Specialist Psychological Therapist – CBT

Job overview

Interview will be held on 9th Feb 2026

As a senior clinician, you will conduct specialist psychologically informed CBT assessments, case formulations, and deliver evidence-based interventions to service users with mild to moderate mental health difficulties within Getting Help Services. You will carry out comprehensive risk assessments, develop risk management plans, and liaise with other services for wider case management. You will oversee and develop the clinical practice of low and high intensity practitioners, supervise and train junior staff, and support service development, quality improvement, audits, and research initiatives. Committed to accessibility and inclusivity, you will promote wellbeing for diverse service users and colleagues. Working autonomously within policies and guidelines, you will engage in collaborative, multi-agency working and user involvement. Travel across Trust sites and mixed-mode service delivery, including online and home-based work, is required.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver highly specialist CBT assessments and interventions, including risk assessment, formulation-led treatment plans, and case management, ensuring care is evidence-based, inclusive, and recovery-focused.

• Oversee and develop clinical practice across low and high intensity psychological practitioners, providing supervision, training, CPD, and professional support to staff and trainees.

• Provide specialist clinical advice, consultation, and guidance to colleagues, carers, multi-agency teams, and partner services, promoting a psychologically informed, trauma-aware, and anti-racist framework.

• Lead, coordinate, and chair multi-agency and multidisciplinary meetings, managing caseloads and waiting lists, and ensuring continuity of care and safe transitions for service users.

• Maintain high-quality records, data collection, outcome monitoring, and reporting, ensuring compliance with professional, Trust, and regulatory standards.

• Contribute to service development, audit, research, quality improvement, and governance initiatives, including interpreting evidence, implementing findings, and supporting service planning.

• Provide professional and operational leadership within the service, including workforce planning, resource management, clinical governance, recruitment, and supervision of clinical competence.

• Support staff wellbeing and participate in Trust-wide initiative.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• Qualified in CBT to postgraduate diploma level with BABCP accreditation and substantial post-qualification experience delivering high-intensity CBT to children and young people with anxiety, depression, and complex presentations.

• Extensive experience in specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based intervention within CAMHS, including managing comorbidities, safeguarding, risk, and complex clinical situations.

• Evidence of post-qualification training in clinical supervision, with experience providing supervision, teaching, and mentoring to practitioners, trainees, and multidisciplinary teams.

• Demonstrated expertise in clinical leadership, including coordinating CBT provision across services, contributing to service development, quality improvement, audits, and research initiatives.

• Knowledge of psychological therapies theory and practice, clinical governance, service evaluation, research methodology, and the ability to implement evidence-based service changes.

• Strong skills in communication, consultation, collaboration, and advocacy with service users, families, clinicians, and multi-agency partners, including managing sensitive or highly emotive information; able to work flexibly across sites and maintain professional standards under pressure.

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.

We’re 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 don’t hesitate to call: Jemma Crocker-Buque on 01189044664 or email [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.