Clinical/Counselling Psychologist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within CAMHS Getting More Help Services, based in the Berkshire CAMHS East Specialist Community Team covering Bracknell, Slough, and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. This is a full-time (37.5 hours), substantive role.

The Specialist Community Teams provide assessment, therapeutic intervention, and care coordination for children and young people experiencing moderate to severe, complex mental health difficulties. The team works collaboratively within a supportive multidisciplinary environment and alongside partner agencies to deliver high-quality, holistic care.

The post-holder will join a team of clinicians to deliver assessments, care coordination, multi-agency working, and evidence-based psychological interventions for young people and their families. The role also includes supervision of junior colleagues where appropriate, alongside access to clinical supervision and ongoing professional development.

Applications are welcomed from candidates in the final stages of their professional psychology doctoral training, including those anticipating delays in qualification due to research submission timelines. Applicants should outline their circumstances and expected completion date in their supporting information.

• provide comprehensive assessments and therapeutic interventions to young people and their families
• provide care co-ordination for young people open to the service
• independently manage an appropriately sized caseload
• use supervision effectively
• offer supervision and training to junior colleagues and other agencies as appropriate
• work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and within a multiagency system
• work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice
• contribute to audit, service development and research, as appropriate
• maintain own continuing professional development and contribute to team professional development initiatives

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. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at

Berkshire Healthcare are

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

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The “must haves” for this role

1. The ability to manage a complex caseload of patients autonomously

1. The ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites and work flexibly

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. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.

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

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have.

Please don’t hesitate to contact

Bharti Kumar on email

Bharti.kumar@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.

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.

This advert closes on Tuesday 19 May 2026

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