Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Therapist
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job overview
The Community Treatment Teams provide services across CNTW in the more severe and enduring Mental Health space. The primary focus of this service stream is adults with Severe Mental Health Problems. The North Cumbria CTT is divided into East and West teams.
Psychological Practitioners within the CTT use an eclectic mix of evidence based therapeutic models and styles, and a range of resources to meet the needs of their service users.
The CTT operates across two pathways: the Non-Psychosis pathway and the Psychosis pathway. The Psychosis pathway is for those primarily presenting with psychosis. The Non-Psychosis pathway is for those with Complex Emotional Needs and Personality difficulties or consumers with Affective Disorders (a range of anxiety disorders, severe depression, etc.). Therapeutic interventions are delivered across both pathways.
Where possible, Practitioners are aligned to pathways. This is designed to ensure that service users have continuity in their care and the best available treatment (evidence-based interventions, and therapists with the required skills) to enable recovery from their experience of mental health difficulties. Staff are able to be trained and supported/supervised in the interventions with the best evidence-base for those on their pathway.
Main duties of the job
- To carry a caseload of Psychological Therapy clients and deliver evidence based psychological assessment and interventions to individuals, families and groups.
- To provide psychological assessment of clients based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of psychological data from a variety of sources. This will include use of specific validated self-report measures, rating scales, observation and interview.
- To use judgement in formulation and implementation of plans for the client’s care, and to design and implement specific evidence-based therapy programmes, drawn from a range of empirically supported theoretical models of therapy.
- In conjunction with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, to undertake risk assessment and risk management for all clients, and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
- To communicate complex and potentially emotive information regarding the client’s condition, treatment and prognosis, directly with clients, carers/relatives, and other healthcare professionals (subject to ethical boundaries of confidentiality).
- To liaise with colleagues in the service to ensure the delivery of high-quality psychological care to clients.
- To provide advice and consultation to colleagues and to client, carers and support networks as required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The CTTs work alongside those referred to as the Specialist Services, which includes Early Intervention in Psychosis and ARMS, NCEADS, and Perinatal pathways. We also have a specialist ASSIST pathway embedded within the CTT.
Psychological services for the West CTT are by and large provided in Wigton, Workington and Whitehaven clinic locations.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 11th February 2026
Closing date : 25th February 2026
We welcome your application.