking further training to complete requirements for a Statement of Equivalence</li>
<li>Post qualification training in a relevant field of applied psychology</li>
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          Education/ Qualification/ Training
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology, or equivalent qualification such as Statement of Equivalence, leading to eligibility for Chartered status,</li>
        
        <li>Depending on training needs, may hold a professional qualification in psychology and be undertaking further training to complete requirements for a Statement of Equivalence</li>
        
        <li>Post-qualification training in a relevant field of applied psychology</li>
        
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          Experience
        
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        <li>Experience of providing specialist psychological assessments and treatment interventions to patients with complex problems</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with patients reflecting a wide range of clinical severity and need</li>
        
        <li>Experience of involving service users in the coproduction of service delivery.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of teaching, training, and supervision</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Experience of working in a range of care settings, including outpatient, inpatient and community</li>
          
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          Knowledge and Skills
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Awareness of diversity, and skills and commitment to provide a service that is appropriate to a diverse population</li>
        
        <li>Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment</li>
        
        <li>Skills in working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in delivering psychological interventions in individual and/or group formats, adapted to meet the needs of the individual or group</li>
        
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            Education/ Qualification/ Training
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology, or equivalent qualification such as Statement of Equivalence, leading to eligibility for Chartered status,</li>
          
          <li>Depending on training needs, may hold a professional qualification in psychology and be undertaking further training to complete requirements for a Statement of Equivalence</li>
          
          <li>Post-qualification training in a relevant field of applied psychology</li>
          
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of providing specialist psychological assessments and treatment interventions to patients with complex problems</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with patients reflecting a wide range of clinical severity and need</li>
          
          <li>Experience of involving service users in the coproduction of service delivery.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of teaching, training, and supervision</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Experience of working in a range of care settings, including outpatient, inpatient and community</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Knowledge and Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Awareness of diversity, and skills and commitment to provide a service that is appropriate to a diverse population</li>
          
          <li>Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment</li>
          
          <li>Skills in working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in delivering psychological interventions in individual and/or group formats, adapted to meet the needs of the individual or group</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

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

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

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

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Emanuel Miller Centre</p>
      <p>11 Gill Street</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E14 8HQ</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Emanuel Miller Centre</p>
          <p>11 Gill Street</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>E14 8HQ</p>
        
      

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

NHS Jobs

Eating Disorder Therapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Join Our CAMHS for Cared for Children (STARLAC) service as a Therapeutic Social Worker!</strong></p><p>Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and young people, and their carers? Do you thrive in trauma-informed, multi-agency environments where emotional wellbeing and mental health are at the heart of everything you do?</p><p>Salford CAMHS for Cared for Children (STARLAC) is looking for a Therapeutic Social Worker to join our innovative partnership between Salford Childrens Services and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) CAMHS. This is a unique opportunity to apply social work skills in a specialist area of practice focusing on emotional wellbeing and mental health, using an attachment and trauma-informed approach. The post holder will be employed by the Fostering Service and situated within STARLAC as part of the multi-disciplinary clinical team, including psychologists, psychotherapists and mental health practitioners.</p><p><strong>Be Part of Something Bigger:</strong>Help us build A Fairer, Greener, and Healthier Salford through The Salford Way. Were proud to be a #HappyToTalkFlexible employer.</p><p>Interviews will be Tuesday 25th November 2025. The interview date is not changeable due to the nature of the panel. For those successful at short listing and invited to interview, you will be asked to complete a short presentation as part of the interview process.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>What You will do:</p><ul><li>Deliver high-quality therapeutic services to cared-for children, families, and carers.</li> <li>Support placements in crisis and prevent breakdowns.</li> <li>Lead emotional wellbeing consultations and parenting groups for foster carers.</li> <li>Provide training, reflective practice, and supervision to colleagues and carers.</li> <li>Collaborate with partner agencies to ensure robust mental health and safeguarding support.</li></ul><p>What You will Bring:</p><ul><li>A recognised social work qualification and 3+ years post-qualifying experience.</li> <li>Expertise in trauma-informed practice and therapeutic caregiving models.</li> <li>Strong assessment, formulation, and report-writing skills.</li> <li>A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.</li> <li>Passion for professional development and reflective practice.</li></ul><p>What We Offer:</p><ul><li>Clinical supervision from CAMHS and line management from Fostering Service.</li> <li>Specialist training opportunities specific to mental health, therapeutic caregiving and trauma-informed practice.</li> <li>Access to over 200 online courses via Me-Learning.</li> <li>Tailored development including Practice Educator training, mentoring, and digital skills programmes.</li> <li>Opportunities to lead foster carer training and recruitment campaigns.</li> <li>A values-driven workplace built on Pride, Passion, People, and Personal Responsibility.</li></ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Want to know more about Salford?</p><p>As an authority we are dedicated to improving the lives of our residents, and as an employer we are passionate about helping individuals to thrive in their work. We are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture and are proud of our professional accreditations which champion this.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>23 October 2025</p>

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

    
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £50,269 to £53,460 a year
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>F0070-25-0000</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Unity House, Civic Centre</p>
      <p>Chorley Road</p>
      <p>Swinton</p>
      <p>Greater Manchester</p>
      <p>M27 5AW</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <ul><li>Support placements in crisis to become stable and prevent placement breakdown.</li><li>Support the emotional wellbeing of children and young people and support their carers to meet the emotional wellbeing needs of their children.</li><li>Have a good understanding of Cared for Children processes.</li><li>High quality assessments that result in robust, analysis and recommendations.</li><li>Provide support and guidance to front line social workers and support workers whilst supporting the management of the most challenging and complex case work.</li><li>Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.</li></ul>  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <ul><li>Support placements in crisis to become stable and prevent placement breakdown.</li><li>Support the emotional wellbeing of children and young people and support their carers to meet the emotional wellbeing needs of their children.</li><li>Have a good understanding of Cared for Children processes.</li><li>High quality assessments that result in robust, analysis and recommendations.</li><li>Provide support and guidance to front line social workers and support workers whilst supporting the management of the most challenging and complex case work.</li><li>Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.</li></ul>    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>As a Therapeutic Social Worker you will have a recognised social work qualification: DipSW, BASW, MASW, CQSW, CSS. Level 3 social worker. Minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience in a statutory childcare setting, including knowledge and understanding of trauma informed practice.</li>
        
        <li>The co-ordination and delivery of parenting groups for foster carers (Therapeutic Caregiving/ PACE, Circle of Security and Foundations for Attachment).</li>
        
        <li>The co-ordination of EWMH (Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health) consultation to foster carers and residential home staff teams.</li>
        
        <li>Contribution of EWMH workshops to the foster carer training programme.</li>
        
        <li>The assessment, formulation, and delivery of therapeutic EWMH services to cared for children, young people, their families, and carers.</li>
        
        <li>To model and demonstrate our values and behaviours.</li>
        
        <li>Thorough knowledge of the legislative framework in relation to children and families, fostering and adoption, and relevance to the placement setting.</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of current social work theory and research and its application in practice.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrated ability to manage a complex caseload and to work at an appropriate level of independence.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrated ability to assess needs and risks and formulate plans based on best welfare.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrated ability to make effective decisions and adhere to agreed lines of accountability.</li>
        
        <li>Effective communication skills and ability to work in partnership with service users, colleagues, and other agencies.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrable commitment to anti-discriminatory practice</li>
        
        <li>Ability to reflect upon and develop own professional practice.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to present information effectively and compile written reports.</li>
        
        <li>Excellent report writing and analytical skills</li>
        
        <li>Excellent recording and time management skills.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of or willingness to learn electronic systems such as Liquid Logic and the CAMHS Electronic Patient Record (PARIS).</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>As a Therapeutic Social Worker you will have a recognised social work qualification: DipSW, BASW, MASW, CQSW, CSS. Level 3 social worker. Minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience in a statutory childcare setting, including knowledge and understanding of trauma informed practice.</li>
          
          <li>The co-ordination and delivery of parenting groups for foster carers (Therapeutic Caregiving/ PACE, Circle of Security and Foundations for Attachment).</li>
          
          <li>The co-ordination of EWMH (Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health) consultation to foster carers and residential home staff teams.</li>
          
          <li>Contribution of EWMH workshops to the foster carer training programme.</li>
          
          <li>The assessment, formulation, and delivery of therapeutic EWMH services to cared for children, young people, their families, and carers.</li>
          
          <li>To model and demonstrate our values and behaviours.</li>
          
          <li>Thorough knowledge of the legislative framework in relation to children and families, fostering and adoption, and relevance to the placement setting.</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of current social work theory and research and its application in practice.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrated ability to manage a complex caseload and to work at an appropriate level of independence.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrated ability to assess needs and risks and formulate plans based on best welfare.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrated ability to make effective decisions and adhere to agreed lines of accountability.</li>
          
          <li>Effective communication skills and ability to work in partnership with service users, colleagues, and other agencies.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrable commitment to anti-discriminatory practice</li>
          
          <li>Ability to reflect upon and develop own professional practice.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to present information effectively and compile written reports.</li>
          
          <li>Excellent report writing and analytical skills</li>
          
          <li>Excellent recording and time management skills.</li>
          
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Experience of or willingness to learn electronic systems such as Liquid Logic and the CAMHS Electronic Patient Record (PARIS).</li>
          
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    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

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

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Salford City Council</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Unity House, Civic Centre</p>
      <p>Chorley Road</p>
      <p>Swinton</p>
      <p>Greater Manchester</p>
      <p>M27 5AW</p>
    
  

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

  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Salford City Council</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Unity House, Civic Centre</p>
          <p>Chorley Road</p>
          <p>Swinton</p>
          <p>Greater Manchester</p>
          <p>M27 5AW</p>
        
      

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

Therapeutic Social Worker (TSW)

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Job
Title: </strong>Band 6 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist </p><p><strong>Trust:</strong>Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust</p><p><strong>Location:
</strong>Sue Nicholls Centre, Aylesbury HP20 1EG and
Saffron House, High Wycombe HP11 1NH</p><p><strong>Ward:</strong>CAMHS</p><p><strong>Pay
Rates: </strong>£23.82 Per hour</p><p><strong>Shift
Patterns: </strong>Mon-Fri
09:00-17:00</p><p></p><p><strong>Why
might this job interest you?</strong></p><p>Oxford Health NHS Trust are currently
looking for an experienced CBT to join their team in Aylesbury and High Wycombe.
If you are looking to develop your NHS experience and provide dietary care with
the support of working within a multidisciplinary team then please do
apply!</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Provide specialist assessments under supervision, including CBT assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.</p><p>Working as part of the CAMHS community team, seeing clients individually and in-group settings. Working within other settings as required for clinical work e.g. day patient, inpatient and outreach settings.</p><p> Implement appropriate CBT interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.</p><p>Under supervision, to be responsible and accountable for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by CBT based standard care plans.</p><p> Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with appropriate professional codes of practice / BABCP and Trust policies and procedures.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.</p><p> <strong>Career Progression</strong> access to Learning &amp; Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges</p><p> <strong>Work-life Balance</strong> flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave</p><p> <strong>Opportunity &amp; Access</strong> over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want</p>      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>24 October 2025</p>

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

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

  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £23.82 an hour
      
    </p>
  
  
  

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

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

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>M0042-84177A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
        <p>The Whiteleaf Centre</p>
      
      <p>Bierton Road</p>
            <p>Aylesbury</p>
      <p>Buckinghamshire</p>
      <p>HP20 1EG</p>
      <br>
      
        
          
            <p>Buckinghamshire Council</p>
          
          <p>Easton Street</p>
                    <p>High Wycombe</p>
          <p>Buckinghamshire</p>
          <p>HP11 1NH</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>BACP accredited.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of working in the NHS, particularly within CAMHS.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>BACP accredited.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working in the NHS, particularly within CAMHS.</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="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="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>NHS Professionals Limited</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>The Whiteleaf Centre</p>
      
      <p>Bierton Road</p>
            <p>Aylesbury</p>
      <p>Buckinghamshire</p>
      <p>HP20 1EG</p>
    
  

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

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>NHS Professionals Limited</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>The Whiteleaf Centre</p>
          
          <p>Bierton Road</p>
                    <p>Aylesbury</p>
          <p>Buckinghamshire</p>
          <p>HP20 1EG</p>
        
      

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

Band 6 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Clinical Associate Psychologist to join our Primary &amp; Community Mental Health Team. (PCMH). The person should be someone who is willing to engage with both health and community working to support existing structures of clinical care in conjunction with our social prescribing and self-management offer.</p>
<p>You will be joining a vibrant and supportive team of well-established Clinical Psychologists, Psychotherapists and Clinical Associate Psychologists who are able to offer supervision, support, and professional development.The person should be comfortable in supporting patients both one to one as well as groups and be passionate about supporting clinical and non-clinical colleagues to build their skills in supporting patients with long term mental health conditions</p>
<p>We believe in holistic care for the patient and are keen that the person who joins us embraces this way of thinking to support our vision of person-centred care.</p>
<p>To apply for this position, you will need to have completed the British Psychological Society accredited CAP apprenticeship training programme including EPA to IFA standards.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>You will work as part of the wider Primary &amp; Community Mental Health Service working across Sheffield's primary care networks. You will be responsible for developing close links with GP Practices, VCSE organisations, secondary care services and families/carers to ensure patients with serious mental illness can quickly access the care, support, and treatment they need in their local community.</p>
<p>You will assess needs, provide extended brief interventions, psychological interventions, and work as part of a wider multidisciplinary team (involving mental health practitioners, clinical psychologists and psychotherapists, social prescribers, peer support workers, occupational therapy, and pharmacy)</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.</p>
<p>We offer flexible working conditions. We genuinely care about our staff; we invest in you. We protect time for peer and clinical supervision. We invest in fostering cohesion and a team mentality. We are a sociable bunch of supportive, skilled clinicians that genuinely want to develop mental health care across the city, using our autonomy, initiative, and innovative ways of working to help forge mental health care for the future.</p>
<p>It is important to us that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of.</p>
<p>Sheffield is leading the way nationally in providing mental health support in primary care for adults with serious mental illness and complex needs.</p>
<p>There has never been a more exciting time to work within mental health services in primary care, if you are looking for the opportunity to work as part of the wider primary care team to improve access to mental health services and to address biopsychosocial needs, we want to hear from you!</p>
<p>Find out more about our service at:</p>
<p>Please view - NEW Community Mental Health Transformation Information Film:</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/VCLcbHSMqWc" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/VCLcbHSMqWc</a></p>
      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>28 October 2025</p>

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

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

  
  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      Depending on experience
      
        Dependant on experience
      
    </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>457-25-7556532</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Primary Care Sheffield</p>
      <p>GP surgeries across Sheffield</p>
      <p>Sheffield</p>
            <p>S10 3TH</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>The post holder will provide psychological interventions to the Primary Care Networks Mental Health Services. In particular, those with complex mental health problems, focusing on strength and assets to help people with what matters most to them.</p>
<p>This work will be under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist who will retain clinical responsibility for clinical work carried out, provided that the clinical work is within the care plan specified.</p>
<p>The characteristics of the core population receiving direct services are: people with complex psychological and emotional needs who may have experienced adverse life events. Those with serious mental illness, for example complex trauma personality disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia and complex depression and anxiety (the list is not exhaustive). </p>
<p>Psychological based provision is offered to the local/identified population at the individual, group, couple and family level through to teams, systems and community level.</p>
<p>The post holder will work with people who use our services to develop a shared understanding of the complex issues the person is facing, how they cope and the impact this has on their mental, physical health and well-being and those around them (psychological assessment and formulation). Under supervision of qualified clinical psychologists they will explore social, psychological, therapies and other potential options which may improve health outcomes and help them achieve agreed goals.</p>
<p>Service users seen by the post holder will include those who have experienced high levels of distress and complex mental health difficulties. Assessments and interventions will be delivered in a range of settings, including community, VCSE as well as clinics and in person, by telephone or digital platform.</p>
<p>The post holder would be expected to work closely with experts-by-experience, local communities, Community and Voluntary and Social Enterprises, to co-produce and co-develop services. The post holder will primarily be involved in partnership working, liaising with various stakeholders in the system, e.g. GPs, primary and secondary care mental health services, colleges and universities, and the 3rd sector. The post holder will also be involved in raising the awareness of the complexity of the health and social challenges many people face and the impact this has on mental health &amp; well-being and vice versa. A key aim of the service is to help people build resilience and feel more connected to their community, and to instil a sense of belonging.</p>
<p>We sincerely welcome applications from people who have previous experience of using Mental Health services, and/or individuals who are/have been a carer for someone.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>The post holder will provide psychological interventions to the Primary Care Networks Mental Health Services. In particular, those with complex mental health problems, focusing on strength and assets to help people with what matters most to them.</p>
<p>This work will be under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist who will retain clinical responsibility for clinical work carried out, provided that the clinical work is within the care plan specified.</p>
<p>The characteristics of the core population receiving direct services are: people with complex psychological and emotional needs who may have experienced adverse life events. Those with serious mental illness, for example complex trauma personality disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia and complex depression and anxiety (the list is not exhaustive). </p>
<p>Psychological based provision is offered to the local/identified population at the individual, group, couple and family level through to teams, systems and community level.</p>
<p>The post holder will work with people who use our services to develop a shared understanding of the complex issues the person is facing, how they cope and the impact this has on their mental, physical health and well-being and those around them (psychological assessment and formulation). Under supervision of qualified clinical psychologists they will explore social, psychological, therapies and other potential options which may improve health outcomes and help them achieve agreed goals.</p>
<p>Service users seen by the post holder will include those who have experienced high levels of distress and complex mental health difficulties. Assessments and interventions will be delivered in a range of settings, including community, VCSE as well as clinics and in person, by telephone or digital platform.</p>
<p>The post holder would be expected to work closely with experts-by-experience, local communities, Community and Voluntary and Social Enterprises, to co-produce and co-develop services. The post holder will primarily be involved in partnership working, liaising with various stakeholders in the system, e.g. GPs, primary and secondary care mental health services, colleges and universities, and the 3rd sector. The post holder will also be involved in raising the awareness of the complexity of the health and social challenges many people face and the impact this has on mental health &amp; well-being and vice versa. A key aim of the service is to help people build resilience and feel more connected to their community, and to instil a sense of belonging.</p>
<p>We sincerely welcome applications from people who have previous experience of using Mental Health services, and/or individuals who are/have been a carer for someone.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Appropriate CAP qualification</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Additional training</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Clinical
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of working with SMI</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of working with Older and working age adults</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Service development
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Evidence of inputting into service development</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Inputting into service evaluation/audit</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Appropriate CAP qualification</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Additional training</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Clinical
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working with SMI</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of working with Older and working age adults</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Service development
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of inputting into service development</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Inputting into service evaluation/audit</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>
  

  


 
  
    
      
        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>
      

      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Primary Care Sheffield</p>
      <p>GP surgeries across Sheffield</p>
      <p>Sheffield</p>
            <p>S10 3TH</p>
    
  

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

  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Primary Care Sheffield</p>
          <p>GP surgeries across Sheffield</p>
          <p>Sheffield</p>
                    <p>S10 3TH</p>
        
      

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

Clinical Associate Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Are you an enthusiastic, experienced systemic family therapist with a passion for providing and developing quality specialist Child &amp; Adolescent Mental Health Services for young people? We want you to join an expanding service recognised by the Care Quality Commission as outstanding.</p> <p>In CYP MH East Lancashire (Child and Young People Mental Health East Lancashire) We have well established Consultant-led teams providing specialist mental health services across East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. This is an exciting time to join our team as a Lead family therapist as we build on our existing track record and develop our range of services in line with a regional transformation programme modelled on Thrive.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>We are looking for a committed Lead Family Therapist who is passionate about working with children and young people with complex presentations, and who is also interested wider CYPMH - East Lancashire development initiatives.This role is open to a qualified Systemic Family Therapist with a qualification as Systemic Family Therapist registered with UKCP. This role requires:o Experience of working with children and young peopleo Experience of work within a multi-disciplinary teamo The ability to act as a clinical supervisor to Family Therapist, trainees and colleagueso The ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse communityo The ability to efficiently manage a caseloado Knowledge and skills in risk management and safeguarding</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Lancashire &amp; South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.Lancashire &amp; South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.For more information please visit our website via Lancashire &amp; South Cumbria NHS FT</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>28 October 2025</p>

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

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

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

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

  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>351-SPS1507-CLK</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>CYPMH Community Team East Lancs</p>
            <p>Burnley</p>
            <p>BB10 2PQ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Education
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Systemic Family Psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) via the College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy, with demonstrable practice.</li>
        
        <li>Active UKCP registration</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of continuing professional development.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Skills in the use of complex methods of assessment, intervention and management.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing appropriate to a variety of audiences.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, young people and their families/carers.</li>
        
        <li>Consolidated experience of working with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of delivering family and systemic supervision</li>
        
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
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            Education
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Systemic Family Psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) via the College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy, with demonstrable practice.</li>
          
          <li>Active UKCP registration</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of continuing professional development.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Skills in the use of complex methods of assessment, intervention and management.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing appropriate to a variety of audiences.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, young people and their families/carers.</li>
          
          <li>Consolidated experience of working with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of delivering family and systemic supervision</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="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="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>Lancashire &amp; South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>CYPMH Community Team East Lancs</p>
            <p>Burnley</p>
            <p>BB10 2PQ</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Lancashire &amp; South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>CYPMH Community Team East Lancs</p>
                    <p>Burnley</p>
                    <p>BB10 2PQ</p>
        
      

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

Lead Family Therapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Criminal Justice Engagement Worker to join our team, working with individuals within the criminal justice system to deliver high-quality, evidence-based interventions. This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible difference by addressing substance misuse and supporting individuals on their journey to recovery.</p>
<p>In this role, you will engage with service users across Custody Suites, Prisons, and Probation services, facilitating harm reduction initiatives, promoting visible recovery, and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to achieve positive outcomes. Your work will focus on reducing drug and alcohol-related harm, building recovery capital, and ensuring continuity of care through scheduled appointments and partnership working.</p>
<p>This position is ideal for someone passionate about making a difference in the lives of vulnerable individuals while contributing to a safer and healthier community.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>
<li>Provision of drug &amp; alcohol treatment to Service Users who are engaged in the criminal justice system within the locality.</li>
<li>Provide in reach to a range of criminal justice settings to engage offenders in drug treatment</li>
<li>Holding a caseload of service users and being responsible for offering a range of interventions to those individuals.</li>
<li>Supporting service users through their treatment journey</li>
<li>Engaging service users with wider Inclusion Community Services as suitable</li>
<li>Embracing the concept of recovery and demonstrating this in your clinical work</li>
<li>Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation</li>
<li>Keeping up to date and accurate records and documentation</li>
</ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health.</p>
<p>We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are.</p>
<p>Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!</p>


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

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

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 5</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £31,049 to £37,796 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>301-IT-25-7565344</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>STaRS Newcastle-under-Lyme</p>
      <p>Broad Street</p>
      <p>Newcastle under Lyme</p>
            <p>ST5 2BQ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. Here is a summary:</p>
<ul>
<li>To deliver effective brief interventions</li>
<li>To work with service users in attendance and manage day today issues which arise upon release from custody or prisons etc</li>
<li>To signpost to local services and empower service users to build their community networks and recovery capital.</li>
<li>To promote visible and contagious recovery to service users within the criminal justice systems.</li>
<li>To work collaboratively with all service users/partner agencies/stakeholders to identify the barriers that prevent people from all communities accessing a full range of services, including substance misuse mental health wellbeing and primary mental health services.</li>
<li>To create and maintain a local Recovery Assets Register suitable for service users within the criminal justice systems</li>
<li>Ensure all clients have scheduled appointments according to their needs and discern when issues are/are not an emergency which requires immediate action.</li>
<li>Empower service users to develop their networks and recovery capital.</li>
</ul>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. Here is a summary:</p>
<ul>
<li>To deliver effective brief interventions</li>
<li>To work with service users in attendance and manage day today issues which arise upon release from custody or prisons etc</li>
<li>To signpost to local services and empower service users to build their community networks and recovery capital.</li>
<li>To promote visible and contagious recovery to service users within the criminal justice systems.</li>
<li>To work collaboratively with all service users/partner agencies/stakeholders to identify the barriers that prevent people from all communities accessing a full range of services, including substance misuse mental health wellbeing and primary mental health services.</li>
<li>To create and maintain a local Recovery Assets Register suitable for service users within the criminal justice systems</li>
<li>Ensure all clients have scheduled appointments according to their needs and discern when issues are/are not an emergency which requires immediate action.</li>
<li>Empower service users to develop their networks and recovery capital.</li>
</ul>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Professional development within area  Foundation Degree / HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, human resources, social studies  Or  Equivalent experience</li>
        
        <li>Considerable experience of working with drug users.</li>
        
        <li>A sound experience of working with techniques such as CBT, Motivational interviewing and Solution focused therapy</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>A commitment to and understanding of harm reduction &amp; recovery approaches to working with drug users.</li>
        
        <li>A sound knowledge of drugs and their effects:   Knowledge of blood borne viruses and sexual  health.</li>
        
        <li>Counselling skills, case management experience &amp; the ability to work under pressure.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Professional development within area  Foundation Degree / HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, human resources, social studies  Or  Equivalent experience</li>
          
          <li>Considerable experience of working with drug users.</li>
          
          <li>A sound experience of working with techniques such as CBT, Motivational interviewing and Solution focused therapy</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>A commitment to and understanding of harm reduction &amp; recovery approaches to working with drug users.</li>
          
          <li>A sound knowledge of drugs and their effects:   Knowledge of blood borne viruses and sexual  health.</li>
          
          <li>Counselling skills, case management experience &amp; the ability to work under pressure.</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>
  

  

  


 

      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Inclusion</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>STaRS Newcastle-under-Lyme</p>
      <p>Broad Street</p>
      <p>Newcastle under Lyme</p>
            <p>ST5 2BQ</p>
    
  

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

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Inclusion</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>STaRS Newcastle-under-Lyme</p>
          <p>Broad Street</p>
          <p>Newcastle under Lyme</p>
                    <p>ST5 2BQ</p>
        
      

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

Specialist Criminal Justice Worker

Lead Clinical Psychologist

Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist or Psychological Therapist

Trainee High Intensity Therapist - Derby

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



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


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

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

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

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

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

  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>E0358-25-0006Shampton</p>
  

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

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


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>The successful candidate will be an HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience in outpatient or inpatient NHS services would be desirable owing to the nature of this role being NHS facing and within an inpatient context. </li>
          
          <li>This role will be on-site and therapies delivered in-person.</li>
          
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>The successful candidate will be an HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience in outpatient or inpatient NHS services would be desirable owing to the nature of this role being NHS facing and within an inpatient context. </li>
            
            <li>This role will be on-site and therapies delivered in-person.</li>
            
          </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="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="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>Priory Healthcare</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>The Priory Hospital</p>
      
      <p>Marchwood Park</p>
      <p>Marchwood</p>
      <p>Southampton</p>
            <p>SO40 4DA</p>
    
  

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

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>The Priory Hospital</p>
          
          <p>Marchwood Park</p>
          <p>Marchwood</p>
          <p>Southampton</p>
                    <p>SO40 4DA</p>
        
      

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

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