Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

IAPT Trainee High Intensity Practitioner- Band 6

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Job summary

The Gloucestershire Mental Health Intermediate Care Service (NHS Talking Therapies) is passionate about providing psychological therapies for the population it serves. We offer NICE compliant treatment to patients experiencing mild to moderate depression and anxiety.

We are a busy and expanding service that has four clinical teams. Our integrated teams include primary care nursing and NHS talking therapies. The NHS Talking Therapies team comprises of Clinical leads, Team managers, Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Psychological Therapists and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and trainees. The Service provides evidenced based psychological interventions using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and other NHS Talking Therapies approved therapies. We deliver treatment over the telephone, in groups, face to face and using digital therapy options.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic and skilled individuals who will join our team as a high intensity trainee CBT therapist. The role will require you to undertake an intensive one year PGDip Psychological Therapies Practice (High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) at the University of Exeter. You will need to attend university as required, which will include up to four blocks of teaching of up to four days. Most teaching will be 2 days per week, with the rest of your working week spent providing high intensity CBT Assessment and CBT Interventions in accordance with NICE guidance. You will receive clinical supervision in the workplace and University to develop your clinical skills.

About us

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.

Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one - the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.

Details

Date posted

03 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per Annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-23-632

Job locations

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

GL50 4BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Successful candidates will either have a BABCP recognised core professional training qualification or will be able to provide evidence that that they have practiced within the mental health BABCP career framework of training in mental health and can produce a completed KSA Portfolio at interview which includes evidence of working in mental health. This will need to be emailed in advance of the interview. Information of relevant core professions, KSA documents and guidance can be found on the BABCP site under: Accreditation / CBP. The BABCPs revised KSA requirements can be found at:https://babcp.com/Accreditation/Provisional-Accreditation/Knowledge-kills-and-Attitudes/Professions-eligible-for-Condensed-KSA-Portfolios

As part of your application, please provide a brief statement in support of your application for the post of IAPT HI trainee with reference to the NHS Values in accordance with The NHS Constitution. When completing this section, please directly address the service user. For your information, there may be a service user representative on the interview panel or involved in the shortlisting process.

Please note that in accordance with national Guidance. Anyone who has received HEE funded training in the last 2 years. cannot be recruited as an HI IAPT trainee until 2 years post qualification, as a minimum. These 2 years of practice commence only at the date of confirmation of the full HEE funded qualification by the University, not at the end of the teaching timetable. Significant mental health experience prior to taking up a funded role will also be expected. This standard in monitored nationally by the BABCP. Please also refer to IAPT National recruitment guidance available on the NHSEngland website at www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/adults/iapt/workforce/ and the HEE website https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health/psychological-professions/nhs-funding-psychological-professions-training-programmes

KSA applicants: Please see BABCP website for guidance on how to compete a KSAThe university guidance on completing and submitting a KSA Portfolio will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

KSA applicants need to submit a complete KSA Portfolio at interview andthis needs to be assessed as part of the interview process. The KSA Selector willassess the KSA Portfolio provided by the KSA Candidate following the interview. Any job offer would be subject to the KSA portfolio being assessed as satisfactory.

Important dates below:

Joint interviews with the University and the Service will be held in early September 2023.

Successful applicants will be expected to attend a course induction at the University on 4th and 5th December 2023.

The course starts with a 4-day block at Exeter on Monday 8th January 2024 (Provisional date).

You will need to be in a position to take up employment as a Gloucestershire Health and Care Trust employee and attend corporate induction prior to the commencement of the course.

This post is a development role automatically leading to the band 7 HI Intensity psychological therapist role for those who successfully pass the assessments and qualifications. However should candidates not successfully pass their qualifications or assessments or leave the trust within 2 years of qualifying they would be asked to pay back a proportion of the training fees.

You will be expected to be able to travel and work across the county and work outside of 9-5 hours in line with service opening hours.

This post is being advertised as full time 37.5 hours, but we will consider whether we can offer part time options over 24 months. If part time working is requested and agreed, the successful candidate would be required to attend University days on Mondays and Tuesdays each week and block weeks when timetabled during 2024 (which is 0.4wte) and in addition work 0.3wte to 0.5wte hours within the Trust.

Flexible working arrangements will be considered. Any request will be set against genuine operational requirements and limitations and it is not obligatory for a manager to accede to the request. The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

Please note that all candidates who declare themselves on their application form to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted in accordance with the Trusts Two Ticks Pledge on disability.

The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date you have probably not been shortlisted.We are sorry we are unable to let you know the outcome of your application.

The Trust is a signatory to the Mindful Employer Charter: www.mindfulemployer.net.

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Successful candidates will either have a BABCP recognised core professional training qualification or will be able to provide evidence that that they have practiced within the mental health BABCP career framework of training in mental health and can produce a completed KSA Portfolio at interview which includes evidence of working in mental health. This will need to be emailed in advance of the interview. Information of relevant core professions, KSA documents and guidance can be found on the BABCP site under: Accreditation / CBP. The BABCPs revised KSA requirements can be found at:https://babcp.com/Accreditation/Provisional-Accreditation/Knowledge-kills-and-Attitudes/Professions-eligible-for-Condensed-KSA-Portfolios

As part of your application, please provide a brief statement in support of your application for the post of IAPT HI trainee with reference to the NHS Values in accordance with The NHS Constitution. When completing this section, please directly address the service user. For your information, there may be a service user representative on the interview panel or involved in the shortlisting process.

Please note that in accordance with national Guidance. Anyone who has received HEE funded training in the last 2 years. cannot be recruited as an HI IAPT trainee until 2 years post qualification, as a minimum. These 2 years of practice commence only at the date of confirmation of the full HEE funded qualification by the University, not at the end of the teaching timetable. Significant mental health experience prior to taking up a funded role will also be expected. This standard in monitored nationally by the BABCP. Please also refer to IAPT National recruitment guidance available on the NHSEngland website at www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/adults/iapt/workforce/ and the HEE website https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health/psychological-professions/nhs-funding-psychological-professions-training-programmes

KSA applicants: Please see BABCP website for guidance on how to compete a KSAThe university guidance on completing and submitting a KSA Portfolio will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

KSA applicants need to submit a complete KSA Portfolio at interview andthis needs to be assessed as part of the interview process. The KSA Selector willassess the KSA Portfolio provided by the KSA Candidate following the interview. Any job offer would be subject to the KSA portfolio being assessed as satisfactory.

Important dates below:

Joint interviews with the University and the Service will be held in early September 2023.

Successful applicants will be expected to attend a course induction at the University on 4th and 5th December 2023.

The course starts with a 4-day block at Exeter on Monday 8th January 2024 (Provisional date).

You will need to be in a position to take up employment as a Gloucestershire Health and Care Trust employee and attend corporate induction prior to the commencement of the course.

This post is a development role automatically leading to the band 7 HI Intensity psychological therapist role for those who successfully pass the assessments and qualifications. However should candidates not successfully pass their qualifications or assessments or leave the trust within 2 years of qualifying they would be asked to pay back a proportion of the training fees.

You will be expected to be able to travel and work across the county and work outside of 9-5 hours in line with service opening hours.

This post is being advertised as full time 37.5 hours, but we will consider whether we can offer part time options over 24 months. If part time working is requested and agreed, the successful candidate would be required to attend University days on Mondays and Tuesdays each week and block weeks when timetabled during 2024 (which is 0.4wte) and in addition work 0.3wte to 0.5wte hours within the Trust.

Flexible working arrangements will be considered. Any request will be set against genuine operational requirements and limitations and it is not obligatory for a manager to accede to the request. The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

Please note that all candidates who declare themselves on their application form to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted in accordance with the Trusts Two Ticks Pledge on disability.

The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date you have probably not been shortlisted.We are sorry we are unable to let you know the outcome of your application.

The Trust is a signatory to the Mindful Employer Charter: www.mindfulemployer.net.

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent in a discipline connected to mental health (e.g. psychology, neuroscience, or a BABCP recognised core professional qualification).
  • An undergraduate qualification but with evidence of the ability to study at third year of undergraduate degree level (level 6)

Desirable

  • Qualified in a mental health profession (e.g. social work, OT, MH Nurse, clinical or counselling psychologist, psychiatrist) and have substantial post qualification experience
  • Experience of working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression
  • Evidence of supervised CBT practice
  • Evidence of foundation level or sustained CPD in CBT

Length and/or nature of experience

Essential

  • Evidence of considerable relevant clinical experience working with adults suffering with anxiety and depression
  • Significant experience of working in mental health services where multi-disciplinary working was part of service delivery.
  • Demonstrates Ability to manage own caseload and time.
  • Demonstrates ability to communicate clearly in difficult and complex situations.

Desirable

  • CBT qualification
  • Evidence of foundation level or sustained CPD in CBT
  • Experience of working in Primary Care Services.
  • Experience of delivering psychoeducational courses.

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

Essential

  • Has developed knowledge of psychological interventions.
  • Is able to show evidence of an openness to learning new knowledge and skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care.
  • Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
  • Demonstrates an understanding of the national IAPT service and how it links to governmental objectives.

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Applicants should show evidence of values that are consistent with the NHS constitution.
  • Availability to attend university as required, which will include up to four blocks of teaching of up to four days. Most teaching will be 2 days per week in conjunction with a minimum period of high intensity CBT clinical practice per week.
  • Able to integrate training into practice.
  • Able to complete academic and clinical components of the course, and meet university requirements to access appropriate training.

Other Requirements

Essential

  • This is a community based post and therefore a valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential.
  • Becomes a member of the BABCP, BPS or similar when taking up the post.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with diverse communities within multicultural settings
  • Ability to communicate with persons whose first language is not English.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent in a discipline connected to mental health (e.g. psychology, neuroscience, or a BABCP recognised core professional qualification).
  • An undergraduate qualification but with evidence of the ability to study at third year of undergraduate degree level (level 6)

Desirable

  • Qualified in a mental health profession (e.g. social work, OT, MH Nurse, clinical or counselling psychologist, psychiatrist) and have substantial post qualification experience
  • Experience of working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression
  • Evidence of supervised CBT practice
  • Evidence of foundation level or sustained CPD in CBT

Length and/or nature of experience

Essential

  • Evidence of considerable relevant clinical experience working with adults suffering with anxiety and depression
  • Significant experience of working in mental health services where multi-disciplinary working was part of service delivery.
  • Demonstrates Ability to manage own caseload and time.
  • Demonstrates ability to communicate clearly in difficult and complex situations.

Desirable

  • CBT qualification
  • Evidence of foundation level or sustained CPD in CBT
  • Experience of working in Primary Care Services.
  • Experience of delivering psychoeducational courses.

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

Essential

  • Has developed knowledge of psychological interventions.
  • Is able to show evidence of an openness to learning new knowledge and skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care.
  • Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
  • Demonstrates an understanding of the national IAPT service and how it links to governmental objectives.

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Applicants should show evidence of values that are consistent with the NHS constitution.
  • Availability to attend university as required, which will include up to four blocks of teaching of up to four days. Most teaching will be 2 days per week in conjunction with a minimum period of high intensity CBT clinical practice per week.
  • Able to integrate training into practice.
  • Able to complete academic and clinical components of the course, and meet university requirements to access appropriate training.

Other Requirements

Essential

  • This is a community based post and therefore a valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential.
  • Becomes a member of the BABCP, BPS or similar when taking up the post.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with diverse communities within multicultural settings
  • Ability to communicate with persons whose first language is not English.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

GL50 4BW


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

GL50 4BW


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Manager

Mark Stubbings

mark.stubbings@ghc.nhs.uk

01242634241

Details

Date posted

03 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per Annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-23-632

Job locations

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham

GL50 4BW


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