Band 7 Psychological Therapist - Cascade

Integrated Care System; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Birmingham is seeking a Band 7 Psychological Therapist to deliver high-quality DBT interventions. The ideal candidate will provide support to individuals with complex emotional difficulties and personality disorders, contributing to a dedicated team committed to improving service users’ lives. Salary ranges from £47,810 to £54,710 per annum pro rata.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing psychological interventions to clients with complex emotional difficulties.
• Ability to address risk behaviors like self-harm and aggression.
• Skills in working with challenging clients in a therapeutic setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group psychological interventions.
• Work within the CASCADE service to support clients.
• Collaborate with other psychological practitioners and clinical psychologists.

Skills

Knowledge of DBT

Effective communication

Ability to work with complex trauma

Education

Registered qualification with HCPC or NMC

Intensive DBT training

Job description

Go back Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Psychological Therapist - Cascade

The closing date is 31 August 2025

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, evidence-based psychological interventions to individuals experiencing complex emotional difficulties and personality disorder? Do you want to join a dynamic, trauma-informed, and supportive team committed to improving the lives of service users across Birmingham and Solihull?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and motivated Dialectical Behaviour Therapist (DBT) to join our CASCADE Service within the Integrated Community Care and Recovery (ICCR) Personality Disorder Pathway. This post is being recruited to provide essential cover for maternity leave and to help meet increasing service demand.

Main duties of the job

This exciting role offers the suitable candidate opportunities to provide individual and group interventions to both adults and young people. You will join a large and diverse psychological therapies team, consisting of clinical psychologists specialist psychological practitioners and assistant psychologists. The services are committed to providing the best care for women and young people, and as such service user involvement and co-production are central to what we do.

If you are passionate about working with adults and young people, contributing to the delivery of adherent, evidence based interventions and are able to compassionately challenge systems and staff to be better, hold integrity and also connect with the people around you, we hope you apply. The team at Cascade will make you feel welcome, connected and push you to excel in ways that you can envision and beyond, so that alongside service users we are proud of what we do.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

• A recorded/registered qualification eligible for registration with the HCPC or the NMC, PLUS further training in DBT, to at least 5-days intensively trained.
• Training in other specific psychological approaches or programmes to address risk behaviours, such as LMV-E, FIP-MO etc.

Experience

• Experience, knowledge and skills of working with people with personality difficulties and complex trauma presentations.
• Experience of offering interventions to specifically address risk behaviours, such as self-harm, violence/aggression and/or fire-setting.
• Experience of working therapeutically with 'difficult to reach' clients with complex mental health and behavioural needs.

Skills/Knowledge

• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one specialised psychological therapy, such as DBT
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum, pro rata