Psychologist – Eating Disorders Specialist

4 weeks ago


Slough, Slough, United Kingdom Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Full-time Band 7 Advanced Mental Health Practitioner/Supervisor to join the CAMHS Mental Health Support Team 1, based in Slough.

The Slough MHST provides assessments and short-term, evidence-based therapeutic interventions to young people in Slough with mild to moderate mental health needs. Clinicians working for the MHST service will promote the emotional wellbeing and mental health of young people in educational settings. They will offer advice, information and support to young people and families, and consultation and training to professionals, as appropriate. You may provide outreach support to promote engagement, where needed.

Main Duties of the Job
  1. Clinical assessments for young people up to the age of 18 years, presenting with mild to moderate mental health problems.
  2. Short-term, evidence-based therapeutic interventions (individual, group, family, as appropriate)
  3. To offer training and consultation to external agencies with regards to the mental health presentation of children and young people who are accessing the Getting Help Team.
  4. Ensuring liaison and joint working between the Getting Help / MHST and the locality Early Help Hub and specialist CAMHS services.
  5. Use of routine outcome measures to promote active participation from young people and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
  6. Training to professionals.
  7. Supervision, as appropriate to role – see detailed job description in separate attachment.
Working for Our Organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

  1. Caring for and about you is our top priority
  2. Committed to providing good quality, safe services
  3. Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of Working for Us
  1. Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
  2. 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
  3. Generous NHS pension scheme
  4. Excellent learning and career development opportunities
  5. 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme
  6. Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
  7. Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
  8. Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
  9. Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
  10. Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Our service hours are Monday- Friday 9am-5pm which is the typical working pattern of the teams, but we can be agile in accommodating flexible working, where needed, the teams work within a hybrid model of face-to-face work and working from home.

The 4 'must haves' for this role:

  1. Appropriate qualification as detailed in the JD and experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties
  2. Passion for providing collaborative and evidence-based mental health care
  3. Enthusiasm for multi-professional and multi-agency working
  4. Ability to travel between multiple sites

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.

If you're someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.



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