Trainee High Cognitive Behavioural Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust works in partnership with North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare to deliver Talking Therapies services across the whole of Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent.

Due to continuing expansion, we are advertising for new trainee posts to commence in January 2026

Posts are available in

1x Tamworth

1 x Cannock

2 x Stafford

1 x Seisdon – with easy access to Wolverhampton and Birmingham

1 x Burton on Trent – whose central location benefits from free parking, easy travelling distance of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire with direct train links to Derby

 

Please state your locality preference in the Supporting Statement box at the end of the application form

 

The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Wellbeing Service is a creative organisation which embraces staff ideas to constantly seek ways of taking the service forward to adapt to changing expectations.

We have strong links with academic institutions with staff from the service teaching university courses devised in conjunction with MPFT.

Our staff lead professional development sessions locally and nationally and you will be actively encouraged to develop your practice through internal and external CPD opportunities.

Please provide detailed evidence of how you meet the criteria on the personal specification when making your application and state your locality preference at the end of your Supporting Statement

 

Main duties of the job

You will be required to study on the 12 month Post-Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at Keele University (starting January 2026) spending 3 days a week working clinically in locality and 2 days a week at University.

The service will provide in-house training and supervision, ensuring access to a range of suitable training cases designed to meet the requirements of the course.

Band 7 posts as CBT Therapists will be offered to those passing the PG Diploma with no performance concerns at the end of training

Details of shortlisted applicants will be passed onto the University for Academic screening

All shortlisted applicants must be available to attend academic screening on Wednesday 24th September. Those passing academic screening will be offered interviews with the locality team in early October

All applicants who do not hold a recognised core profession by the BABCP will be required to have their completed KSA portfolio to submit at the time of the interview to demonstrate eligibility for the course programme.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A recorded/registered doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology OR A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following – nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy OR A recorded/registered qualification in a psychological therapy which may be CBT to at least equivalent of a post graduate diploma level and significant experience working with adults as a Psychological Therapy Practitioner.

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable 2 years’ experience of working in mental health services

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Closing Date: 31 August 2025

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.