Job summary
LOOKING FOR A NEW, VARIED AND EXCITING ROLE IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our multi award winning Mental Health Support Team as a CBT Therapist. This is a diverse and enjoyable role, in which the successful applicants will support a small caseload of children and young people (CYP), alongside supporting our low intensity CBT practitioners with Public Health England's Whole School Approach activities within our designated education settings. This includes CYP and parent/carer drop ins, training to education staff and workshops with CYP / parents / carers.
We are currently recruiting to our Lincoln, Louth and Spalding areas.
The Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) support children and young people aged 5-18 within school and college settings who are presenting with mental health or emotional health problems which are of a mild to moderate level of complexity and/or intensity.
You will receive regular group and 1:1 clinical supervision, alongside monthly management supervision and support from the wider team. MHST also work closely with our CAMHS and Healthy Minds Lincolnshire colleagues for support and shared learning.
MHST working hours are Monday to Friday 9-5, however part time and flexible working patterns are always considered.
For more information please contact Gina Legg on 01205 333531 or gina.legg@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
You will provide assessment and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for a range of presenting difficulties for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.
We have various teams across the MHST, all in various stages of training. This role will therefore give you a great opportunity to work with both qualified staff and trainees.
The role also offers a flexible style of working, as the team use a hybrid model, offering support both face to face and virtually to education staff, children, young people and their families.
You will need to be enthusiastic and very well organised and able to travel across Lincolnshire as needed to provide services. You will be expected to be able to work on their own initiative as well as work well within a multi-disciplinary setting. You will need to be an excellent communicator and team player.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
Childcare Vouchers
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Gina Legg (MHST team manager) or Sarah Priestley (CBT Manager), via email at gina.legg@nhs.net/sarah.priestley6@nhs.net or by telephone on 01205 333531/01476 464949.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
Childcare Vouchers
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Gina Legg (MHST team manager) or Sarah Priestley (CBT Manager), via email at gina.legg@nhs.net/sarah.priestley6@nhs.net or by telephone on 01205 333531/01476 464949.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma in CBT and Accreditation with BABCP
- Professional qualification such as Clinical Psychologist, Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or psychological therapy
Desirable
- Clinical supervision training
Special requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently across Lincolnshire
Skills
Essential
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Has received training and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
- Completed clinical audits within a service
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, & in own personal and professional development and in supervision
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with Children and Young People and their carers
- Experience of offering CBT assessments and interventions - individual and group
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcome
Desirable
- Experience of working in CYP IAPT informed services
- Experience of working in school and college settings
- Experience of offering clinical and caseload management supervision
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma in CBT and Accreditation with BABCP
- Professional qualification such as Clinical Psychologist, Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or psychological therapy
Desirable
- Clinical supervision training
Special requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently across Lincolnshire
Skills
Essential
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Has received training and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
- Completed clinical audits within a service
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, & in own personal and professional development and in supervision
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with Children and Young People and their carers
- Experience of offering CBT assessments and interventions - individual and group
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcome
Desirable
- Experience of working in CYP IAPT informed services
- Experience of working in school and college settings
- Experience of offering clinical and caseload management supervision
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Lincoln/Louth/Spalding - to be agreed on area of preference
Lincoln
LN1 1FS
Employer's website
https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
