Trainee CBT Therapist - Ealing Talking Therapies (IAPT)

Job summary

Please note: if you have already applied to the Cognitive Behavioural Therapies PG Dip course with KCL please do NOT apply to this advert. The university will process your application.

Ealing IAPT is now offering a number of places on the London-wide Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme (IAPT) for Trainee CBT High Intensity Therapists.

If you are an experienced mental health or social care worker with a recognised professional qualification working in a mental health setting, or a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner with at least 2 years' post-qualification experience, this course gives you the training you need to become an accredited cognitive behavioural therapist.

Ealing IAPT service was established in 2008 and we have been doing great work ever since! We are a large team of over 70 members of staff and are currently working on further expansion and development of our service. Because of this we are an excellent place to start and progress in your career.

We provide weekly supervision meetings to help you through this training course, as well as an excellent network of experienced and friendly colleagues to help you reach your potential with us.

The management team at Ealing IAPT is committed to staff wellbeing and we have recently commissioned a QI project on staff wellbeing, led by staff across the different staff groups within the team.

We think Ealing IAPT is a fantastic place to work!

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited from qualified clinical or counselling psychological therapists, Mental Health Nurses, Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to apply for the one year full-time IAPT post graduate diploma courses based at Royal Holloway University.

Applicants without a core mental health profession (such as Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner or counsellors without UKCP or BACP accreditation) must be able to meet the required KSA process criteria (see the IAPT website for more information).

The training programme consists of three days working within Ealing IAPTS and two days at university taught by experts in the field.

Ealing IAPT is passionate about offering a great quality therapy to our patients and we are very proud to be able to consistently offer all the IAPT-approved therapies, such as EMDR, DIT, IPT, BCT, and CfD. To that effect, we are committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of our staff.

Our main base is in Ealing where we have access to over 16 clinic rooms and two open plan offices. In addition to this, we run clinics at GP surgeries across the borough, covering areas such as Southall, Acton, and Chiswick. Our service is well-established and many of our staff have been with us since our service launched.

Please note interviews for this positon will be 20th June and during w/c 3rd July.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We're rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of physical health, community, social care, and mental health care in the UK.