Job summary
The Beacon Maternal Mental
Health Service (Reproductive/ Birth Trauma & Loss Service) is expanding and
has the exciting opportunity for an additional full time CBT therapist that can
work Monday to Friday. The postholder will be required to travel across both counties.
We are looking to appoint a highly skilled and experienced CBT Therapist to
work in the Beacon MMHS. We are ideally
seeking someone who has skills, experience, and an interest in working with
women who have experienced birth trauma or perinatal loss. The service will
also offer a service to those who are affected by tokophobia. The Beacon MMHS
will provide consultation, advice, signposting, and targeted interventions to
women, either face to face or virtually depending on the womens preference.
The postholder will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with many
other professionals and organisations. The successful candidate will be
provided with an orientation programme and learning package.
Main duties of the job
A typical week will involve working autonomously and as a
part of the multidisciplinary team, offering assessments and psychological
inventions collaboratively with women experiencing moderate to severe mental
health difficulties. You will attend Multidisciplinary team meetings and
participate in evaluation and improvements within the service. You will manage
your own caseload in line with local and national directives and meet the
commissioned service specifications. You will support women in 1:1 or group
therapy. You will maintain clear accurate records and attend regular
supervision. You will undertake CPD to further your skills and knowledge and
provide training to other professionals. You will maintain close links with the
team and other professionals promoting the service. You will be required to
travel to different outpatient locations across both counties. You will have
the ability to demonstrate that you are responsive and flexible to meet the
requirements of the service
About us
We are community hospitals, neighbourhood teams and community health services across Worcestershire and the provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We work in partnership with other organisations to keep our community well at home for as long as possible.
We provide services for people of all ages, across a range of settings, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions.
We have an open and supportive culture, recognised by the CQC and other external regulators. We want you to thrive, offering you every opportunity to develop. We will support you; help you fulfil your ambitions with a varied and flexible training programme; and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We endeavour to offer an attractive work-life balance, with flexibility in our approach to help you get the most out of your career.
We provide our staff with direct access to a wealth of resources to support their wellbeing, from our Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, to wellbeing festivals or access to free online exercise classes.
At the core of our values, we are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights. We take every opportunity to strengthen our approach to equality and diversity in delivering best patient care and the employment of our staff.
We would encourage you to visit the Trusts Recruitment Microsite, click the Employer Website link.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification from high intensity course for adults in the modality required by the service, either High intensity CBT, High Intensity PCE-CfD, High Intensity IPT & High Intensity DIT
- Full accreditation with BABCP or actively working towards accreditation to achieve provisional accreditation within one year of appointment and full accreditation within two years of appointment
- Good record of continuing professional development and willingness to continue this
Desirable
- Qualification in more than one approved therapy
- Qualification in other therapeutic approaches such as mindfulness or EMDR
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Demonstrable experience of working in a service for clients with a range of mental health problems
- Experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating key competences as outlined in Roth & Pilling competency framework
- Experience of successfully treating a range of presenting problems with high intensity therapy in line with NICE guidance
- Has worked in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Experience of using disorder specific measures to inform clinical practice
- Experience of delivering treatment, using disorder specific models
- Experience of accurate and detailed assessment and management of risk
- Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
Desirable
- Experience of working in Adult Mental Health services
- Experience of teaching and liasing with other professional groups
- Experience of delivering more than one high intensity treatment
- Experience of service promotion
- Experience of delivering high intensity therapy treatment to groups
- Experience of working with diverse communities
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of working with women in the perinatal period
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification from high intensity course for adults in the modality required by the service, either High intensity CBT, High Intensity PCE-CfD, High Intensity IPT & High Intensity DIT
- Full accreditation with BABCP or actively working towards accreditation to achieve provisional accreditation within one year of appointment and full accreditation within two years of appointment
- Good record of continuing professional development and willingness to continue this
Desirable
- Qualification in more than one approved therapy
- Qualification in other therapeutic approaches such as mindfulness or EMDR
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Demonstrable experience of working in a service for clients with a range of mental health problems
- Experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating key competences as outlined in Roth & Pilling competency framework
- Experience of successfully treating a range of presenting problems with high intensity therapy in line with NICE guidance
- Has worked in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Experience of using disorder specific measures to inform clinical practice
- Experience of delivering treatment, using disorder specific models
- Experience of accurate and detailed assessment and management of risk
- Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
Desirable
- Experience of working in Adult Mental Health services
- Experience of teaching and liasing with other professional groups
- Experience of delivering more than one high intensity treatment
- Experience of service promotion
- Experience of delivering high intensity therapy treatment to groups
- Experience of working with diverse communities
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of working with women in the perinatal period
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).
