CAMHS Senior CBT Therapist

Job summary
We're looking for an experienced, BABCP accredited CBT Therapist to join our welcoming and dynamic CAMHS team in Coastal CAMHS.

You should have a strong background in working therapeutically with children, young people and families, and demonstrable experience of providing supervision within CAMHS or CYP services.

You would be based in Worthing Hospital and would cover Chichester, too.

It would be desirable for candidates to have additional supervision training, and some experience of teaching, training and leadership, as part of this role.

This post is open as a Band 7 to Band 8A preceptorship role. Progression to Band 8A is dependent upon successful completion of the PG-Certificate in CBT Supervision and additional Band 8A key competencies within a specified timeframe, as outlined in the attached documents.

Main duties of the job
As a senior member of the Coastal CAMHS team, you would participate in the core multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention work of the team and engage in multi-agency liaison work as necessary. You would also be required to participate in the supervision, training and the overall governance requirements of SPFT CAMHS.

While holding a small clinical caseload, you will have the opportunity to provide support and supervision to a growing CBT and CWP workforce and contribute to our CBT leadership team across the wider Sussex CAMHS service, regarding innovative ways of developing our CBT offer.

You'd part of a very busy but lively and welcoming CAMHS team, which offers a wide range of individual, group and systemic interventions, and is involved in a number of innovative evaluation and research projects and service developments. As such, you would be encouraged to develop your skills, ideas and interests to further your expertise and that of the team, in accordance with service needs.

About us
At Sussex Partnership we provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex. You will have the opportunity to make a real difference to improve the lives of children and adolescents, working with colleagues in the team to provide a full range of outpatient and inpatient services and helping to manage transition between these and other services through outreach services.

We'd love you to join our Trust, an organisation rated 'Good' by the CQC and 'Outstanding' for caring, with a strong commitment to innovation, research, and continuous improvement.

At Sussex Partnership we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.

• Travel easily from coast to countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns, within minutes.
• Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London which are easily reached by local buses and mainline trains.
• Access renowned cycle routes and scenic walks like the South Downs Way in the national park.
• Explore miles of coastline, including West Wittering beach and Selsey.
• Gatwick and Heathrow airports are both under 90 minutes away for convenient travel.

Details
Date posted: 30 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 354-CS-21943
Job locations: Worthing - West Sussex, Worthing, BN11 2DH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full role responsibilities and person specification for this post. After reading both the Band 7 and Band 8A job descriptions, please specify if you are applying for the 8A post, or the 7 to 8A Preceptorship opportunity, within your application. If the successful candidate has not yet completed the Post-graduate Certificate in CBT Supervision, then they would be expected to complete this during their preceptorship period. This is a funded course.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Recognised accredited post graduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in the Appendix
• Professionally registered as specified in the appendix

Knowledge/Experience
Essential

• Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group served by the post, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
• Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context
• A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision
• Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context.
• Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service
• Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group
• A high-level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the appendix, as applied to the client group using this service.
• Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Hugh Miller, Hugh.miller3@nhs.net, 03003040061.