Psychological Therapist

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The closing date is 11 February 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to apply for the role of Psychological Therapist within Wirral's' Complex Needs Service.

The main responsibility of this role is to deliver evidenced based therapeutic care, which includes Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, to a case load of clients who have, or would attract, a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD). Therefore, it would be beneficial if the applicant had a keen interest in supporting this particular cohort of clients who often present with difficulties in regulating their emotions, experience interpersonal difficulties and whom have developed behaviours such as self-harm or may experience suicidal ideation as a way to try alleviate their symptoms.

The post holder will therefor need to be able to assess and respond to presenting risks appropriately, and respond to any safeguarding needs in keeping with safeguarding policy and procedures.

The applicant would benefit from prior experience in delivering training, as a key component to this role is the delivery of training to wider services and third sector parties. CNS also supports the wider services with consultation on particular cases, and the post holder will be responsible in supporting more complex consultation as well as supporting and supervising junior staff.

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due commence on 12th February 2026 and the proposed interview date is 19th February 2026

Clinical

1. To provide a specialist psychological therapy service to clients with complex mental health problems which are often diagnosed as Personality Disorder.

2. To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, risk management and interventions for individuals and groups as well as providing consultation and advice on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.

3. To supervise trainees and qualified practitioners as agreed.

4. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.

5. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development, and research for the area served by the service.

Teaching Training and Supervision

6. To contribute to the development and provision of training for multi-disciplinary staff from inside and beyond the service.

7. Actively participate in formal and informal in-service training ensuring continued development of clinical practice.

8. Actively participate in receiving clinical and management supervision.

9. Participate in external courses in line with individual reviews.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide…