Job summary
Led by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Health in Mind provide a community-based range of evidence based therapeutic and clinical interventions to support adults with mild to moderate mental health needs. Based in the community and located primarily within SPFT venues and GP Practices, our service provides Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) at Step 2 and Step 3. We receive referrals from a number of routes including self-referrals and by General Practitioners.
Health in Mind, an IAPT service covering East Sussex, are looking to recruit to our cohort of trainee CBT Therapist positions, to start in April 2022, in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University. We are specifically looking to recruit to positions in Eastbourne and Hastings. Please note that you will be expected to attend lectures in person in the Tunbridge Wells campus, as well as working on-site in one of our services.
Main duties of the job
You will form a key part of our established team, providing assessment and treatment to individuals referred to our service. Candidates will be applying for the one year full-time Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Therapies (CBT) based at Canterbury Christ Church University, Tunbridge Wells campus at the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology. Further information about the programme can be found on the Canterbury Christ Church University website.
Successful candidates will be trained by the University, 2 days per week, to deliver evidence-based psychological therapies for people with anxiety and depression. You will then be in service for the remaining 3 days a week delivering treatments to Health in Mind service users.
Please look carefully at the attached 'requirements' document for further essential information.
About us
- The opportunity to work in a highly successful service and be an integral part of our current service expansion
- Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
- High quality supervision both within your service and with the University
- All the autonomy and responsibility you need to manage your caseload
- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- A position within a trust rated as Outstanding for caring and Good overall by the CQC
- The chance to apply for a substantive Band 7 role upon successful completion of the course and achieving BABCP Provisional accreditation.
The Service
Health in Mind:
Spanning the beautiful county of East Sussex, Health in Mind is split in to 3 areas, covering most of East Sussex, offering a diverse experience of working in a forward-thinking, quickly developing service in the beautiful Sussex countryside.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the document labelled 'Band 6 IAPT Trainee JD' to check your eligibility for the course.
We ask you to check the job description and the core profession criteria carefully before applying. If you cannot find the information you require, you can contact us on the following email addresses.
Please be aware due to the high volume of emails we receive, we unfortunately cannot answer questions that are related to your eligibility for the course. We ask you to complete your own research using the information provided within this advert and job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the document labelled 'Band 6 IAPT Trainee JD' to check your eligibility for the course.
We ask you to check the job description and the core profession criteria carefully before applying. If you cannot find the information you require, you can contact us on the following email addresses.
Please be aware due to the high volume of emails we receive, we unfortunately cannot answer questions that are related to your eligibility for the course. We ask you to complete your own research using the information provided within this advert and job description.
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. Please see attached list of suitable qualifications.
- Evidence of meeting the Knowledge Skills and Attitude (KSA) requirements of BABCP.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- 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 common mental health problems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
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. Please see attached list of suitable qualifications.
- Evidence of meeting the Knowledge Skills and Attitude (KSA) requirements of BABCP.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- 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 common mental health problems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
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
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).
