Job summary
8A Groups Lead: CBT Therapist/Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Counsellor- Maternity Cover - 1 year Fixed Term
Full-time (37.5 hours)/ Job Share will be considered
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist / CBT Therapist/Counsellor to join a high performing and creative management team within Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies (THTT). We are part of East London NHS Foundation Trust which has been named one of the HSJ Top 10 best places to work in healthcare, HSJ Provider Trust of the Year and graded as 'Outstanding' for a second consecutive year by our regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We believe that staff who feel valued by the Trust and are truly engaged in the organisation deliver better outcomes for our patients. This Trust is clinician-led, and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services.
You will be joining a dynamic management team and support the service in delivering the main KPIs by providing creative leadership in developing the talking therapy groups program and supporting the performance and development of a small team of therapists under your direct line management. There will also be an opportunity to deliver supervision for therapists working in the wider team.
Main duties of the job
The primary purpose of this role is to manage the group service provision within Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies by managing group waiting lists and reviewing and introducing new clinical group offers and ensuring sufficient capacity.
The role would be to lead on the delivery and supervision of group-based interventions across modalities with a focus on maintaining clinical effectiveness of groups through face to face and digital platforms. The role would need to ensure that group-based interventions are delivered in a client-oriented and culturally sensitive way.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
We have set ourselves the mission to improve the quality of life of all we serve, and have embarked on an ambitious Quality Improvement Programme to transform the culture of the Trust to one of continuous improvement, delivered through participation of all staff and with service users, carers and families at the heart of our efforts to improve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
THTT is one of the leading national IAPT services and we are keen to recruit an experienced CBT Therapist / Clinical / Counselling Psychologist/ Counsellor who will lead on the management, supervision and delivery of effective group-based interventions across modalities and steps of care and focus on maintaining clinical effectiveness and developing future delivery through a digital platform. We are particularly interested in applicants with formal groups training. However we also would welcome applications from individuals with extensive experience of delivering group based therapies (and we would support such applicants to acquire formal groups training).
This post is offered as a Maternity Cover for 1 year and is a Full-Time post although job share will be considered. These vacancies are offered with the expectation that all clinical staff work one late evening per week (11am until 7pm).
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details around duties and responsibilities for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
THTT is one of the leading national IAPT services and we are keen to recruit an experienced CBT Therapist / Clinical / Counselling Psychologist/ Counsellor who will lead on the management, supervision and delivery of effective group-based interventions across modalities and steps of care and focus on maintaining clinical effectiveness and developing future delivery through a digital platform. We are particularly interested in applicants with formal groups training. However we also would welcome applications from individuals with extensive experience of delivering group based therapies (and we would support such applicants to acquire formal groups training).
This post is offered as a Maternity Cover for 1 year and is a Full-Time post although job share will be considered. These vacancies are offered with the expectation that all clinical staff work one late evening per week (11am until 7pm).
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details around duties and responsibilities for this post.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (Post Graduate Diploma level or above) with full BABCP accreditation and/or HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist and/or BACP registered Counsellor
Experience
Essential
- Experience of either managing or coordinating wait lists.
- Experience in developing services to respond to Service User needs.
- Work as an experienced therapist with advanced skills in at least one Psychological therapy modality.
- Excellence and experience in the continuous improvement of high and/or low intensity interventions and coordinating the services of a range of practitioners and providers, with experience of delivering this within primary care and or an IAPT compliant service.
- Experience of providing an autonomous clinical service to a diverse population.
- Experience in managing and delivering to the expected performance targets.
- Excellence and experience in IT and diary management that support own and the service's clinical resources
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent reporting and presentation skills.
- Able to provide & receive complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive and sometimes hostile atmosphere, in a range of relationships and settings.
- Able to use highly specialist skills of empathy to overcome E E S/I/T Page 10 of 11 barriers to understanding and acceptance.
- Able to build good working relationships with other professionals.
- Able to liaise effectively at all levels of an organisation.
- Able to arrive at appropriate formulations.
- Able to compare and select from a range of treatment options, based on formulation.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (Post Graduate Diploma level or above) with full BABCP accreditation and/or HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist and/or BACP registered Counsellor
Experience
Essential
- Experience of either managing or coordinating wait lists.
- Experience in developing services to respond to Service User needs.
- Work as an experienced therapist with advanced skills in at least one Psychological therapy modality.
- Excellence and experience in the continuous improvement of high and/or low intensity interventions and coordinating the services of a range of practitioners and providers, with experience of delivering this within primary care and or an IAPT compliant service.
- Experience of providing an autonomous clinical service to a diverse population.
- Experience in managing and delivering to the expected performance targets.
- Excellence and experience in IT and diary management that support own and the service's clinical resources
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent reporting and presentation skills.
- Able to provide & receive complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive and sometimes hostile atmosphere, in a range of relationships and settings.
- Able to use highly specialist skills of empathy to overcome E E S/I/T Page 10 of 11 barriers to understanding and acceptance.
- Able to build good working relationships with other professionals.
- Able to liaise effectively at all levels of an organisation.
- Able to arrive at appropriate formulations.
- Able to compare and select from a range of treatment options, based on formulation.
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).
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.
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).
