Job summary
Within Gloucestershire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) services with have a well established Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapy Team and we are seeking an individual to help with the smooth running of the service. You will support the qualified therapists in therapy interventions as well as help with communication and liaison with the family and professional networks around the young people we work with. This will be a varied role and will provide opportunity to develop a broad range of skills.
Main duties of the job
You will be line managed by one of the Team Managers within Core CAMHS and will have regular clinical supervision from within the CBT Team. You will work across the CBT Clinic joint working and holding cases, under the direction of the wider team. You will have a varied role, depending on the requirements of the Team, but this might range from helping set up and run CBT groups, networking and attending multi-disciplinary meetings, checking in with young people that we work with or doing discrete pieces of clinical work under the supervision and guidance of the CBT team.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Promote the psychological health and well-being of children and young people, and their families, within the CAMHS CBT Team.
Under the supervision of a qualified CBT Therapists to assist with CBT assessment, intervention, research, and evaluation services to individuals, or groups of service users
Under the supervision of qualified CBT Therapists, to assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching, and project work within the CBT pathway
Assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans, involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a service users problems, under the supervision of a qualified CBT therapist within the CAMHS CBT team
Job description
Job responsibilities
Promote the psychological health and well-being of children and young people, and their families, within the CAMHS CBT Team.
Under the supervision of a qualified CBT Therapists to assist with CBT assessment, intervention, research, and evaluation services to individuals, or groups of service users
Under the supervision of qualified CBT Therapists, to assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching, and project work within the CBT pathway
Assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans, involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a service users problems, under the supervision of a qualified CBT therapist within the CAMHS CBT team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Min 2(ii) honours degree in Psychology
Desirable
- 2(i) honours degree in Psychology
Experience
Essential
- Willingness to work in the face of emotive and distressing problems, and possible verbal abuse / threat of physical abuse. Experience preferred
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS.
Desirable
- Prior experience with the service user group or experience in a clinical setting
Ability and Attributes
Essential
- Emotional robustness to frequently work with the intense distress of others.
- Calm but assertive to help effective communication when there are barriers to understanding and in circumstances where hostility, manipulation, conflict and antagonism could be present.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Computer literate, keyboard skills and ability to use Microsoft Office software. Awareness of statistical analysis packages.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Min 2(ii) honours degree in Psychology
Desirable
- 2(i) honours degree in Psychology
Experience
Essential
- Willingness to work in the face of emotive and distressing problems, and possible verbal abuse / threat of physical abuse. Experience preferred
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS.
Desirable
- Prior experience with the service user group or experience in a clinical setting
Ability and Attributes
Essential
- Emotional robustness to frequently work with the intense distress of others.
- Calm but assertive to help effective communication when there are barriers to understanding and in circumstances where hostility, manipulation, conflict and antagonism could be present.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Computer literate, keyboard skills and ability to use Microsoft Office software. Awareness of statistical analysis packages.
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).
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).
