Job summary
What is a the role of a Trainee High Intensity (CBT) Therapist?
Cognitive Behavioural Therapists (CBT) equip people with the tools and techniques they need to overcome complex problems related to anxiety and depression by providing a range of evidence-based CBT interventions.
Entry requirements
Entry to CBT training requires a BABCP recognised core profession or the applicant to prepare a KSA entry route portfolio prior to interview.
These positions are open to Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners with a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience and healthcare professionals with a BABCP recognised core professional qualification, including:
- mental health nursing
- clinical or counselling psychology
- medicine
- social work
- occupational therapy
- counselling
- psychotherapy/psychotherapeutic counselling
- teacher of special education / needs
- probation services
o 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
o All candidates should have an Undergraduate degree (exceptional circumstances for core profession candidates may be considered on a case-by-case basis).
o For candidates where the first degree is not in a field related to CBT, the candidate must further hold at least a diploma in a related field.
o Candidates should not have begun HIT training previously
Main duties of the job
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 CBT service to clients with a range of mental health problems. The post holder will work in the service for 3 days of the week using the newly developed skills from the 12 month training programme which they will undertake for the other 2 days with University of East Anglia.
o If you are invited to interview, you must have with you any academic qualification certificates and evidence you hold, as applicable. Offers cannot be made without this information.o If you do not have a BABCP recognised core profession, you must follow the KSA procedure and prepare your portfolio prior to interview. You should then email this to your UEA interviewer, who will check to ensure that the KSA requirements are met. If successful, you will submit your portfolio again during the course to be marked in full.o Approximately half of the teaching days will now be in-person on campus at UEA in Norwich, remaining days will be delivered online.
o Candidates must be able to attend all teaching days and locations.
The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
About us
Who are Therapy For You (NHS Talking Therapies)?
We offer free to access NHS talking therapy services, delivered across South East Essex and North East Essex.
We are part of EPUT (Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust) providing the NHS Talking Therapies programme and offer support to people with commonplace mental health problems such as anxiety and low mood.
Postholders will join a team of high intensity therapists, counsellors, EMDR therapists and PWPs. This is a demanding but well supported role.
We are committed to meeting the needs of the community and therefore staff are expected to offer out of hours appointments, typically an evening or a Saturday morning.
It is essential that postholders are able to travel independently across the geography.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- CLINICAL
- Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
- Assess clients for suitability for psychological interventions.
- To evaluate and make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the services referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.
- Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes drawing on a range of theoretical and therapeutic models across a range of mental health problems with which clients present.
- Use highly developed communication skills in working with people to understand their personal and often very sensitive difficulties and develop a range of treatment interventions.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients in line with the service.
2. TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
- Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post, within specified timeframes.
- Apply learning from the training programme in practice.
- Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards.
3. PROFESSIONAL
- Upon completion of the course, candidates are expected to achieve and maintain accreditation with the BABCP.
- Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (e.g. BPS, UKCP, BABCP), and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the Department of Health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
Full details available on Job Description and Person Specification.
Please note this is a fixed term/temporary contract to undertake a full-time programme of professional training leading to a Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy by means of the successful completion of the designated clinical placements and academic assignments from September 2024. Your contract will automatically terminate 16 months from this date without the need to give further notice should the academic component of the role not be successfully completed within this timeframe. Successful completion within 16 months will lead to a permanent Band 7 High Intensity Therapist position.
If you terminate your employment or have your employment terminated before the end date of your contract you will be required to withdraw from the training programme. If you are not in a position to complete your training or you withdraw from the training programme your contract will be terminated.
This role is subject to a 3 month probationary period.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- CLINICAL
- Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
- Assess clients for suitability for psychological interventions.
- To evaluate and make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the services referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.
- Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes drawing on a range of theoretical and therapeutic models across a range of mental health problems with which clients present.
- Use highly developed communication skills in working with people to understand their personal and often very sensitive difficulties and develop a range of treatment interventions.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients in line with the service.
2. TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
- Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post, within specified timeframes.
- Apply learning from the training programme in practice.
- Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards.
3. PROFESSIONAL
- Upon completion of the course, candidates are expected to achieve and maintain accreditation with the BABCP.
- Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (e.g. BPS, UKCP, BABCP), and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the Department of Health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
Full details available on Job Description and Person Specification.
Please note this is a fixed term/temporary contract to undertake a full-time programme of professional training leading to a Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy by means of the successful completion of the designated clinical placements and academic assignments from September 2024. Your contract will automatically terminate 16 months from this date without the need to give further notice should the academic component of the role not be successfully completed within this timeframe. Successful completion within 16 months will lead to a permanent Band 7 High Intensity Therapist position.
If you terminate your employment or have your employment terminated before the end date of your contract you will be required to withdraw from the training programme. If you are not in a position to complete your training or you withdraw from the training programme your contract will be terminated.
This role is subject to a 3 month probationary period.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oA registered core profession as required by the BABCP or an undergraduate degree and KSA demonstrating that they have the knowledge, skills and attitudes required
Desirable
- oAn undergraduate degree in a psychology related field
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of ability to meet agreed/specified service targets, clinical outcomes and manage own caseload and time.
- oDemonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care
- oDemonstrates understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk
- oExperience of engaging with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system
Desirable
- oPrior experience to working within primary care services
- oKnowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other mental health problems
- Experience of ability to meet agreed/specified service targets, clinical outcomes and manage own caseload and time
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- oIT literate - working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including email
Specialist Training
Essential
- oAbility to integrate training into practice
Desirable
- oEvidence of prior training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy informed approaches
Personal competencies and qualities
Essential
- oAbility to work individually or within a team and foster good working relationships
- oAbility to work under pressure
Desirable
- oFluency in additional languages
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oA registered core profession as required by the BABCP or an undergraduate degree and KSA demonstrating that they have the knowledge, skills and attitudes required
Desirable
- oAn undergraduate degree in a psychology related field
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of ability to meet agreed/specified service targets, clinical outcomes and manage own caseload and time.
- oDemonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care
- oDemonstrates understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk
- oExperience of engaging with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system
Desirable
- oPrior experience to working within primary care services
- oKnowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other mental health problems
- Experience of ability to meet agreed/specified service targets, clinical outcomes and manage own caseload and time
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- oIT literate - working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including email
Specialist Training
Essential
- oAbility to integrate training into practice
Desirable
- oEvidence of prior training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy informed approaches
Personal competencies and qualities
Essential
- oAbility to work individually or within a team and foster good working relationships
- oAbility to work under pressure
Desirable
- oFluency in additional languages
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).
