Job summary
The North Yorkshire IAPT service provides psychological therapies for people experiencing depression and anxiety in a primary care setting. The service has, over the past 10 years, developed an excellent reputation for training high quality High Intensity workers. As part of this ongoing commitment, we are looking to recruit a further 1 HIW trainees, across the service.
Successful candidates will be part of an IAPT team delivering CBT interventions for patients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. This exciting opportunity includes the HIW Trainee participating in the Post Graduate Diploma in High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Training at Sheffield University . Please note that this course will be face to face delivery.
The service has a strong commitment towards Continuing Professional Development (CPD), staff wellbeing and providing quality services for patients.
This is a permanent post, moving to Band 7 subject to successful completion of the course.
Main duties of the job
The North Yorkshire IAPT service provides psychological therapies for people experiencing depression and anxiety in a primary care setting. The service has, over the past 12 years, developed an excellent reputation for training high quality High Intensity workers. As part of this ongoing commitment, we are looking to recruit a further HIW trainee, across the service.
Successful candidates will be part of an IAPT team delivering CBT interventions for patients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. This exciting opportunity includes the HIW Trainee participating in the Post Graduate Diploma in High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Training at Sheffield University.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is an exciting time for our IAPT service and we are keen to hear from suitably experience, enthusiastic and motivated individuals who are focused on providing patient centered care of the highest quality. We would like to hear from you if you are able to demonstrate the following.
- Ability to meet the essential qualifications criteria, including a completed KSA portfolio where appropriate.
- Have substantial full time equivalent experience working in adult mental health services, ideally experience in primary care mental health or IAPT
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively
- Flexible, well organised, reliable and have the ability to cope with a demanding job.
- Commitment to supporting the mental health wellbeing of North Yorkshire residents in our catchment area.
- Candidates are unable to progress through the recruitment process if they are already registered on a Health Education England (HEE) funded programme
The requirements of the University selection day will be shared with appropriate candidates if successfully short listed
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is an exciting time for our IAPT service and we are keen to hear from suitably experience, enthusiastic and motivated individuals who are focused on providing patient centered care of the highest quality. We would like to hear from you if you are able to demonstrate the following.
- Ability to meet the essential qualifications criteria, including a completed KSA portfolio where appropriate.
- Have substantial full time equivalent experience working in adult mental health services, ideally experience in primary care mental health or IAPT
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively
- Flexible, well organised, reliable and have the ability to cope with a demanding job.
- Commitment to supporting the mental health wellbeing of North Yorkshire residents in our catchment area.
- Candidates are unable to progress through the recruitment process if they are already registered on a Health Education England (HEE) funded programme
The requirements of the University selection day will be shared with appropriate candidates if successfully short listed
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy.
- Evidence of meeting the Knowledge Skills and Attitude (KSA) requirements of BABCP
Desirable
- Experience working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working in mental health services
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary Care\ IAPT Services
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
Skills and competencies
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carer's and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Computer literate
- Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Good understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk and risk management plans
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
- Ability to evaluate and out in place the effect of training.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care setting.
- Knowledge of psychological, social and biological models of depression and anxiety
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health/ benefits and employment systems
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
- Basic understanding of service contracts and performance targets and of the importance of recording activity
Training
Essential
- Able to attend High Intensity Worker training
- Good record of Continuing Professional Development and willingness to continue this
Desirable
- Supervisory experience or qualifications within your model of therapy.
Other Requirements
Essential
- High level of enthusiasm and 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 in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system
Desirable
- Capable of independent travel to locations throughout the organisation
- Fluent in languages other than English
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy.
- Evidence of meeting the Knowledge Skills and Attitude (KSA) requirements of BABCP
Desirable
- Experience working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working in mental health services
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary Care\ IAPT Services
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
Skills and competencies
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carer's and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Computer literate
- Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Good understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk and risk management plans
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
- Ability to evaluate and out in place the effect of training.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care setting.
- Knowledge of psychological, social and biological models of depression and anxiety
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health/ benefits and employment systems
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
- Basic understanding of service contracts and performance targets and of the importance of recording activity
Training
Essential
- Able to attend High Intensity Worker training
- Good record of Continuing Professional Development and willingness to continue this
Desirable
- Supervisory experience or qualifications within your model of therapy.
Other Requirements
Essential
- High level of enthusiasm and 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 in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system
Desirable
- Capable of independent travel to locations throughout the organisation
- Fluent in languages other than English
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).
