trainee psychological therapist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Stratford-upon-Avon is seeking a post-holder for an intensive training position in psychological interventions. The successful candidate will provide CBT services and develop skills in handling complex cases, including psychosis and bipolar disorder. This role includes secondary placement in NHS Talking Therapies and a commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare. The organization values compassion, collaboration, and integrity, offering generous leave and learning opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts with a range of retailers

Wellbeing support including counseling service

Staff networks and support groups

Qualifications

• Must hold a core profession or complete a KSA portfolio.
• Evidence of core profession necessary at interview.

Responsibilities

• Providing psychological interventions while undergoing training.
• Assessing and formulating therapy for suitable cases.
• Identifying clients for CBT interventions.

Job description

Overview

The post-holder will work to provide formal psychological interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide a CBT service to service users with a range of complex presentations including psychosis and bipolar for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. The post-holder will be seconded to NHS Talking Therapies for 2 days a week in their first year and will work in the CMHT for 2 days of the week developing skills and experience in working with complexity. The post holder will work in the CMHT (Psychosis pathway) for 4 days a week in the second year. The post holder will attend the training programme for the other day each week. As the successful candidates' skills develop the complexity of the cases will also develop.

Key Responsibilities

• Offering assessment, formulations and therapy to cases felt to be appropriate for the level of training.
• Identifying service users who may benefit from evidence-based CBT interventions.
• Developing formulations for the team.

Training and Development

Applicants who hold a core profession will need to provide evidence of this at the interview. Applicants who do not have a core profession must complete a KSA portfolio by the end of the first module. A partially completed portfolio should be presented prior to interview with statements included for all sections. Supporting evidence and signatures will not be required at interview. The partially completed KSA portfolio should be made available to the university prior to the interview, and the successful applicant will receive feedback to assist with the portfolio completion after interview.

You must meet all the necessary criteria in the checklist attached to this advert and return a completed checklist directly to me by email by midday on the 2^nd January 2026 to: .

Please note: Interviews will be held on the 15^th January 2026 and the course commences in Hull on the 9^th March 2026.

Equality and Safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation. Guidance and criteria on the filtering criminal cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.

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About the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services. At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.