Job summary
Are you a CBT Therapist looking to make a meaningful difference to children and young people in Oxfordshire?
We are seeking a qualified part time CBT Therapist to join the expanding Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Oxfordshire. MHSTs are designed to provide early intervention for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, working closely with education settings. The teams support pupils directly, help schools implement a whole-school approach to mental wellbeing, and offer timely advice to school staff.
In this role, you will assess and treat young people using evidence-based interventions and contribute to wider service development alongside senior colleagues, operational leads and education partners. You will also offer support and consultation to families, carers, and professionals involved in each young person's care.
This is a blended role, combining face-to-face work with digital delivery. You will be based in one of three areas -- North Oxfordshire, South Oxfordshire, or Oxford City -- and we welcome your location preference at interview. Travel to education settings across your cluster will be required.
Join a supportive, multi-disciplinary team and be part of a service transforming access to mental health support in schools and colleges.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical supervision, support and leadership to Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs), both in training and post-qualification, ensuring delivery of high-quality, evidence-based interventions in schools.
- Offer consultation and supervision to clinical colleagues within the MHST, supporting the use of CBT-informed approaches across the team.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of the MHST by supporting case management processes, service governance and the design of structured training packages for junior staff.
- Support schools with whole-school approaches to mental health through consultation, advice and collaboration with wider professionals, including education, social care and public health partners.
- Ensure that clinical work is delivered in line with best practice standards, contributing to audit, service evaluation and the wider development of psychological care within the service.
About us
We provide excellent opportunities for professional development to help you consolidate your therapy skills in a focused and supported way, monthly opportunities to meet psychological therapy colleagues from across the county for reflective practice groups and clinical updates.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job description
Job responsibilities
We would really like to hear from you if you have skills in delivering therapy to this client group and can demonstrate:
- A good working knowledge of effective treatments.
- Sound clinical risk assessment and management.
- Experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
- Supervising and consulting with therapists, trainees or other clinical staff as appropriate to the role.
If you have any queries or questions about the role, the team, or what we do, please get in contact with Lesley.Leadbeater@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk, as we'd love to hear from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
We would really like to hear from you if you have skills in delivering therapy to this client group and can demonstrate:
- A good working knowledge of effective treatments.
- Sound clinical risk assessment and management.
- Experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
- Supervising and consulting with therapists, trainees or other clinical staff as appropriate to the role.
If you have any queries or questions about the role, the team, or what we do, please get in contact with Lesley.Leadbeater@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk, as we'd love to hear from you!
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential
- To have undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, psychology, medicine, social work, occupational therapy or to have other relevant experience and demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field in the NHS and post registration clinical training and qualification in to at least Diploma level in CBT Therapy
- Accreditation with BABCP
- Ability to travel between bases as required
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and inpatient settings.
- 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 including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of running / co-running groups.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- A positive approach to working with adults with mental health difficulties.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential
- To have undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, psychology, medicine, social work, occupational therapy or to have other relevant experience and demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field in the NHS and post registration clinical training and qualification in to at least Diploma level in CBT Therapy
- Accreditation with BABCP
- Ability to travel between bases as required
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and inpatient settings.
- 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 including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of running / co-running groups.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- A positive approach to working with adults with mental health difficulties.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
