Job responsibilities
The Role: What you will do?
Who can apply?
Have you considered training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and getting paid to do it?
Applications are invited from qualified and accredited:
- PWPs (2 year post qualification)
- Mental Health Nurses,
- counsellors/Psychotherapists,
- Occupational Therapists,
- Social Workers
Please see a full list of eligible professions here https://babcp.com/Accreditation/Cognitive-Behavioural-Psychotherapist-Accreditation/Core-Professions/Core-Professions-list-and-criteria
- The position includes undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma in High Intensity CBT (HIT) at University of East Anglia
- 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.
- 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.
- All candidates must hold an undergraduate degree in a related field (exceptional consideration may be granted on a case-by-case basis to core profession candidates who fall short of this criteria)
- Those qualified as a PWP should have a minimum of two years post qualification and 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 - see https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health/psychological-professions/funding-psychological-professions-training-programmes for further details.
- Approximately half of the teaching days will now be in-person on campus at UEA in Norwich, remaining days will be delivered online.
- Candidates must be able to attend all teaching days and locations.
- You will provide High-Intensity CBT interventions recommended by NICE to clients with moderate to severe common mental health disorders.
- The Trainee position is aimed at mental health professionals who have some experience in CBT and who continue to work in a mental health environment.
- Weekly supervision provided by both the university and the workplace.
- Basildon and Brentwood talking therapies service are dedicated to nurturing and developing trainees throughout and post-training.
Applicants without a core profession (see links for list of core professions) will need to submit a KSA portfolio prior to the interview please see below:
https://babcp.com/Accreditation/Provisional-Accreditation/Knowledge-Skills-and-Attitudes
https://babcp.com/Accreditation/Provisional-Accreditation/Core-Professions
Please note, applicants must be available to attend interviews during the week commencing the (15th and 22nd January 2024) and be available to attend all university days starting from the (8th April 2024).
Generally speaking, the role includes working 3 days per week in service (with a recommended caseload of 12 patients over 3 days) and 2 days at the university.
Preceptorship Period Post-Training
Following successful completion of training, newly qualified therapists are offered a six-month preceptorship period. The preceptorship package provides opportunity to consolidate knowledge and build confidence through reflective learning with an allocated mentor.
Skills and Experience:
Essential:
- Core Professional training or qualification, or able to demonstrate that they meet the KSA requirements set by the BABCP.
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent in a discipline connected to mental health (or ability to study at third year undergraduate degree level).
- Membership of the BABCP (from the time that the course commences).
- Availability to attend university as required.
- Experience of working in mental health services, including risk management.
- An understanding of anxiety and depression and how it presents in Primary Care.
- An understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies.
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
- Ability to manage own caseload and time.
- IT literacy and the ability to use patient record information systems, diary systems and maintain clinical records in a timely and accurate manner.
- Evidence of values that are consistent with the NHS constitution and VHGs values.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills.
- Interpersonal skills to engage and develop working alliances with colleagues and patients, including the ability to develop good therapeutic relationships and inter-agency relationships.
- Evidence of an openness to learning new knowledge and skills.
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Willingness to travel, which may include overnight stays on occasion, as and when required.
Desirable:
- Evidence of foundation level or sustained CPD in CBT.
- Evidence of supervised CBT practice.
- Experience of working in Primary Care/Talking Therapies services.
- Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
Other Requirements:
- A Disclosure and Barring check (DBS, formerly CRB) will be required by the service for appointment to post.
Why Vita Health Group?
Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.
We are physical and mental health specialists with over 30 years of experience. We work in partnership with the NHS, are engaged by insurers and some of the UKs largest corporate companies to support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.
To achieve our mission of making people better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer the opportunity of a flexible work life balance and a comprehensive benefits package which you can view here:https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/join-us/careers/
To progress your skills and enable career development we provide Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines.
Vita Health Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion best practice and positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. To support this we have a dedicated team of EDI specialists and run a range of active in-house diversity networks. We are actively seeking to increase the diversity of our workforce, to ensure we are representative of the communities we serve at all levels. We therefore welcome applications from candidates with a wide range of lived experience.
We are committed to equitably support the wellbeing of all employees as demonstrated by:
- Our association with the MINDFUL EMPLOYER Charter for Employers who are Positive About Mental Health.
- Our status as a Disability Confident Employer dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be invited to interview.
- Our Ethnicity Matters Scheme where all applicants for senior roles (£40,000+) from a minority ethnic group that meet the essential criteria will be invited for interview.
- Our sign up to the Armed Forces Covenant.
- Our status as a Menopause Friendly Committed employer.
- Our sign up to the Employer with Heart Charter.
- Our commitment to meet the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS). Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES).
- The provision of access to health and wellbeing services for colleagues which includes a team of trained Mental Health Advocates and an Employee Assistance Programme.
- An embedded speaking up culture facilitated by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.
Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you might need in the application or interview process please contact recruitment@vhg.co.uk and we will arrange.
VHG is committed to supporting transgender individuals with dignity and recognises the potential complications that may arise when taking references. We encourage applicants to contact HR at hr@vhg.co.uk to discuss or amend how we manage reference requests.
Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check.
Any data which you share with us throughout the hiring process will be stored securely within the UK and is accessible only by staff who require it. Should your application be unsuccessful, your data will be securely destroyed after 6 months.
Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.
