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Job summary

Main area
CBT
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
311-HYM851-26-A
Employer
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
HMR CAMHS
Town
Birch Road
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/11/2026 08:00

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CAMHS Senior MHP (Psychological Therapist - CBT)

Band 7

 

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Job overview

This is a senior clinical role within CAMHS, providing specialist Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and other evidence-based psychological interventions to children, young people (up to age 18), and their families. The post holder works as part of a multidisciplinary team and has significant responsibility for clinical assessment, treatment planning, risk management, supervision, and service development

 

Main duties of the job

  • Conduct comprehensive mental health and psychological assessments for children, young people, and their families.
  • Deliver specialist evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
  • Develop, implement, and review psychological formulations and treatment plans.
  • Manage a defined caseload from assessment through to treatment, review, and discharge.Undertake risk assessments and develop appropriate risk management plans.
  • Deliver therapeutic interventions to individuals, families, carers, and groups.Provide consultation, advice, and support to professionals within CAMHS and partner agencies.
  • Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care and improve outcomes.
  • Contribute to clinical decision-making regarding referrals, care pathways, and treatment approaches.
  • Monitor and evaluate clinical outcomes using routine outcome measures and evidence-based practice.
  • Provide clinical supervision, mentoring, and support to junior staff, trainees, and students.Support the development and delivery of training for colleagues and partner agencies.
  • Contribute to service development, quality improvement projects, audits, and evaluations.
  • Maintain accurate, timely, and legally compliant clinical records and documentation.
  • Promote safeguarding, child protection, and the welfare of children and young people at all times.
  • Act as a senior clinical resource within the team, supporting service delivery and best practice.

Working for our organisation

The CAMHS Care Hub within Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has an active and innovative staff development strategy.  Working for CAMHS within the trust means that you will access to in house training, such as shadowing staff across different care pathways, accessing training around different evidence based psychological approaches and having opportunities to further your own training needs through a robust CPD policy.  Support with accessing trust wide training for managers, including accessing complaints training, interviewing and recruiting staff training and clinical supervision training.

We have a robust supervision policy which ensures that clinical and managerial supervision are delivered by different people for each clinician and we also provide specialist clinical supervision where necessary in order for people to maintain or work towards accreditation in therapeutic modalities where their role requires it.

We are committed to ensuring the psychological wellbeing of our staff as well as our patients and as such have a staff wellbeing strategy in place across the CAMHS Care hub.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information:

Please contact Clarissa Donohue, Therapies Manager, CAMHS , 01706 676000 

please see above information for role details 

Person specification

education/qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professional qualifications relevant to work in child and adolescent mental health e.g. nursing, social work, postgraduate qualification in clinical psychology or occupational therapy
  • Specialist post qualification training in psychological therapy with children and families to at least equivalent of a post graduate diploma level
  • Accreditation with the appropriate accrediting bodies governing the specific modality ( e.g. BABCP, IY)
Desirable criteria
  • additional post graduate qualifications relevant to child mental health Additional accredited training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Substantial experience of working with children, adolescents and families presenting with emotional and behavioural difficulties inc family relationship problems
  • Managing a caseload and associated professional activities under supervision and working in MDT setting
  • Experience of providing evidence based psychological therapy to children and adolescents
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision and line management to team members
  • Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner
Desirable criteria
  • Working in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Theoretical approach and understanding to child mental health and development
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation and government policy relating to children’s mental health
  • Child protection knowledge and practice
  • Understanding of principles and methods of clinical audit research and service evaluation

skills and abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work in partnership with service users ,carers, colleagues and other agencies
  • Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing ,complex, technical and sensitive information to children, young people and families/carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  • Ability to work autonomously and to use initiative
  • Organisational, time management, report writing and record keeping skills
  • Ability to be self reflective whilst working with service users , in own personal and professional development and in supervision.
Desirable criteria
  • Service development or Project management skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Clarissa Donohue
Job title
Team Manger
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01706 67600

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
225 Old Street
OL6 7SR
Telephone
01617163181
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