Job summary
This is a training role within Talking Therapies Portsmouth. The post-holder will work within the service providing high intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of common mental health problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. Following the block teaching, the post-holder will work in the service for 3 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme for the other two days. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will undertake a 12-month training course at either the University of Reading or Canterbury Christ Church University, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - subject to confirmation. During this time, the postholder will be trained to provide High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural therapy within a stepped care model for adults with common mental health problems, including depression and a range of anxiety disorders.
Please read the Job Advert, Job Description and Person Specification fully before applying for this post
Applicants need to be available to commence their employment W/C 10th February 2025, enrolment will be with either Reading University or Canterbury Christ Church University, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - subject to confirmation. The course will be a Level 2 accredited course with BABCP.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidates will undertake a 12-month training course at the University of Reading. During this time, you will be trained to provide High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural therapy within a stepped care model for adults with common mental health problems, including depression and a range of anxiety disorders. You will be required to attend training at the University two days a week and working with a caseload of patients within service three days a week.
Accept referrals via protocols
Assess patients for suitability for CBT. Where the problems appear to be too complex/severe for trainee therapists to refer to manager/supervisor for advice & refer/signpost as directed
Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the service/referral protocols, & refer unsuitable patients onto the relevant service or back to the referrer
Formulate/implement/evaluate therapy programmes for patients
Educate/involve family members/others in treatment, conveying formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language
Adhere to agreed activity contract relating to the number of patient contacts offered/clinical sessions carried out in order to minimise wait times/ensure treatment delivery remains accessible/convenient
Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals/patients in treatment
Complete all requirements relating to data collection
Keep coherent/timely records of all clinical activity in line with protocols
Work closely with team members ensuring appropriate step-up/stepdown arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach
Assess/integrate issues surrounding work/employment into the overall therapy process
Maintain clinical record/complete clinical measures/patient outcome/patient satisfaction measures in line with policy
Deal with frequent highly distressing/emotional circumstances & psychological content including complex trauma &/or abuse, challenging behaviours/longstanding mental health difficulties
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidates will undertake a 12-month training course at the University of Reading. During this time, you will be trained to provide High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural therapy within a stepped care model for adults with common mental health problems, including depression and a range of anxiety disorders. You will be required to attend training at the University two days a week and working with a caseload of patients within service three days a week.
Accept referrals via protocols
Assess patients for suitability for CBT. Where the problems appear to be too complex/severe for trainee therapists to refer to manager/supervisor for advice & refer/signpost as directed
Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the service/referral protocols, & refer unsuitable patients onto the relevant service or back to the referrer
Formulate/implement/evaluate therapy programmes for patients
Educate/involve family members/others in treatment, conveying formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language
Adhere to agreed activity contract relating to the number of patient contacts offered/clinical sessions carried out in order to minimise wait times/ensure treatment delivery remains accessible/convenient
Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals/patients in treatment
Complete all requirements relating to data collection
Keep coherent/timely records of all clinical activity in line with protocols
Work closely with team members ensuring appropriate step-up/stepdown arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach
Assess/integrate issues surrounding work/employment into the overall therapy process
Maintain clinical record/complete clinical measures/patient outcome/patient satisfaction measures in line with policy
Deal with frequent highly distressing/emotional circumstances & psychological content including complex trauma &/or abuse, challenging behaviours/longstanding mental health difficulties
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in psychological studies or equivalent in Mental Health
- 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
- BABCP accredited.
- Experience working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychotherapeutics assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care pathway settings, including outpatient, community, and in-patient settings/or presenting with same level acuity
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Experience of the application of psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions and service delivery with different demographics including LQBT and BAME communities
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to veterans, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychotherapeutic assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, & in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- Ability to work under pressure
- Being flexible and adaptable at work to meet competing priorities
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological/psychotherapeutic therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc)
- Solid understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk governance
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health / benefits & employment systems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
- Is able to work legally in the UK
- Is able to work with children and vulnerable adults
- Ability to travel daily for meetings across a range of sites in Southampton/Portsmouth/Hampshire
- For posts which require a professional registration, post-holders hold a valid up to date registration with their professional body
- they hold a valid full driving licence which enables them to drive in the UK
- The role requires the post holder to sign up to the Automatic Renewal DBS service - DBS Enhanced Check will be completed
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services.
- Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Strong leadership qualities
- Strong interest and ability to work effectively with veterans and veteran organisations
- Ability to engage other stakeholders and build strategic relationships
- Being flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priority
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with veterans
- Ability to work as part of a close-knit team
- Self-motivated, self-starter, able to organise a large and varied work programme
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in psychological studies or equivalent in Mental Health
- 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
- BABCP accredited.
- Experience working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychotherapeutics assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care pathway settings, including outpatient, community, and in-patient settings/or presenting with same level acuity
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Experience of the application of psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions and service delivery with different demographics including LQBT and BAME communities
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to veterans, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychotherapeutic assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, & in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- Ability to work under pressure
- Being flexible and adaptable at work to meet competing priorities
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological/psychotherapeutic therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc)
- Solid understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk governance
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health / benefits & employment systems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
- Is able to work legally in the UK
- Is able to work with children and vulnerable adults
- Ability to travel daily for meetings across a range of sites in Southampton/Portsmouth/Hampshire
- For posts which require a professional registration, post-holders hold a valid up to date registration with their professional body
- they hold a valid full driving licence which enables them to drive in the UK
- The role requires the post holder to sign up to the Automatic Renewal DBS service - DBS Enhanced Check will be completed
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services.
- Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Strong leadership qualities
- Strong interest and ability to work effectively with veterans and veteran organisations
- Ability to engage other stakeholders and build strategic relationships
- Being flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priority
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with veterans
- Ability to work as part of a close-knit team
- Self-motivated, self-starter, able to organise a large and varied work programme
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
