Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Band 7 CBT Therapist/ MHWP Supervisor - Swindon

The closing date is 30 November 2025

Job summary

Are you a CBT therapist who is looking for a new and exciting challenge? Are you passionate about widening access to psychologically informed interventions for people with severe mental health difficulties?

We are looking to recruit a CBT Therapist, with experience of providing CBT to people with severe and complex mental health difficulties. Within this role, half of your time will be dedicated to providing clinical supervision to trainee and qualified Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs) across the BSW (BANES, Swindon and Wiltshire) Division. The other half of your time will be dedicated to the provision of CBT to service users with complex and severe mental health difficulties. We would be particularly interested to hear from candidates with an interest in working with people with a diagnosis of psychosis and Bipolar Disorder.

Main duties of the job

You will provide clinical supervision to trainee and qualified Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs) across the BSW (BANES, Swindon and Wiltshire) Division. This will include liaison with relevant team managers about any queries regarding the scope of practice and ongoing professional development of MHWPs, with support from the three Locality Leads for Psychological Professions.

You will provide specialist assessment, formulation and evidence based psychological intervention to a caseload of service users who have been referred to Swindon Psychological Therapies Service (PTS). The team is co-located with the Swindon Recovery Team, so the role will involve close liaison with MDT colleagues to consider suitable referrals and provide support to colleagues working in a psychologically informed way.

Swindon PTS comprises a supportive team of Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, a Family Therapist and Arts Psychotherapists. We have established links with local training providers in Clinical & Counselling Psychology, and all PTS staff have access to regular activities to support their ongoing professional development. A number of our staff are accredited by the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP) and we have well established mechanisms to enable staff to maintain their accreditation.

We are a flexible employer and there will be opportunities for blended site-based and home working options.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Date posted

14 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year , pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

342-SWN104-1125

Job locations

Chatsworth House

Bath Road

Swindon

SN1 4BP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

Qualified Registered Mental Health Professional [Mental Health Nurse, Psychologist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist].
CBT accredited with the BABCP, or accreditable as per BABCP guidelines

Desirable

Completion of formal post graduate training in CBT for psychosis.
Completion of MHWP supervisors' training.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Experience and knowledge of providing CBT to service users with severe and complex mental health difficulties.
Substantial experience in a Band 6 post or higher.
Substantial practice experience in inpatient, day and/or community settings.
Experience of providing supervision to less experienced staff.

Desirable

Experience of providing CBT to people with psychosis and Bipolar Disorder.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Competence in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating psychological therapies.
Competence in risk assessment and management
Excellent communication skills
Ability to use supervision and to provide supervision and consultation as appropriate

Other Requirements

Essential

Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour, which may be challenging at times.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

Qualified Registered Mental Health Professional [Mental Health Nurse, Psychologist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist].
CBT accredited with the BABCP, or accreditable as per BABCP guidelines

Desirable

Completion of formal post graduate training in CBT for psychosis.
Completion of MHWP supervisors' training.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Experience and knowledge of providing CBT to service users with severe and complex mental health difficulties.
Substantial experience in a Band 6 post or higher.
Substantial practice experience in inpatient, day and/or community settings.
Experience of providing supervision to less experienced staff.

Desirable

Experience of providing CBT to people with psychosis and Bipolar Disorder.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Competence in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating psychological therapies.
Competence in risk assessment and management
Excellent communication skills
Ability to use supervision and to provide supervision and consultation as appropriate

Other Requirements

Essential

Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour, which may be challenging at times.

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).

UK Registration

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

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Chatsworth House

Bath Road

Swindon

SN1 4BP

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Chatsworth House

Bath Road

Swindon

SN1 4BP

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)