CBT Therapist

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Worsley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization is seeking a motivated Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to join their multi-disciplinary team in Worsley. The successful candidate will provide assessments and interventions for individuals with psychosis and contribute to a supportive environment that emphasizes clinical supervision and team collaboration. Opportunities for career progression and commitment to staff wellbeing are key highlights of this role.

Benefits

Regular supervision sessions

CPD opportunities

Focus on staff wellbeing

Qualifications

• Experience in providing CBT based assessments and interventions for mental health difficulties.
• Ability to promote independence and recovery through psychological methods.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Conduct CBT assessments for individuals experiencing psychosis.
• Provide Behavioural Family Intervention for recovery support.
• Contribute to psychological aspects of crisis management.

Skills

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Psychological assessment

Teamwork

Adaptability

Education

Post-graduate qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Job description

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist in a multi-disciplinary team that warmly welcomes psychological ideas and practices. We are seeking to appoint a band 7 CBT therapist with a post-graduate qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis to work in the Salford Division at Prescott House Community Mental Health Team. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our friendly and supportive team as we venture towards community transformation and supporting the inclusion of the six core therapeutic modalities.

Prescott House offers great opportunities to continue your career progression with regular supervision, CPD sessions and training. We are focused on staff wellbeing, offering clinical, line management and peer supervision sessions. We are a committed integrated service that strives to provide quality recovery based support to people with complex mental health needs within the Salford area.

You will need to be an individual who is flexible, creative, committed and able to adapt positively to change. In addition, you will need to be organised, able to prioritise and work well under pressure. You will also need to be able to work effectively through offering psychological assessment and treatment/intervention collaboratively with service users and their carer's promoting independence and recovery. You will also have a strong sense of initiative and an excellent team working ability.

Main duties of the job

The Post Holder Will Primarily Be Responsible For Providing

• CBT based assessments and interventions for people experiencing distressing psychosis, bipolar and other mental health difficulties who access care within the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).
• Behavioural Family Intervention assessment and interventions for families who are supporting a person’s recovery from psychosis.
< of the service’s multi-disciplinary team.
• As the community transformation project develops, the post holder will be expected, when possible and appropriate, to contribute to the provision of psychological interventions via a specialist hub (i.e a collaborative specialist team approach).

The Post Holder Will Also

• Promote the flexible and responsive development of psychologically informed service delivery via their direct and indirect work, and via liaison with other services within GMMH.
• Contribute to psychological aspects of crisis management.
• Contribute to the supervision and professional development of other staff.
• Work within the policies, procedures and guidelines for the Salford Directorate.
• Follow an agreed job plan.

Contact

Name: Tracey Booth
Job title: Team Manager
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]

Name: Lydia Creswell
Senior Clinical Psychologist
Email: [e-mail]