Psychotherapist or Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Job summary

22.5 hours per week.

Hello! My name is Beth and Im the team manager for Core Team West. Along with Steve, our psychological therapies lead, we are excited to advertise a 3-day position within the service. The successful applicant would work alongside our multidisciplinary team. We welcome applications and experience from a range of modalities and particularly welcome applications from those trained in CBT, EMDR or DBT.

We are looking for a motivated and friendly individual who puts service users first and in the centre of their care. We are looking for someone who will be open, honest, and transparent and someone who is ready for today, relevant for tomorrow and is willing to take on training opportunities to help develop and improve our service further. If this is you then you will be a perfect fit!

We work with services users aged 18 to 65 who have moderate to severe mental health issues. Referrals are made through several of our trust services. Our base is a community team hub which helps to provide flexibility, openness and ease for support and advice. The base is within a central location with amenities, transport links and parking easily accessible. Here's what some of the team says about the team:

Its good working with different disciplines and having learning opportunities from other professions.

As a service, we can implement change.

The team are friendly and welcoming. I also feel valued.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will manage a caseload of service users, with a range of psychological needs. They will be responsible for arranging care, liaison with other professionals and agencies as well as managing and reviewing care plans, ensuring these are done collaboratively and in a recovery focused manner.

The successful candidate will also be able to offer evidence based clinical decisions and treatment options, whilst working within professional guidelines, the framework of the service and whilst observing trust and national policies and procedures. The post holder will work autonomously.

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.

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.

Job responsibilities

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.