Job summary
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. You will also take part in facilitating group session / webinars. Full clinical supervision is provided within the service.
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.
About us
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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Job description
Job 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.
Job description
Job 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
- Professional qualification and registration in a recognised mental health profession BABCP accreditation as a CBT/Therapists (may have been gained following successful completion of High Intensity Therapist Training).
- Knowledge and experience acquired through relevant first professional qualification at degree or postgraduate degree level.
Experience
Essential
- Theoretical knowledge of CBT/Therapies and the application of appropriate models of practice, according to client need.
- Advanced knowledge of a range of CBT/Therapies evidence based interventions used in the effective management of common mental health problems.
Desirable
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patients whilst maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Substantial experience in management/ clinical supervision of others casework.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification and registration in a recognised mental health profession BABCP accreditation as a CBT/Therapists (may have been gained following successful completion of High Intensity Therapist Training).
- Knowledge and experience acquired through relevant first professional qualification at degree or postgraduate degree level.
Experience
Essential
- Theoretical knowledge of CBT/Therapies and the application of appropriate models of practice, according to client need.
- Advanced knowledge of a range of CBT/Therapies evidence based interventions used in the effective management of common mental health problems.
Desirable
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patients whilst maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Substantial experience in management/ clinical supervision of others casework.
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).
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).
