Psychotherapist

Cheswold Park Hospital; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust in Huddersfield is recruiting a Band 7 Psychotherapist to work within the Kirklees IHBT team, delivering specialist psychotherapy in home and community settings across North and South Kirklees. You will join a multidisciplinary team and provide crisis assessment, formulation and short-term therapy, with supervision and ongoing professional development.

The role supports risk management and service development within a supportive Trust, with flexible

Qualifications

• Qualified and registered in core mental health or social welfare profession.
• Masters level course in Psychotherapy or equivalent.
• Registration/accreditation with UKCP / BABCP / ACAP or similar.

Responsibilities

• Carry out assessment, formulation and intervention with service users.
• Provide supervision and CPD opportunities within the team.
• Work within a multidisciplinary context to deliver evidence-based psychotherapy.

Skills

Communication skills

Driving licence

IT Literate

Education

Master's degree in Psychotherapy or equivalent

Registered qualification in core mental health/social welfare profession

Job description

Job Summary

Kirklees Intensive Home-Based Treatment Team are seeking to recruit a Band 7 Psychotherapist to work within their team. This full-time post is based at Folly Hall Mills in Huddersfield, and the role will cover both North and South Kirklees and will predominantly be within patients homes or community settings.

You would be working with a well-established multidisciplinary team that supports staff to develop both personally and professionally. We have a mix of CPNs, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Social Care Professionals and Occupational Therapists, also a TIPD lead, Dual Diagnosis and Psychiatrists.

IHBT are an alternative to hospital admission and work closely with service users, their carers and families to maintain someone's safety in the community. IHBT also provide a gatekeeping role for hospital admissions and work with the wards to provide early discharge. You will need to be able to work autonomously as well as within a team and be able to assess risks for Working Age Adults.

IHBT provide rapid assessment at times of high risk or mental health relapse and work collaboratively to provide a care plan with the service user.

IHBT provide short term intervention and identify longer term care needs through the Multi-Disciplinary Team Approach.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is interested in positively influencing systems through promoting psychological ways of working, and who is flexible and creative in response to service pressures and patient needs. The role will involve a wide range of activities to enhance service provision.

This will include providing consultation and assessment of patients presenting in crisis; whilst offering support and guidance to the wider MDT. Formulation, to support risk management and maintaining crisis care planning. It may also include individual short-term therapy to promote stabilisation and liaison with, and referral to, other appropriate departments and contributing to service development and research.

There is professional and clinical support from Clinical Psychologists outside of the team, as well as opportunities for you to develop your clinical interests in CPD and supervision. The team is known for being supportive - encouraging self-care, flexible working, and professional development.

There are strong links with the University of Leeds Doctoral Training course, offering ample opportunities to develop your supervisory skills. Audit and evaluation are encouraged and supported across the Trust.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

About Us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Details

Date posted: 01 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: C9378-CK2397C

Job locations: Folly Hall Mills, St Thomas' Road, Huddersfield, HD1 3LT, United Kingdom

Job Responsibilities

The post holder will provide specialist psychotherapy skills within a multidisciplinary team. The post holder will provide a high quality clinical service to the users of the service.

They will provide highly specialist assessment and intervention while working collaboratively with non-psychology and psychotherapy professionals from other agencies and carers. They will be clinically responsible to a senior clinical psychologist or psychotherapist. Clinical oversight of all work will be held by the clinical lead in the service.

The job plan will be delivered in the services the post is based.

The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team while observing Trust and National policies and procedures.

The post holder will utilise research skills in audit, service development and research relevant to the post.

Key Result Areas

• To offer consultation, supervision and training when required by other agencies involved in the psychological, emotional and behavioural well-being of people referred to the service
• To provide consultation, assessment and intervention in the service
• To work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary context
• To provide assessment and treatment options for people experiencing moderate, severe and complex mental health problems
• To exercise expert clinical judgement based on the highest standards of evidence based practice
• To continually seek to expand and consolidate clinical skills using training, experience, and supervision
• To provide specialist risk assessment of and intervention to people who present to the service
• To follow appropriate Adult and Child Protection guidelines in all Clinical work, including close liaison with all agencies
• To liaise and consult with the wider professional network in the care of the client
• To work jointly with other team members in delivering the most appropriate clinical service to people and their families
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to effectively evaluate progress
• To receive regular professional supervision from a senior Clinical Psychologist or psychotherapist and where appropriate, other senior clinicians
• To continue to access continuing professional development opportunities in line with agreed targets and agreed personal development plan
• To assist in the supervision of Doctoral level Clinical Psychology trainees and trainees from other disciplines as appropriate
• To assist in the teaching and training of professionals
• To contribute to the Audit processes within the service
• To contribute to research in the service area
• To utilise theory, evidence based literature and research to support evidence based practise of self and others
• To provide advice on research projects to other staff within the service around appropriate methodology, statistical analysis etc.
• To undertake project management as required to aid service development
• To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post-holders professional lead and service manager(s). To maintain membership of appropriate bodies (i.e. UKCP) and professional bodies appropriate for the model of working
• To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychotherapy across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of psychotherapy and related disciplines
• To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust policies and procedures
• To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to the clients the service serves
• The post-holder will be required to work flexibly both in terms of base and in hours of clinical availability

Person Specification

Special Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Communication skills.
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
• IT Literate.

Desirable

• Research skills.
• Knowledge of adult & child protection legislation.
• Awareness of legislation relevant to the clinical area of practice.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Caring.
• Team Player.
• Commitment to supervision and support.

Desirable

• Flexible.
• Committed to client group.

Physical Attributes

Essential

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered qualification in core mental health/social welfare profession.
• Qualifying level course in Psychotherapy or equivalent at Masters level.
• Registration/ Accreditation with the relevant professional/accrediting body for the model of psychotherapy relevant to this post. , e.g. UKCP, ACAP, BABCP.

Experience

Essential

• Completion of significant supervised clinical practice.
• Ability to carry out assessment, formulation and intervention.

Desirable

• Experience in working with service users in the clinical area of the post.
• Different theoretical approaches.
• Work with other disciplines.
• Work with people who have disabilities.

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Folly Hall Mills

St Thomas' Road

Huddersfield

HD1 3LT

United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk