Counselling Psychologist jobs in United Kingdom

Job summary

Are you a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist passionate about supporting young people with complex needs?

We're offering a part-time opportunity (22.5 hrs/week) to join our Children & Young People's Early Intervention in Psychosis (CYP EIP) team. You'll work within a welcoming, experienced CAMHS EIP service, supporting young people experiencing a first episode of psychosis or presenting with an at-risk mental state.

As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you'll bring your psychological and CBTp expertise to assessments, individualised treatment planning, and delivery of evidence-based therapies. You'll also contribute to wider service development, quality improvement, and offer supervision to trainees and junior staff.

You will:

• Conduct specialist assessments and develop individualised treatment plans with service users and their families.
• Deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
• Contribute to the development of service excellence and be involved in wider service development initiatives

You'll be supported to access training and given opportunities to further your professional development.

Our service hours are 9-5 Monday - Friday. We're based in Wokingham and have options for home working. You'll work in clinics and community settings across Berkshire, so will need your own transport.

Applications for this role will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to apply asap, as vacancies may close early.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical Assessment:Conduct increasingly specialist assessments to understand a service user's presenting difficulties and/or the systemic issues present.
• Treatment Planning:Develop individualised specialised treatment plans based on assessment findings and service user needs, in collaboration with service users, to support their recovery and/or support with behaviours that challenge.
• Therapeutic Interventions:Develop anddeliver evidence based therapeutic interventions using a range of psychological techniques and modalities, including CBT/CBTp
• Collaboration:Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team clinicians and multi-agency representatives in the delivery of holistic client care, leading this where appropriate.
• Supervision and Training:Provide supervision and mentorship to clinicians and trainees contributing to their professional development and improving the quality of the treatment provided.
• Research, Audit and Service Development:Lead on and undertake audit and research and service development activities and participate in quality improvement initiatives to enhance the overall effectiveness of clinical services.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites

Details Date posted

28 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,877 to £62,626 a year pro rata (Incl of HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

371-CFS209-1

Job locations

EIP CYP

Wokingham

RG41 2RE

Job description Job responsibilities

The must haves for you to be considered for this role:

Post Graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology and registration with the HCPC

Trained and accredited in CBT for psychosis and expert knowledge in working with people with psychosis.

Demonstratable post qualification experience working as a qualified psychologist

Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environmen

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Georgina Poppa on 0118 949 2925 or georgina.poppa@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.

Please note, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Job description Job responsibilities

The must haves for you to be considered for this role:

Post Graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology and registration with the HCPC

Trained and accredited in CBT for psychosis and expert knowledge in working with people with psychosis.

Demonstratable post qualification experience working as a qualified psychologist

Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environmen

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Georgina Poppa on 0118 949 2925 or georgina.poppa@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.

Please note, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification Education/Qualifications/Training Essential

• Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for those who completed their training overseas) which provides eligibility for Chartered Membership of British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Registered and accredited with the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Additional accreditations (or working towards these) to reflect post qualification specialist training (e.g., BABCP, BACP, UKCP, ACAT, BPS).

Continuous Professional Development Essential

• Evidence of post-qualification training and expert knowledge in multiple psychological models and therapeutic approaches. Having a robust awareness of the current evidence-base and new developments within the area of specialism
• Training in clinical supervision.
• Evidenced post qualification training and expert knowledge in working with people with psychosis.

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in cognitive behavioural therapy for people with psychosis is desirable.

Experience Essential

• Demonstratable post qualification experience working as a qualified psychologist
• Experience of working in evidence-based ways with services users (and their carers/families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of settings. Also having the ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of dealing with highly distressing or emotional circumstances, such as serious mental illness, child and sexual abuse, exploitation and complex family dynamics.
• Experience of delivering interventions across different modalities (e.g. individual, group and systemic-based approaches).
• Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environments.
• Experience of supervision and/or mentoring and ability to offer effective supervision to junior staff.
• Experience of developing and delivering teaching to a range of staff groups
• Experience of service development and carrying out clinical audit, evaluative research and applying the findings.
• Experience of service evaluation and implementing change from a national and local health or social care change agenda that impacts across services and professions.
• Experience of working with and addressing issues of diversity, including experience of working with diversity, multiculturalism, and equality of access to service.

Desirable

• Experience of working with young people with psychosis

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Essential

• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills enabling the sensitive communication of complex, technical and/or sensitive information to multiple stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to support, influence and engage with clinicians, stakeholders and service users to create change and improvement.
• The ability and skills to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system.
• Exceptional IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS Office/Teams, One Consultation and the Internet).

Additional Requirements Essential

• Ability to travel across sites in Berkshire and beyond as required
• Able to work flexibly as required and to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position

Person Specification Education/Qualifications/Training Essential

• Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for those who completed their training overseas) which provides eligibility for Chartered Membership of British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Registered and accredited with the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Additional accreditations (or working towards these) to reflect post qualification specialist training (e.g., BABCP, BACP, UKCP, ACAT, BPS).

Continuous Professional Development Essential

• Evidence of post-qualification training and expert knowledge in multiple psychological models and therapeutic approaches. Having a robust awareness of the current evidence-base and new developments within the area of specialism
• Training in clinical supervision.
• Evidenced post qualification training and expert knowledge in working with people with psychosis.

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in cognitive behavioural therapy for people with psychosis is desirable.

Experience Essential

• Demonstratable post qualification experience working as a qualified psychologist
• Experience of working in evidence-based ways with services users (and their carers/families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of settings. Also having the ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of dealing with highly distressing or emotional circumstances, such as serious mental illness, child and sexual abuse, exploitation and complex family dynamics.
• Experience of delivering interventions across different modalities (e.g. individual, group and systemic-based approaches).
• Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environments.
• Experience of supervision and/or mentoring and ability to offer effective supervision to junior staff.
• Experience of developing and delivering teaching to a range of staff groups
• Experience of service development and carrying out clinical audit, evaluative research and applying the findings.
• Experience of service evaluation and implementing change from a national and local health or social care change agenda that impacts across services and professions.
• Experience of working with and addressing issues of diversity, including experience of working with diversity, multiculturalism, and equality of access to service.

Desirable

• Experience of working with young people with psychosis

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Essential

• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills enabling the sensitive communication of complex, technical and/or sensitive information to multiple stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to support, influence and engage with clinicians, stakeholders and service users to create change and improvement.
• The ability and skills to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system.
• Exceptional IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS Office/Teams, One Consultation and the Internet).

Additional Requirements Essential

• Ability to travel across sites in Berkshire and beyond as required
• Able to work flexibly as required and to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position

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).

Additional information 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 Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

EIP CYP

Wokingham

RG41 2RE

Employer's website

https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

EIP CYP

Wokingham

RG41 2RE

Employer's website

https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)