Job summary
Are you an experienced CBT therapist with a core profession looking for a new challenge? If you have the passion, drive, and commitment towards providing the very best psychological support to our Young People, and Families, we would love for you to come and join us in our Suffolk Specialist Young Adult Mental Health Service!
We're seeking an experienced, pro-active, passionate, and motivated CBT therapist to join our well-established and thriving Central Suffolk Young Adult Mental Health Service based in Stowmarket. Our service provides highly specialist mental health treatment to young people between 18 - 25 years old; experiencing moderate to severe mental health disorders. We recognise the unique challenges faced by young people in this age range, and pride ourselves on our developmentally-informed and needs-focused approach.
If you have the drive to provide excellent care, the ability to work as part of our multi-disciplinary team, and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to young people's lives then we would love to hear from you.
Please see the attached recruitment letter for further information.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached job description and recruitment letter for further information. In summary, key responsibilities include:
- Delivering psychological treatment interventions to allocated young people.
- Conducting psychological assessment and formulations.
- Providing supervision and consultancy to other mental health professionals within the team and to network colleagues
- Participating in research and development activities.
- Working with the psychological therapies team to provide psychological containment, advice and support to the broader team and wider network.
- Supporting the continued implementation of the Routine Outcome Measures (ROMs) strategy.
- Assessment and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology.
- Attending and contributing within regular meetings, such as: MDT, CPA, and s.117 reviews.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification and registration in a recognised mental health profession
- BABCP accreditation (or working towards) as a CBT/Therapists (may have been gained following successful completion of High Intensity Therapist Training).
- Knowledge and experience acquired through relevant first professional qualification at degree or postgraduate degree level.
Experience
Essential
- Theoretical knowledge of CBT/Therapies and the application of appropriate models of practice, according to client need.
- Excellent communication skills with a range of people in a variety of both clinical and managerial settings.
- Proven supervisory skills.
- Working knowledge of health legislation and current practice in mental health, including risk assessment and management.
- Proven effectiveness in engaging family and carers in treatment programmes.
Desirable
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patients whilst maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Substantial experience in managerial/clinical supervision of others casework. Substantial experience in teaching/training others.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to expertly manage a complex caseload Ability to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, ability to exercise judgement in identifying and assessing complicated events or problems.
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex and highly sensitive information using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills in order to overcome hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmospheres.
- Advanced skills in assessment, formulation, engagement and interventions.
- Ability to provide detailed advice to other professionals and non-specialists
- Ability to be an effective team player with good communication and liaison skills.
Desirable
- Working knowledge of health legislation and current practice in mental health, including risk assessment and management.
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence Guidelines Government initiative.
- Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
Desirable
- Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks.
Other
Essential
- Proven capacity to work constructively with a range of multi-professional team professionals
- Excellent verbal and written skills, including the ability to use IT systems to produce written reports/evaluations.
- Own transport which can be used for work purposes and ability to travel.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification and registration in a recognised mental health profession
- BABCP accreditation (or working towards) as a CBT/Therapists (may have been gained following successful completion of High Intensity Therapist Training).
- Knowledge and experience acquired through relevant first professional qualification at degree or postgraduate degree level.
Experience
Essential
- Theoretical knowledge of CBT/Therapies and the application of appropriate models of practice, according to client need.
- Excellent communication skills with a range of people in a variety of both clinical and managerial settings.
- Proven supervisory skills.
- Working knowledge of health legislation and current practice in mental health, including risk assessment and management.
- Proven effectiveness in engaging family and carers in treatment programmes.
Desirable
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patients whilst maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Substantial experience in managerial/clinical supervision of others casework. Substantial experience in teaching/training others.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to expertly manage a complex caseload Ability to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, ability to exercise judgement in identifying and assessing complicated events or problems.
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex and highly sensitive information using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills in order to overcome hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmospheres.
- Advanced skills in assessment, formulation, engagement and interventions.
- Ability to provide detailed advice to other professionals and non-specialists
- Ability to be an effective team player with good communication and liaison skills.
Desirable
- Working knowledge of health legislation and current practice in mental health, including risk assessment and management.
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence Guidelines Government initiative.
- Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
Desirable
- Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks.
Other
Essential
- Proven capacity to work constructively with a range of multi-professional team professionals
- Excellent verbal and written skills, including the ability to use IT systems to produce written reports/evaluations.
- Own transport which can be used for work purposes and ability to travel.
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.
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
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.
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).
