Trainee High Intensity Therapist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are recruiting High Intensity CBT trainees to join Croydon Talking Therapies. Postholders will spend three days a week in the service and overthe other two days, they will undertake the PG Dip in CBT course at Royal Holloway University of London. There is an expectation from RoyalHolloway and Croydon Talking Therapies that successful applicants will stay in their posts and complete the training which will last till early 2025.We are a large IAPT service (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) and currently have over 100 staff. We provide a full range of NICErecommended step 2 and 3 interventions for depression and anxiety including CBT, IPT, Counselling, and EMDR. We are looking for enthusiasticand passionate team players, committed to working for our Croydon communities, offering patient-centred, responsive and high-qualitypsychological health and wellbeing services.

Main duties of the job

Are you an experiencedmental health professional or social care worker with a recognised professional qualification working in a mental health setting? Have you considered training in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)?

Applications are invited from qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychological Therapists, Mental Health Nurses, Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to apply for the one-year full-time IAPT post graduate diploma course based at Royal Holloway.

Applicants without a core mental health profession (such as Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner or counsellors without UKCP or BACP accreditation) must be able to meet the required KSA process criteria.

The training programme consists of three days working within an IAPT service - Croydon NHS Talking Therapies, and two days at university taught by experts in the field.

The postholders will join the Croydon Talking Therapies service to deliver high quality cognitive-behavioural therapy to clients with depression and/ or anxiety.Postholders will be expected to see clients in GP surgeries and outpatients clinics, as well as remotely. All staff are required to work one eveningper week. Successful applicants can expect to join a highly valued and motivated IAPT workforce which consists of cognitive behaviouraltherapists, clinical / counselling / health psychologists, counsellors, PWPs, career coaches and our admin team.

About us

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
Work life balance,flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
Career development,there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
Accommodation,our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Counselling services
Wellbeing events
Long service awards
Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Childcare vouchers
Staff restaurants

Date posted

24 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,701 to £48,054 a year per annum incl. of HCAs

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-CLI-5847425

Job locations

Bethlem Royal Hospital,

Monks Orchard Road

Beckenham, Kent,

BR3 3BX

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a training role within the Improving Access To Psychological Therapies Programme (IAPT). The postholder will work within the IAPTservice providing high intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip thepostholder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated tobe clinically effective.Please see a separate document for a full job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Skills & Competencies

Essential

Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training; Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice; Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients; Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services; 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

Desirable

Experience of working in Primary Care Services; Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes

Qualifications

Essential

A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy OR Evidence of meeting the Knowledge Skills and Attitude (KSA) requirements of BABCP

Person Specification

Skills & Competencies

Essential

Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training; Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice; Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients; Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services; 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

Desirable

Experience of working in Primary Care Services; Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes

Qualifications

Essential

A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy OR Evidence of meeting the Knowledge Skills and Attitude (KSA) requirements of BABCP

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).

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