Psychotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 10/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a psychotherapist to work in secondary care mental health services within the Community Mental Health Service in Slough and wider Berkshire. The role involves providing specialist psychological services to users with severe/complex mental health difficulties. The successful candidate will join a supportive multidisciplinary team, focusing on relational practice and a trauma-informed environment. This position offers excellent career development opportunities for passionate and dynamic candidates.
Essential criteria
- Postgraduate Masters (or minimum Level 7 equivalent qualification) in psychodynamic psychotherapy from a course that is registered with UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) or British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)
- Registered as a Psychotherapist with United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
- OR: Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychodynamic Counsellor with British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)
Desirable criteria
- Additional training and accreditations (or working towards these) in relevant therapeutic approaches or psychological models, to reflect post qualification interests/ specialism (e.g., specific therapy models and accreditations, Health Psychology, Neuropsychology etc.).
- Continuous Professional Development
- Evidence of training and/or interest and knowledge in psychological models or therapeutic approaches relevant to the post
- Commitment to continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant accrediting body
- Experience of working in evidence-based ways with services users (and their carers/families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the range of settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly 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 working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment
- Experience of service development and carrying out clinical audits, evaluative research and applying the findings
- Experience of working with, and addressing, issues of diversity, including experience of working with diversity, multiculturalism, and equality of access to the service
- Experience of delivering teaching and training to staff
- Experience of providing clinical supervision, mentoring or providing structured guidance to other staff
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Demonstrable knowledge, skills and abilities in the practice of assessment, formulation and intervention, relevant to specialist modality and service area
- Knowledge and understanding of service evaluation, audit and research and how to undertake these activities in an NHS context, including how to implement learning
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex, technical and/or sensitive information to service users, their carers/families and other professional colleagues, both within and outside of an NHS setting
- Well-developed 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 positive relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of the service within the wider health care system
- Advanced 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
- Able to work flexibly around working patterns as required
- Ability to travel independently between locations in Berkshire to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position
- Education/Qualifications/Training
- Postgraduate Masters (or minimum Level 7 equivalent qualification) in psychodynamic psychotherapy from a course that is registered with UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) or British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)
- Registered as a Psychotherapist with United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
- OR: Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychodynamic Counsellor with British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)
- Additional training and accreditations (or working towards these) in relevant therapeutic approaches or psychological models, to reflect post qualification interests/ specialism (e.g., specific therapy models and accreditations, Health Psychology, Neuropsychology etc.).
- Continuous Professional Development
- Evidence of training and/or interest and knowledge in psychological models or therapeutic approaches relevant to the post
- Commitment to continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant accrediting body
- Experience of working in evidence-based ways with servi
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Job summary
This is an exceptional and exciting opportunity for a psychotherapist who would be interested in gaining additional invaluable skills and experience working in secondary care mental health services. As the successful postholder, you will be working within the Community Mental Health Service in Slough in person, and wider Berkshire (online). You will be offering your expertise to a wider multidisciplinary community mental health team.
This exciting role offers an excellent opportunity for a career development, and we would welcome passionate and dynamic candidates, who are keen to work in a closely connected and supportive team, which prioritises relational practice and trauma-informed environment.
Main duties of the job
- You will work as a valued member of theCommunity Mental Health Psychological Therapies team within theSloughMental HealthService,as well as the trustPsychological Therapieswider team, andyou will provide a specialist psychological service to users presenting with severe/complex mental health difficulties requiring multiple interventions, complex/intensive risk management plans and high levels of multiagency work.
- You will be reliable and knowledgeable,andyou will have great IT skills and be familiar with various systems and software packages.
- You will needtobe able to travel independently across Berkshire.
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