Qualified CFD or IPT Therapist (NHS Talking Therapies)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

To work as a member of the Impact on Teesside Talking Therapies team

• To create and maintain effective working relationships with the wider Impact team and with NHS partner organisations

• To deliver IPT or PCE-CFD to clients of the service in-person and online adhering to all relevant clinical and organisational standards and policies

• To provide intake assessments to potential clients of the service, to identify if a potential clients main presenting problem is within scope of NHS Talking Therapies and to confirm if there are any significant barriers to offering safe or effective treatment within NHS Talking Therapies

Safeguarding

• Responsible for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults by promoting the welfare of service users at all times and operating within local policies and procedures.

• Under guidance and support taking appropriate safeguarding action to protect children and vulnerable adults at risk of significant harm.

• Under guidance and supervision to identify and support families in accessing Early Help Services

• To share appropriate information with other agencies regarding the service users' wellbeing and progress keeping within the boundaries of Confidentiality and Information sharing protocols.

To provide a professional and ethical service

• To maintain appropriate records including all required assessment and evaluation tools

• To undertake relevant Continuing Professional Development activities as required for the purposes of continued professional accreditation or registration

• To engage in an appropriate amount of clinical supervision provided within the service

• To operate within agreed NHS, Impact and professional guidelines and Codes of Practice

• To ensure a safe and secure working environment for self and others and to take action as necessary within Health and Safety and other guidelines

• To adhere to all service Policies, Procedures and Guidelines

• To promote and value the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people using the Service

This job description is designed to identify principal responsibilities only. The post holder is required to be flexible in developing the role in accordance with changes in Impact's organisational objectives and priorities.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

• High level of motivation
• Advanced communication skills
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
• Ability to work under pressure
• Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
• Ability to be self reflective whilst working with service users and in own personal and professional development and in supervision
• The ability and skills to act as an advocate for a new service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals of the service with the wider health care system
• Act in ways that support equality and promotes diversity

Desirable

• Access to transport to travel to locations throughout the organisation with appropriate business insurance
• Fluent in languages other than English

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualification in Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (CFD) or in Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
• Membership of or registration with an appropriate professional body
• Evidence using the career framework of training in mental health and experience working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression
• Good record of Continuing Professional Development and willingness to continue this

Desirable

• Accreditation/registration with BACP, BABCP, UKCP, BPS or other recognised professional organisation

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a mental healthcare setting
• Ongoing clinical supervision of therapeutic work.
• Up to date knowledge of therapeutic approach to be practised.
• Awareness of a range of therapeutic approaches.
• Ability to meet agreed or 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
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of a range of the mental health conditions treated in NHS Talking Therapies services
• Confident understanding of social context factors and their impact on mental health, including in relation to employment
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies

Desirable

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

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Skills in assessment, formulation and treatment of a range of psychological presentations
• Skills in developing and implementing focused, time limited treatment plans.
• Computer literate
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients

Desirable

• Trained in provision of supervision
• Trained and experienced in groupwork

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Alliance Psychological Services Limited

Address

Alliance Psychological Services Ltd

24 Yarm Road

Stockton-on-tees

Cleveland

TS18 3NA

Employer's website

https://www.alliancepsychology.com/ (Opens in a new tab)