Band 6 Specialist Psychological Practitioner - Reaside Clinic

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Job summary

A regional mental health service provider is seeking a Specialist Psychological Practitioner for a 12-month role at its Rubery clinic. This position involves delivering psychological interventions and supporting individuals with complex needs. Candidates should have relevant experience in mental health or education, and the role offers opportunities for professional development. Join a compassionate team dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing of those in need.

Benefits

Continuing professional development

Strong supervision structures

Qualifications

• Experience delivering psychological interventions.
• Ability to manage clinical needs and risk.
• Background in teaching, counselling, or nursing is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering individual and group interventions.
• Contribute to risk assessments and behaviour management plans.
• Support training and supervision of staff.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Innovative

Resilient

Experience in psychological interventions

Ability to work with complex needs

Education

Relevant qualification in mental health, education, or related field

Job description

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.


BAND 6 SPECIALIST PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTITIONER – REASIDE CLINIC

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) invite applications specifically for a 12-month fixed term role for REASIDE CLINIC, Rubery, Birmingham - a 92 bedded, medium secure inpatient service for adult males.

We are seeking enthusiastic, innovative and resilient professionals to join our expanding Secure Care and Offender Health Services (SCOH) across the Trust, for the role of Specialist Psychological Practitioner. This role is well suited to professionals working in the mental health or education sector, who have experience of delivering psychological interventions and are keen to develop their knowledge and skill in working psychologically with individuals with complex needs.

We welcome applications from motivated people interested in working directly with individuals with complex presentations, balancing clinical needs with risk management to support and enhance the lives of people who have encountered adverse life experiences, including trauma and neglect, and have a history of offending behaviour. A core part of this role will be to work alongside colleagues from a range of disciplines sharing psychological knowledge and consistently improving the psychological mindedness of the service.

Post holders, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist, will assist in delivering a range of individual and group interventions addressing emotional, behavioural and relational factors in order to improve service users’ recovery and wellbeing. The post holders will support the direct assessment, formulation and delivery of interventions to address a full range of complex forensic mental health problems. They will also contribute to the production of risk assessments and behavioural management plans and be key in providing psychologically informed advice and support for those directly involved in the care of the individual. They would also support training, supervision and evaluation of the delivery of individual behavioural management plans, risk management activity and service user involvement. The post holders should have some experience in providing some supervision to a staff group and be able to identify and co-ordinate the need for systemic support. Ideally, post holders may also have a background in some of the following: teaching, counselling, social work, family work or nursing.

We are looking for enthusiastic, robust, resilient, creative, and innovative practitioners interested in working with people who have complex presentations, encompassing risk, personality difficulties and mental health. We have identified resources supporting continuing professional development, including excellent multi-model supervision structures.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.


This advert closes on Monday 18 Aug 2025