Cbt Therapist / Practitioner Psychologist

Sussex Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust; Southease; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Training and supervision

Job summary

Sussex CAMHS is seeking a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist or clinical psychologist with CBT expertise to join the team on a fixed-term basis until the end of March 2027 (up to 1.0 FTE). Band 7; HCPC or BABCP registration required; part-time and secondment options may be available.

You will participate in core multidisciplinary assessment and intervention work, contribute to supervision and governance, and support service development within SPFT CAMHS.

Qualifications

• Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified.
• Professionally registered as specified in the Appendix.
• Substantial post-qualification experience delivering specialist psychological therapy.
• Experience in supervision, training and multi-disciplinary care.

Responsibilities

• Participate in core multidisciplinary assessment and intervention work in CAMHS.
• Engage in supervision, training and governance activities within SPFT CAMHS.
• Take clinical lead responsibilities within episodic care models and influence treatment options.
• Deliver a range of individual, group and systemic interventions and contribute to service developments.

Skills

CBT therapy

IAPT principles

ROMs usage

Clinical psychology registration

Education

Postgraduate training in psychological therapy

Job description

Job summary

Passionate about CBT and want to join a welcoming and dynamic team to gain valuable CAMHS skills and experience? Come and join Sussex CAMHS where your skills, experience and ideas will be appreciated and valued.
We are looking for a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist or clinical psychologist with a specialism in CBT to join us for a fixed term contract until the end of March 2027, or who might be open to a secondment from their existing post within SPFT, at up to 1.0 FTE. Part time opportunities, and bank opportunities, are also available.
To be employable at Band 7, you need to have either HCPC registration (clinical psychology) or BABCP accreditation (CBT). If you BABCP accreditable and have submitted for accreditation then we can offer an opportunity at Band 6.
A key advantage of working in CAMHS is the chance to work alongside and learn from highly specialist nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists and psychotherapists (with trainings in systemic, DBT, creative, analytic and CBT). Within Sussex CAMHS we have a strong psychology and CBT team.
We would expect the therapist to be conversant with IAPT principles, and practiced in using ROMS and disorder specific outcome measures as part of evaluation and of their work, as well as part of ongoing team audit.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the CAMHS team, you would participate in the core multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention work of the team, and engage in multi-agency liaison work as necessary. You would also be required to participate in the supervision, training and the overall governance requirements of SPFT CAMHS.
We operate an episodic care model and you would hold some clinical lead responsibilities within these, including decision-making around treatment options.
You'd part of a very busy but lively and welcoming CAMHS team, which offers a wide range of individual, group and systemic interventions, and is involved in a number of innovative evaluation and research projects and service developments. As such, you would be encouraged to develop your skills, ideas and interests to further your expertise and that of the team, in accordance with service needs.

About us

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex.

Working in Sussex:

• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed


• Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London


• With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other key staff survey results include:

• 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work


• 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team


• 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

We encourage flexible working

We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Details

Date posted: 03 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
pa / pro rata for part time
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 354-CS-21975
Job locations: Orchard House, East Sussex, BN7 1PE, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive understanding and full details of the responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description document. It contains all the necessary information and should provide you with a clear overview of what is expected.

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in one of the Appendices


• Professionally registered as specified in the same Appendix

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

• Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the same Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse


• A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy


• Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context


• A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision


• Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context


• Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service


• Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group


• A high-level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the same appendix, as applied to the client group using this service

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).