CBT Recruit to Train Post within CNWL MHST

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Recruit to Train CBT Post within Brent or Hillingdon MHST.

One Year Fixed Term Contract/UCL training post.

CNWL Brent and Hillingdon Mental Health Support Teams are recruiting for an exciting opportunity to join one of these teams as a Recruit to Train CBT Trainee, part of the NHS England (NHSE) funded Recruit to Train Programme in partnership with Anna Freud, University College London, and Kings College London. The post-holder will be training on the Children & Young People Mental Health (CYP-MH/CYP IAPT) Therapy Course and carrying out clinical work in our service to complement their studies and use their newly developed skills. We are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic mental health practitioners to work and train within our service. The training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions for children, young people or families using evidence-based intervention consistent with the course they are attending. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equity, diversity and inclusion.

The successful candidates would be working within Brent or Hillingdon MHST service and should express a preference on the application for these roles.

Please apply through link below, guidance is attached on documents. Please note deadline is 5pm 08/12/2023.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/child-and-young-person-iapt-therapy-pg-dip

Main duties of the job

To deliver under supervision, high-quality, brief outcome focused evidence-based group and individual interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties in and around schools. The post holder will be responsible for delivering clinical interventions within the MHST and will receive clinical supervision from the team's senior practitioner.
Promoting the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community through evidenced based clinical interventions.
To undertake initial school based and community-based assessments and to deliver a range of early interventions to children and young people with a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties
Contribute to the overall assessment, including risk assessment, of children and young people in terms of their mental health needs.
To offer support, advice, signposting and onward referral to children, professionals requesting advice.
To provide professional advice and consultation.
To provide education, advice, and practical support to young people and their families as well as brief therapeutic interventions.
To routinely measure clinical outcomes
To collect MHST data routinely
Liaise with professionals who are currently providing services to children and young people, such as those in primary care settings, children's services, education and others.

About us

Central and North West London (CNWL) is committed to providing quality health & social care services, tailored to the needs of individuals, public & private organizations, delivered close to home. Our services are designed to increase wellbeing & provide opportunities for recovery. We want our employees to feel valued, challenged & supported.

Our commitment as an employer & in accordance with the NHS constitution is to provide you with:

Clear roles and responsibilities and a rewarding job so that you can make a difference to patients, their families and carers, and communities.
Personal development, access to appropriate training for your job and line management support to succeed.
Support and opportunities to maintain your health, wellbeing and safety; and an environment free from harassment, bullying or violence.
A good working environment with flexible working opportunities, consistent with the needs of patients and with the way that people live their lives.
Fair treatment that is free from discrimination.
Opportunities to engage in decisions that affect you and the services you provide, individually, through representative organisations and through local partnership working arrangements.
Opportunities to enable you to be empowered to put forward ways to deliver better and safer services for patients and their families.

Date posted

28 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,701 to £48,054 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

333-G-CA-1314

Job locations

Brent CAMHS/MHST, Hillingdon CAMHS/MHST

Monks Park Clinic

London

HA9 6JE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Maintain accurate records of clinical work
Give due regard to issues of confidentiality
Develop existing and new clinical skills for the benefit of children and young people and in co-operation with other colleagues
Apply learning from clinical training in practice
Participate in clinical and management meetings to facilitate the team's adherence to the principles of Clinical Governance
Be aware of and inform practice by new and relevant research findings
To participate in clinical supervision

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Maintain accurate records of clinical work
Give due regard to issues of confidentiality
Develop existing and new clinical skills for the benefit of children and young people and in co-operation with other colleagues
Apply learning from clinical training in practice
Participate in clinical and management meetings to facilitate the team's adherence to the principles of Clinical Governance
Be aware of and inform practice by new and relevant research findings
To participate in clinical supervision

Person Specification

Essential

Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level.
Minimum second-class Bachelor's Degree from a UK University or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g., psychology, social work etc).
A training in a mental-health related profession (EMHP, CWP, Nursing, Health Visiting; Social-Work, Occupational Therapy ,Art Therapy, Other Psychotherapy, Counselling and Low -Intensity Therapies).
Ideally at least two years' experience of working with children / young people in a mental health setting.

Desirable

Experience of assessing and managing risk and safeguarding issues
Experience of multi-agency and/or multi- disciplinary working and liaising across internal & external agencies.
A year or more experience working within a CBT framework and/or using CBT informed interventions (e.g., PWP, CWP, EMHP and Parent Trainer).

Person Specification

Essential

Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level.
Minimum second-class Bachelor's Degree from a UK University or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g., psychology, social work etc).
A training in a mental-health related profession (EMHP, CWP, Nursing, Health Visiting; Social-Work, Occupational Therapy ,Art Therapy, Other Psychotherapy, Counselling and Low -Intensity Therapies).
Ideally at least two years' experience of working with children / young people in a mental health setting.

Desirable

Experience of assessing and managing risk and safeguarding issues
Experience of multi-agency and/or multi- disciplinary working and liaising across internal & external agencies.
A year or more experience working within a CBT framework and/or using CBT informed interventions (e.g., PWP, CWP, EMHP and Parent Trainer).

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).