CBT Therapist

South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career development

Staff Networks

Job summary

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking a CBT therapist for the Sutton Early Intervention for Psychosis team. The post is a 3‑day-a-week fixed-term role (till July 2027) providing psychological therapies to people aged 18–65 with a first episode of psychosis in Sutton.

You will work in a supportive multidisciplinary team with senior psychologists and other CBT therapists, with opportunities to develop family interventions for psychosis and contribute to a CBT-based

Qualifications

• BABCP accreditation or eligible for accreditation
• Postgraduate Diploma/Masters in CBT required
• Qualifying profession in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, clinical/counselling psychology

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist CBT assessments for individuals referred to the early intervention service.
• Design and implement CBT treatment plans based on evidence-based frameworks.
• Deliver individual CBT, group, and family interventions as appropriate.
• Evaluate treatment options and adapt plans using CBT models and risk considerations.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team and provide CBT guidance to colleagues.

Skills

CBT assessment

CBT intervention

Risk assessment

CBT knowledge

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

BABCP Accreditation

Postgraduate Diploma/Masters in CBT

Nursing/Social Work/Occupational Therapy/Clinical/Counselling psychology qualification

Job description

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' however we aim to be 'outstanding'.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you'll be part of something special - an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

The Sutton Early Intervention team is a friendly multidisciplinary team including doctors, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists CBT therapist, family intervention therapist and an employment specialist.

We aim to provide a comprehensive package of care for people age 18-65 living in Sutton who have experienced a first episode of psychosis. This is a 3 day a week fixed term post (until end of July 2027) in Sutton Early Intervention for Psychosis team for a CBT therapist to provide psychological therapies to service users who have experienced a first episode of psychosis.

You would work as part of a supportive team of clinical psychologists and CBT therapists. Experience working with psychosis is desirable but not essential.

Please note it is a trust requirement for working in secondary care that applicants are qualified health care clinical practitioners with a core profession in one of the following: nursing, occupational therapy, social work, counselling/clinical psychology

Main duties of the job

You will provide cognitive behaviour therapy to patients referred to the Sutton Early Intervention Team. This will include providing specialist cognitive behavioural therapy assessment and therapy for people who have experienced a first episode of psychosis as well as other difficulties such as anxiety, depression and trauma. There will also be opportunities to develop experience in family interventions for psychosis.

The role is dynamic and will require you to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, attend MDT meetings and to offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to other members of the Sutton EIS team.

The role will be based at the Wilson Hospital in Mitcham.

Working for our organisation

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide specialist CBT assessments of clients referred to the early intervention service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and semi-structured interviews.

To design and implement plans for the formal CBT treatment and/or management of a client's problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.

To be responsible for implementing a range of individual, family and group interventions based upon evidence of treatment efficacy, and which rely primarily upon CBT models.

To evaluate and make decisions about CBT treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic CBT models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

To engage in the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients in liaison with the multi-disciplinary team. To provide specialist CBT advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

To contribute directly and indirectly to a CBT based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on CBT approaches to aspects of risk assessment and risk management.

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Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BABCP Accreditation as CBT practitioner (or eligible and seeking accreditation)
• Post graduate Diploma/Masters in CBT
• A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy, clinical/counselling psychology

Desirable criteria

• Trained in Cognitive Behavioural Family Interventions for Psychosis
• Post graduate diploma/certificate in CBT for psychosis

Exprience

Essential criteria

• Experience of assessment and treatment of people with mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity, using evidence based psychological therapies, particularly CBT
• Experience of providing individual CBT treatments and in facilitating therapeutic/psycho-educational groups
• Experience of working in secondary mental health care in the NHS
• Experience with routine outcome monitoring
• Experience in establishing diagnosis/psychological formulation

Desirable criteria

• Experience of using evidence based psychological interventions for treatment of psychosis
• Experience of working in Early Intervention or with people who have experienced an episode of psychosis
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working and the ethos and model of EIS

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

• Skilled in the use of CBT assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Advanced practitioner skills in CBT
• Knowledge of assessment for CBT
• Knowledge of our business and how it supports patient care
• Skills in the assessment and evaluation of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology

Desirable criteria

• High-level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of the psychological therapies for first episode psychosis

At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.

As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:

• BME (Evolve) Staff Network
• Christian Staff Network
• DiverseAbility
• Deaf Staff Network
• Mental Health Staff Forum
• Women's Staff Network
• LGBTQIA+

We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and has signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.

Please note:

• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles)
• That we are a smoke-free Trust
• South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including job applications, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. The contact details published on our official website are the Trust's authorised contact channels and should be used for all recruitment communications, job applications, and verification of employment offers.

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