Trainee CBT Therapist

Job summary

Trainee Psychological Therapist in DBT

Band 6 Trainee Psychological Therapist -DBT (moving to Band 7 on successful completion of the training programme).

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the DBT Service within Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, which is operating as part of the Trusts developing Personality and Complex Trauma pathway in secondary care mental health services. This is a newly created post through Health Education England funding as part of community mental health services transformation.

This is a development post (Band 6) during which you will undertake a 2 year PGDIP in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy provided by the University of Bangor in partnership with DBT British Isles. The training is fully funded, and specialist supervision will be provided by both the training course and DBT service. On successful completion of the course you will move to a band 7 psychological therapist in the DBT Service.

The DBT service provide both individual and group DBT therapy, actively participate in weekly Consultation Team meetings, undertake specialist assessments, develop DBT formulations, and help further develop and improve their existing provision.

The post holder would be joining an embedded ,experienced and enthusiastic DBT team. Therefore this would provide you with substantial opportunity to learn, practice, and develop your DBT expertise in collaboration with the training programme.

The DBT service is currently based in Nuneaton. However you will be working across the geographical area covered by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.