Psychological Therapist

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 30 January 2026

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and compassionate Psychological Therapists to work within our MHTR Teams in the Midlands.

There are three posts available: one covering Staffordshire, West Mercia and the Black Country. Travel is required across the courts and probation offices in these areas.

If you are seeking a new challenge and have a keen interest in the criminal justice services, we encourage you to apply and join our supportive and welcoming team.

The Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Team is part of MPFT's Health and Justice Service. The MHTR team provide psychological assessments and interventions to people with mental health difficulties who have come into contact with criminal justice services and whose offences may attract a community or suspended sentence order.

The team aims to prevent short term custodial sentences and reduce reoffending by improving access to psychological interventions and addressing underlying mental health problems, thereby improving health and social outcomes for the individual and their family.

MPFT deliver services across England. We are experienced in working across a wide geographical area and there is no necessity to travel to headquarters; training and IT support is virtual.

In conjunction with the Clinical Lead take responsibility for the delivery of care for service users who experience a range of mental health problems requiring evidence-based psychological interventions and are sentenced to a PC-MHTR.

To deliver care to people identified as specifically requiring psychological interventions in accordance with your level of competence.

Assess service users for suitability for a PC-MHTR and the specific, evidence-based therapies in which you are qualified. Identify where a person's problems appear too complex or severe to be appropriate for the PC-MHTR and refer to clinical supervisor or secondary mental health services as appropriate.

Make clinical decisions when working with people with comparatively less complex psychological needs, requiring psychological assessment and intervention, within the PC-MHTR service. Provide assessments, formulations and interventions with regular supervision from an Applied Psychologist.

Support the development of referral, assessment and treatment pathways for individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic communities identified as potentially suitable for a PC-MHTR.

Provide highly complex, highly sensitive, and contentious information regarding assessment, diagnosis and treatment of service users with complex mental health presentations. Advanced communication and interpersonal skills required.

See attached documents for further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification.

Undertake specific elements of a specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of people referred to the service, working in partnership with the person, their families/carers/support networks and other services and professionals involved.

Liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals to develop and review care plans, treatments and interventions.

Maintain contact with service users during episodes of inpatient care or transitional care, ensuring continuity and effective communication.

Assist in developing a responsive service, which may include out of hours, evenings and weekend working. Travel to service sites within the catchment area.

Manage complex cases presenting high risk, requiring advanced risk assessment, relapse management, and crisis management skills.

Provide supervision to staff working with the client group, supporting them in delivering psychologically informed interventions where appropriate.

Maintain timely data collection and regular inputting of information through data collection systems (e.g., RiO and MHTR database).

Promote psychological thinking, reflection and…