Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to join the psychological provision of the Spalding Community Mental Health Team (part of the South CCG) in Lincolnshire. The Community Mental Health Team is located within the Adult Community Mental Health Division and our mission is to provide high quality psychological services to adults who live in Lincolnshire. You will be part of a vibrant and supportive team, with access to high quality CPD and professional and clinical supervision from a CBT supervisor and support from a Clinical Psychologist. Please refer to the job description and person specification for additional information about this role.
For an informal discussion please contact Bronwyn Preston, Specialised Clinical Psychologist, or Chris Daubney, Team Coordinator, on 01775 652300.
Main duties of the job
To manage a caseload of clients within the psychological resource of the CMHT.
To meet appropriate standards of practice in the quality and timeliness of the service provided, to include meeting the standards defined by the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and Lincolnshire NHS Partnership Foundation Trust and any other regulatory or professional body as appropriate.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for clients, carers, families and groups.
To provide guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT and other agreed psychological therapies
To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of care.
To represent the CBT psychological resource of the CMHT in relationships with other agencies and care providers, and to provide advice and leadership in respect of psychological aspects of client care. Maintaining professional body (BABCP) accreditation and registration and supporting other CBT therapists to achieve this in a timely manner.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be responsible for implementing a range of CBT psychological assessments and interventions for service users.
Where appropriate, the personal provision of consultancy, support, professional advice and clinical leadership to more junior professionals/trainees, other professions and other agencies caring for adults with mental health difficulties.
Where appropriate, to contribute to supervision and continuing professional development of more junior professionals and trainees.
Maintenance of professional standards, codes of conduct and good clinical governance in the Adult Community Mental Health Division.
To maintain appropriate records, as required by the service and Trust.
Provide individual assessment and therapeutic interventions for cognitive, mental health, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. Therapy may be one to one sessions or group based interventions.
Communicate complex and sensitive information empathically, using language which is appropriate to the client group and takes into account any learning difficulties, special needs.
Apply the knowledge acquired through further CBT and CPD and training on psychological theory to therapy.
Plan and prioritise work effectively in order to combine a clinical caseload with other commitments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be responsible for implementing a range of CBT psychological assessments and interventions for service users.
Where appropriate, the personal provision of consultancy, support, professional advice and clinical leadership to more junior professionals/trainees, other professions and other agencies caring for adults with mental health difficulties.
Where appropriate, to contribute to supervision and continuing professional development of more junior professionals and trainees.
Maintenance of professional standards, codes of conduct and good clinical governance in the Adult Community Mental Health Division.
To maintain appropriate records, as required by the service and Trust.
Provide individual assessment and therapeutic interventions for cognitive, mental health, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. Therapy may be one to one sessions or group based interventions.
Communicate complex and sensitive information empathically, using language which is appropriate to the client group and takes into account any learning difficulties, special needs.
Apply the knowledge acquired through further CBT and CPD and training on psychological theory to therapy.
Plan and prioritise work effectively in order to combine a clinical caseload with other commitments.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Full Accreditation (or working towards accreditation) with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
- Professional qualification in health or social care e.g as Clinical Psychologist, Nurse, Social Worker Occupational Therapist or psychological therapies therapist
Desirable
- Further training in at least one (other) psychological therapy
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including working with experiences of trauma and abuse, using CBT
- oExperience in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- oExperience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, as a professional care co-ordinator and within the context of multidisciplinary teams.
Desirable
- Experience of working in other related fields, CMHT, CAMHS, Neuropsychology, learning disability
- Experience of the application of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of delivering online therapy
- Extensive theoretical and clinical knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.). and disorder specific models
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Full Accreditation (or working towards accreditation) with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
- Professional qualification in health or social care e.g as Clinical Psychologist, Nurse, Social Worker Occupational Therapist or psychological therapies therapist
Desirable
- Further training in at least one (other) psychological therapy
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including working with experiences of trauma and abuse, using CBT
- oExperience in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- oExperience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, as a professional care co-ordinator and within the context of multidisciplinary teams.
Desirable
- Experience of working in other related fields, CMHT, CAMHS, Neuropsychology, learning disability
- Experience of the application of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of delivering online therapy
- Extensive theoretical and clinical knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.). and disorder specific models
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).
