Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS Anxiety Disorder Treatment Team
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 371-CFS476
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CAMHS Anxiety Disorder Treatment Team, Erlegh House
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £55,877 - £62,626 per annum, pro rata ( Incl of HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/05/2025
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Band 8a
Job overview
Interview will be held on 8th May 2025
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Psychological Therapist to join the Berkshire CAMHS Anxiety Disorders Treatment Team (ADTT).
BHFT CAMHS ADTT members are passionate about using individualised and formulation-led evidence-based approaches to help children, young people, and families. We provide specialist assessments and treatment for children and young people suffering with anxiety disorders, OCD and Tic Disorders across Berkshire.
The ADTT team prides itself on our inclusive practice, particularly our work with neurodivergent families. Our team has good research links and is pleased to offer training placements to Trainee Clinical Psychologists, Trainee CBT Therapists and Specialist Psychiatry registrars.
Supported by senior clinicians, you will manage a clinical caseload and deliver high quality, safe and effective psychological interventions across all sectors of related care across Berkshire. You will be working in collaboration with other psychological therapists and members of the clinical team and wider system in developing and formulating individualised treatment plans and supporting the delivery of psychologically informed care with a key part of the role being competency development in leadership skills and supervisory practice.
Main duties of the job
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To be responsible for the delivery of psychological therapy within ADTT, providing expert professional leadership and advice relating to the delivery of psychological therapy for complex presentations requiring multiple interventions, complex or intensive risk management plans and high levels of multiagency working in order to ensure and develop consistently high quality, safe and cost effective services for users, working in partnership with key stakeholders internal and external to the Trust.
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As we develop our on-line offer, to undertake a role in moderating service user activity on the Trust Support, Hope, Recovery On-Line Network (SHaRON) and to participate in on-line discussions and care delivery via this modality.
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The post holder will be responsible for expert psychological assessment, case formulation, risk assessment and treatment for a designated number of patients presenting with complex mental health difficulties.
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Manage, supervise, and support psychological practitioners/professionals and trainees, and other members of the clinical team within their area of responsibility, undertaking annual appraisals, as delegated by the Team Manager / Service Manager.
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Chair multi-agency meetings to achieve positive outcomes, particularly for more complex clinical presentations.
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
1. Post graduate qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
2. Registered with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP).
3. Experience of delivering therapy in specialist assessment and treatment pathways using CBT.
4. Providing Clinical leadership and/or management in using CBT to treat anxiety disorders or supervision pathways.
5. Experience of managing complex situations concerning safeguarding, risk management, complaints and investigations.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Jemma Crocker-Buque 0118 904 4665 or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- For Clinical/Counselling Psychologist: Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for those who completed their training overseas) which provides eligibility for Chartered Membership of British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Registered and accredited with the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Registered and accredited with professional body UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the UKCP.
- For All : Additional training/ accreditations (willingness to undertake or working towards these) to reflect post qualification specialism (e.g. Health Psychology, Neuropsychology, BABCP, UKCP, ACAT, EMDR-UK, BPS,).
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of post-qualification training and expert knowledge in multiple psychological models and therapeutic approaches relevant to the service area. Having a robust awareness of the current evidence-base and new developments within the area of specialism
- Training in clinical supervision.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstratable post qualification experience working as a qualified psychologist offering evidence-based therapies in area of specialism.
- Experience of working in evidence-based ways with services users (and their carers/families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of settings. Also having the ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of dealing with highly distressing or emotional circumstances, such as serious mental illness, child and sexual abuse, exploitation and complex family dynamics.
- Experience of delivering interventions across different modalities (e.g. individual, group and systemic-based approaches).
- Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environments.
- Experience of providing specialist advice and consultation to MDT and multi-agency colleagues to support the psychological care of service users.
- Experience of supervision (including of psychology roles) and ability to offer effective supervision to junior staff.
- Experience of developing and delivering teaching to a range of staff groups
- Experience of service development and carrying out clinical audit, evaluative research and applying the findings.
- Experience of service evaluation and implementing change from a national and local health or social care change agenda that impacts across services and professions.
- Experience of working with and addressing issues of diversity, including experience of working with diversity, multiculturalism, and equality of access to service.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable knowledge, skills and abilities in the practice of highly specialised psychological/neuropsychological or psychotherapeutic assessment, formulation and intervention, relevant to the service area.
- Knowledge of evidence base, research, policy and legislation in relation to the service area
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills enabling the sensitive communication of complex, technical and/or sensitive information to multiple stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to support, influence and engage with clinicians, stakeholders and service users to create change and improvement.
- The ability and skills to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system.
- Advanced IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS Office/Teams, One Consultation and the Internet).
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel across sites in Berkshire and beyond as required
- Able to work flexibly as required and to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jemma Crocker-Buque
- Job title
- Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01189044665
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