Band 7/8A Practitioner Psychologist Preceptorship - Secure CAMHS

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Birmingham is looking for a passionate Band 7/8a Practitioner Psychologist to support young people's mental health within the Secure CAMHS team. The role involves providing a safe environment, delivering therapeutic interventions, and collaborating within a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should be qualified practitioners with experience in complex trauma. The position offers opportunities for personal and professional development, highlighting the importance of co-production in therapeutic settings.

Benefits

Access to wellbeing support

Opportunities for training and career development

Mentoring and supervision

Qualifications

• Qualified Practitioner Psychologist with Band 7/8a.
• Experience working with complex trauma and risk to self and others is desirable.
• Ability to compassionately challenge systems and staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe environments to help young people understand their mental health.
• Deliver individual and group interventions.
• Participate in training and service development.

Skills

Experience with complex trauma

Ability to manage risk

Compassionate communication

Education

Qualified Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Overview

A vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. A rare and exciting vacancy has arisen for a passionate and highly motivated band 7/8a Practitioner Psychologist to join our Secure CAMHS team.

The Secure CAMHS (SCAMHS) service sits within the Ardenleigh site and offers treatment for up to 11 young people, across two wards. It has received accreditations from QNIC and the National Autistic Society and a quality review in June 2024 highlighted strengths in a positive team culture, great relationships between young people and staff and comprehensive therapeutic provision.

The young people we work with have often experienced significant difficulties in their lives and presentations include trauma, mental illness, personality difficulties, neurodevelopment difficulties and harm to self and/or others.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, containing environments and interventions to help young people understand themselves, their mental health and offending behaviour.
• Deliver individual and group interventions, supervision and management of others.
• Participate in training, service development, audit and evaluation.
• Collaborate across the division in strategic working groups.
• Support service user involvement and co-production, including contributing to research and publications.

Qualifications

Qualified Practitioner Psychologist with Band 7/8a. Experience working with complex trauma and risk to self and others is desirable. Ability to compassionately challenge systems and staff, hold integrity and connect with people.

Benefits

Access to a range of wellbeing support, opportunities for training, mentoring, supervision and career development within a large and diverse psychological therapies team. Co-production and therapeutic culture valued.

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

This advert closes on Monday 12 Jan 2026