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Job summary

Main area
Talking Therapies
Grade
Band 7
Contract
12 months (12 Months Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
351-CEN932-LW-A
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Talking Therapies Chorley & South Ribble
Town
Chorley
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Band 7

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

•    Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
•    Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
•    Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for dynamic and self-motivated individuals to work for Talking Therapies (Improving Access to Psychological Therapy/ IAPT) Service.

The Talking Therapies service has dedicated teams of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs), Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and Counsellors who offer a range of support to help people make positive changes to reduce stress and anxiety and improve their wellbeing. 


An opportunity exists for a suitably qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, who is passionate about providing meaningful and effective therapeutic experiences to address common mental health problems, to join the Chorley and South Ribble Talking Therapies team. Chorley and South Ribble is a beautiful part of the UK and has lots to offer in terms of activities, stunning scenery and community. 


Applicants who have not completed their training as a CBT therapist will not be considered. Applicants need to be BACP fully accredited.

Main duties of the job

Our CBT Therapists offer accessible screening, assessment and treatment for mild to moderate mental health problems, giving service users a greater degree of choice and flexibility by providing an extensive menu of therapies including psycho-education courses, 1:1 therapy, and group and computerised CBT programs.


You will have a proven track record of delivering high quality service outcomes against robust performance measures and have excellent interpersonal qualities; time management skills; an ability to work autonomously; and an enthusiasm for working in an ever-developing IAPT environment.


Talking Therapies is an innovative and forward thinking service. We provide rapid accessible mental health screening, assessment and treatment whilst enabling people accessing the service to have a collaborative role in the choice of intervention they receive.


The services are underpinned by a philosophy of mental health promotion, health recovery, choice, empowerment and personal responsibility. 


In return, we offer continued professional development, high quality clinical supervision, supportive line management and training opportunities both internal and external.

Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Formally recognised Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Post Graduate (Master’s Level) diploma
  • Provisional CBT Accreditation with BABCP
  • Professional qualification in health or social care, e.g. RMN or Social Worker OR KSA equivalence

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Highly developed specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of cognitive behaviour therapy.
  • 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, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  • Knowledge of the NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT) model and a willingness to develop the service clinically.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • A broad range of experience of working with a wide variety of clients that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
  • Significant experience of delivering specialist Cognitive Behaviour Therapy assessment and treatment of clients in Adult Mental Health, and managing own clinical caseload of therapy clients safely and effectively
  • Experience of managing risk and safeguarding concerns according to relevant policies

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required.
  • Ability to self-reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
  • Ability to cope and deal with highly distressing emotional circumstances.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sharon Kelly
Job title
Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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