Job summary
Leeds and York Partnership Foundation trust in partnership with Health Education England and the University of Sheffield are delighted to invite applications for two full time Trainee Cognitive Behavioural therapist posts on the CBT -Eating disorders training programme. Applications are encouraged from people with an interest and experience in working with people with Eating Disorders. These posts will provide formal psychological interventions using newly developed skills whilst undertaking a two-year Postgraduate Training programme which will enable accreditation with the BABCP.
This is a training role and any offer will be made on a fixed term training contract basis for a period of 2 years. The appointment may lead to a permanent Psychological Therapist post at the end of this period, subject to successful completion of the postgraduate diploma programme.
We will be hosting an online webinar on 12th October 2023 4pm-5pm where Dr Gail Harrison, Professional Lead for Psychological professions, and Dr Louise Hall, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Connect service will talk about the role and be available to answer questions
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Main duties of the job
You will be supported by experienced colleagues and offered a range of opportunities to develop core CBT competencies within the workplace in conjunction with the academic support offered by the course team. You will benefit from clinical supervision on the course and in the workplace, with opportunities for peer support. You will have time for study and assignments built into your job plan. In the first year of the course, you will develop your skills with a broad range of clients before specialising in working with Eating disorders in the second year. You will be encouraged to develop areas of interest that are relevant to the clinical work and contribute to service initiatives and development.
Leeds and York partnerships trust is committed to the development of the Psychological Professions workforce, as outlined in our Psychological Professions strategy. The post holder will be employed within Leeds & York Partnership NHS Trust and will link into the professional network of Psychologists and Psychotherapists in the Trust.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a training role and any offer will be made on a fixed term training contract basis for a period of 2 years. The appointment may lead to a permanent Psychological Therapist post at the end of this period, subject to successful completion of the postgraduate diploma programme.
This intensive training post will equip the postholder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.
Postholders will be required to attend to the training course requirements with appropriate time out of service to attend lectures, seminars and supervision and also to complete coursework.
The postholder will undertake all of the below duties under the supervision of a clinical supervisor:
- Develop psychological formulations for individual patients that contribute towards the overall assessment of their care needs.
- Collaboratively establish individual patients goals towards recovery.
- Determine suitability of specific psychological interventions, including group and individual modalities, based on the patients assessment/formulation
- Plan, deliver and review individual and group psychological interventions for specific patients.
- Identify gaps within and potential developments of the psychological therapy programme, reporting these to supervisory staff
The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities .
The posts are within the Primary Care Therapies team which sits between NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression (formerly IAPT) and psychological therapies currently provided by community mental health teams. These posts will be part of a new multi-disciplinary pathway for people who present to their GP with issues relating to eating but who cannot currently access specialist eating disorder services. This pathway will be an important element of the new Integrated Mental Health Hubs which are being developed across Leeds as part of a major programme of Community Mental Health Service transformation.
To be eligible to apply for this post, any previous Health Education England psychological professions training must have been completed more than two years prior to the start date of this training course.
This is an exciting time to be joining this service as we progress with significant service expansion in psychological therapies and a co-produced clinical model of care, in line with the NHS long-term plan.
The training course begins in January 2024.
Information on the KSA route, which is an alternative to Core profession for BABCP accreditation, is found here https://babcp.com/Knowledge-Skills-Attitudes. We will require assurance that candidates have completed enough of their portfolio at the outset of the training/job to ensure that when submitted at the end of the course it will pass the accreditation process.
Applications are encouraged from people with an interest and experience in working with people with Eating Disorders. Previous training in counselling/therapy would be helpful but is not essential. Successful candidates will work in the primary care therapies team, providing formal psychological interventions using newly developed skills whilst undertaking a two-year Postgraduate Training programme in CBT-ED which will enable accreditation with the BABCP
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a training role and any offer will be made on a fixed term training contract basis for a period of 2 years. The appointment may lead to a permanent Psychological Therapist post at the end of this period, subject to successful completion of the postgraduate diploma programme.
This intensive training post will equip the postholder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.
Postholders will be required to attend to the training course requirements with appropriate time out of service to attend lectures, seminars and supervision and also to complete coursework.
The postholder will undertake all of the below duties under the supervision of a clinical supervisor:
- Develop psychological formulations for individual patients that contribute towards the overall assessment of their care needs.
- Collaboratively establish individual patients goals towards recovery.
- Determine suitability of specific psychological interventions, including group and individual modalities, based on the patients assessment/formulation
- Plan, deliver and review individual and group psychological interventions for specific patients.
- Identify gaps within and potential developments of the psychological therapy programme, reporting these to supervisory staff
The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities .
The posts are within the Primary Care Therapies team which sits between NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression (formerly IAPT) and psychological therapies currently provided by community mental health teams. These posts will be part of a new multi-disciplinary pathway for people who present to their GP with issues relating to eating but who cannot currently access specialist eating disorder services. This pathway will be an important element of the new Integrated Mental Health Hubs which are being developed across Leeds as part of a major programme of Community Mental Health Service transformation.
To be eligible to apply for this post, any previous Health Education England psychological professions training must have been completed more than two years prior to the start date of this training course.
This is an exciting time to be joining this service as we progress with significant service expansion in psychological therapies and a co-produced clinical model of care, in line with the NHS long-term plan.
The training course begins in January 2024.
Information on the KSA route, which is an alternative to Core profession for BABCP accreditation, is found here https://babcp.com/Knowledge-Skills-Attitudes. We will require assurance that candidates have completed enough of their portfolio at the outset of the training/job to ensure that when submitted at the end of the course it will pass the accreditation process.
Applications are encouraged from people with an interest and experience in working with people with Eating Disorders. Previous training in counselling/therapy would be helpful but is not essential. Successful candidates will work in the primary care therapies team, providing formal psychological interventions using newly developed skills whilst undertaking a two-year Postgraduate Training programme in CBT-ED which will enable accreditation with the BABCP
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A) A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level : Mental health or learning disability nursing, social work, counselling (accredited level), occupational therapy, arts therapy, medicine (psychiatry / general practice), psychological therapy (UKCP registered), Psychology (clinical, counselling, forensic or health). Please see the BABCP website for more detail of accepted qualifications and accreditations required. OR B) Relevant degree level qualification with sufficient additional training/experience to accredit with the BABCP via the KSA route.
- 2) Any previously completed Health Education England funded training course in psychological professions to have been completed more than 2 years prior to the start date of this training course. See HEE Psychological professions training programme for details of relevant courses.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Knowledge and experience of working with people with eating related mental health issues.
- Ability to utilise clinical supervision and governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and distressing clinical experiences and challenging behaviours.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A) A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level : Mental health or learning disability nursing, social work, counselling (accredited level), occupational therapy, arts therapy, medicine (psychiatry / general practice), psychological therapy (UKCP registered), Psychology (clinical, counselling, forensic or health). Please see the BABCP website for more detail of accepted qualifications and accreditations required. OR B) Relevant degree level qualification with sufficient additional training/experience to accredit with the BABCP via the KSA route.
- 2) Any previously completed Health Education England funded training course in psychological professions to have been completed more than 2 years prior to the start date of this training course. See HEE Psychological professions training programme for details of relevant courses.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Knowledge and experience of working with people with eating related mental health issues.
- Ability to utilise clinical supervision and governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and distressing clinical experiences and challenging behaviours.
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.
