Job summary
- Main area
- CBT
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Band 6 Uplifted to a Band 7 on completion of training
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-WBN6762668-A
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Trainee (CBT) High Intensity Therapist
Band 6
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
Wellbeing Suffolk provide high Intensity interventions to adults with a range of Mental Health Disorders. This is an opportunity for a trainee Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Therapist position. The successful applicant will undertake the Post Graduate Diploma in High Intensity CBT at the University of East Anglia. Training takes place over one academic year and involves spending two days per week at university and the remainder of the week in practice at your workplace, (please see qualification criteria below).
This post will provide high intensity interventions to adults with a range of anxiety disorders, depression and trauma related problems. This is an opportunity to join an established team of Psychological Therapists providing a range of NICE compliant treatments. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, consisting of Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Primary Care Counsellors, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners and Employment Advisors.
Therapists will be expected to offer brief time-limited therapy within a team of other CBT therapists and are expected to spend 55% of their time providing treatment interventions to clients. The Wellbeing Service has a number of Key Performance Indicators (targets) and clinicians are supported to achieve these. Treatment takes place both online via video calls, as well as in person, in venues across the county.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work to provide formal psychological interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the post–holder to provide a CBT service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. Such therapy will be provided within a structured setting, working within a National Talking Therapies framework and service commissioned parameters.
This post will be spilt between two bases: Hospital Road and also Mariner House.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Those qualified as a PWP should have a minimum of two years post qualification and any candidate who began an NHS funded psychological profession training programme on or after 1st April 2022 should have a minimum of two years post qualification - see https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health/psychological-professions/funding-psychological-professions-training-programmes for further details.
This appointment is a band 6 conditional upon your undertaking and completing the required training course within the required timescale for that course. Upon gaining the qualification and accreditation, you will be upgraded to a Band 7 CBT Therapist from the date of your accreditation.
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted via email to arrange your interview, these will be held throughout December 2024. Interviews will be conducted in 2 Parts with the first interview being the week commencing the 9th December. Second Interview will take place with the University between the 17th – 19th December.
If you have applied for this post with Norfolk and Waveney Wellbeing Service and Suffolk Wellbeing Service, you will be contacted to see which service you would like to be interviewed with. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your email folders if applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • A core mental health practitioner qualification or KSA route • Undergraduate degree (or equivalent overseas qualification). Other academic qualifications of an equivalent standard can be taken into account • Post qualification experience of working with people with serious mental health problems
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of working in mental health services • Ability to manage own caseload and time
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
Skills
Essential criteria
- Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other mental health problems Interviewer
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Juliette Sykes
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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