CBT Therapist – Integrated Mental Wellbeing

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Leeds

On-site

GBP 42,000 - 52,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service (NHS) is seeking a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to join the team in Leeds. You will assess clients, plan and deliver CBT programs and work within multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care across services.

The role requires maintaining clinical standards, keeping patient records up to date, and engaging in supervision and service improvement activities. Travel to different clinic spaces is expected to meet service demand.

Responsibilities

Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
Assess clients for suitability for CBT.
Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhere to referral and risk assessment protocols, and refer clients for whom the service is unsuitable on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.
Formulate, implement, and evaluate therapy programs for clients.
To ensure that support undertaken is meaningful, respectful, promotes self- determination and is in line with the individual support plan.
Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.
Work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team and service ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
Liaise with other health and social care staff from a range of agencies in the care provided to clients.
Promote and maintain links with Secondary Care Staff to help co-ordinate the provision of an effective Psychological Therapies Service.
Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (e.g., 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).
Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
Ensure that client records and other information systems are completed accurately and within agreed timescales.
Participate in service improvement by highlighting issues and implementing changes in practice and keeping up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT and other psychological therapies.
Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
To be aware of and employ the general practices of Touchstones Health and Safety and Safeguarding Policies and ensure these are adhered to at all times.
To adhere to organisational policies and procedures relating to risk and personal safety.
To ensure information is dealt with in accordance with Touchstones policies around Confidentiality, Communications, Internet, Email and Telecommunications and steps are taken to ensure that confidential information is secure e.g. service user data.
To contribute to the achievement of annually set individual and team targets.
To participate in regular supervision.
To work across the city as required to meet service demand and a minimum of 2 days per week (pro-rata) in face-to-face clinic spaces.
Keep up to date with policies, guidelines, procedures, and practices.
Participate in team meetings, multidisciplinary meetings (MDTs) and other meetings as required.
Represent your organisation in a knowledgeable and professional manner at all times.
Maintain appropriate professional boundaries at all times.
Identify your own training and development needs in conjunction with your line manager and participate in training opportunities as directed.
Partake in your organisations Personal Development Review system.
To be responsible for personal learning and development where appropriate and undertake training, both mandatory and optional, to increase knowledge, skills and awareness.
To undertake any other duties as directed by your Line Manager that may reasonably fall within the scope of the post.
To undertake out of hours work as required by the service.
To be inducted, supervised, performance managed and appraised in line with the organisations performance management policies and procedures.
To be aware of and apply the principles of Trauma Informed Practice.
Please note this job description is intended to provide a guide to the general duties and responsibilities of the role, however the post holder is expected to adopt a flexible approach to the tasks. It should not be regarded as a contractual document. Jobs descriptions within the respective partners may vary slightly and each will be provided at the interview stage for the applicants consideration.