Trainee Clinical / Counselling Psychologist inRedditch inRedditch PUBLISHED 9 DEC 2023

Band 6: £37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata  PERMANENT 
Be supported to evaluate referrals, undertake the assessment, treatment, and management of patients with psychological difficulties with a varying range of complexity and aetiology with reference to clinical need and service capacity.

Alongside the Band 6 Job Description and Person Specification, the post holder will also:

  • Behave consistently with and promote the values of the trust
  • Adhere to HCPC practice guidelines
  • Adhere to any professional training specific guidelines
  • Implement the psychology provision guidelines and trust policies
  • Be supported to evaluate referrals, undertake the assessment, treatment, and management of patients with psychological difficulties with a varying range of complexity and aetiology with reference to clinical need and service capacity

This post will be considered for candidates in their final year of professional training and prior to becoming registered as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with the HCPC. They would initially be employed, fixed term, on a Band 6 Trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Job Description. Upon HCPC registration the post would then be upgraded to a permanent Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Job Description. The Band 7 job description is included in a separate job advert.


For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

We would like to appoint a Trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, in their last year of training and prior to qualification, to work in the AMH Neighbourhood Mental Health Services (NMHS) in Redditch/Worcestershire. We are a pilot site for the Transformation Model working in the community considering local need and linking with community services.

This is a Band 6, (0.8 w.t.e) , moving to a Band 7 permanent post upon qualification. We welcome applications for full/part time working. We provide face to face and virtual interventions as clinically appropriate.

The NMHS teams have integrated psychological pathways for individuals with moderate/severe, severe/enduring, psychosis/bipolar and emotionally unstable presentations. The post holder will apply Clinical or Counselling Psychology core values and clinical practice. They will encourage empowered service users to be active in their own recovery and encourage trauma informed care across the NMHS.

The post is integral to the NMHS, working with other psychologists and mental health professionals. They will be a valued member of the psychology provision within the Trust.

They will be supported to provide psychological assessments leading to the development of psychological formulations and individual and/or group interventions. They will work virtually and face to face as appropriate.

They will be supported to complete their professional training.

They will receive both clinical supervision and line management. Across the service we offer a variety of supervision for evidence-based models and invest in model specific supervision.

They will attend all necessary NMHS team meetings and be involved in the NMHS psychology provision professional meetings.

Alongside the Band 6 Job Description and Person Specification, the post holder will also:

  • Behave consistently with and promote the values of the trust
  • Adhere to HCPC practice guidelines
  • Adhere to any professional training specific guidelines
  • Implement the psychology provision guidelines and trust policies
  • Be supported to evaluate referrals, undertake the assessment, treatment, and management of patients with psychological difficulties with a varying range of complexity and aetiology with reference to clinical need and service capacity

This post will be considered for candidates in their final year of professional training and prior to becoming registered as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with the HCPC. They would initially be employed, fixed term, on a Band 6 Trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Job Description. Upon HCPC registration the post would then be upgraded to a permanent Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Job Description. The Band 7 job description is included in a separate job advert.


For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

We would like to appoint a Trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, in their last year of training and prior to qualification, to work in the AMH Neighbourhood Mental Health Services (NMHS) in Redditch/Worcestershire. We are a pilot site for the Transformation Model working in the community considering local need and linking with community services.

This is a Band 6, (0.8 w.t.e) , moving to a Band 7 permanent post upon qualification. We welcome applications for full/part time working. We provide face to face and virtual interventions as clinically appropriate.

The NMHS teams have integrated psychological pathways for individuals with moderate/severe, severe/enduring, psychosis/bipolar and emotionally unstable presentations. The post holder will apply Clinical or Counselling Psychology core values and clinical practice. They will encourage empowered service users to be active in their own recovery and encourage trauma informed care across the NMHS.

The post is integral to the NMHS, working with other psychologists and mental health professionals. They will be a valued member of the psychology provision within the Trust.

They will be supported to provide psychological assessments leading to the development of psychological formulations and individual and/or group interventions. They will work virtually and face to face as appropriate.

They will be supported to complete their professional training.

They will receive both clinical supervision and line management. Across the service we offer a variety of supervision for evidence-based models and invest in model specific supervision.

They will attend all necessary NMHS team meetings and be involved in the NMHS psychology provision professional meetings.



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