Cognitive Behaviour Therapist

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Spalding; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early access to Psychological TherapY?

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

Free eye tests

Salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on retailers and restaurants

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Spalding is seeking a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist to join the Mental Health Support Teams. You will manage a small caseload of children and young people, provide CBT assessments and interventions, and support education staff under the Whole School Approach.

The role offers supervision, hybrid working (face-to-face and remote), and a varied workload across CYP services.

Qualifications

• Post graduate diploma in CBT and BABCP accreditation required.
• UK NHS experience preferred and current professional registration.
• Ability to travel within Lincolnshire as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide CBT assessments and interventions for CYP and carers.
• Support low intensity CBT practitioners and Whole School Approach activities.
• Deliver face-to-face and virtual sessions within a hybrid model.

Skills

Clinical risk management

Written communication

Therapeutic rapport

Caseload management

Teamwork and collaboration

Education

Post graduate diploma in CBP and BABCP Accreditation

Clinical psychology / nursing / social work / OT or psychological therapy registration

Job description

Main area Mental Health Support Teams Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available) Job ref 274-12226-SP-A

Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Johnson Community Hospital Town Spalding Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/10/2026 23:59

Cognitive Behaviour Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

LOOKING FOR A NEW, VARIED AND EXCITING ROLE IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our multi award winning Mental Health Support Team as a CBT Therapist in Spalding and South Holland. This is a diverse and enjoyable role, in which the successful applicants will support a small caseload of children and young people (CYP), alongside supporting our low intensity CBT practitioners with Public Health England's Whole School Approach activities within our designated education settings. This includes CYP and parent/carer drop ins, training to education staff and workshops with CYP / parents / carers.

The Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) support children and young people aged 5-18 within school and college settings who are presenting with mental health or emotional health problems which are of a mild to moderate level of complexity and/or intensity.

You will receive regular group and 1:1 clinical supervision, alongside monthly management supervision and support from the wider team. MHST also work closely with our CAMHS and Healthy Minds Lincolnshire colleagues for support and shared learning.

MHST working hours are Monday to Friday 9-5, however, part-time and flexible working patterns are always considered. For more information, please contact [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

You will provide assessment and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for a range of presenting difficulties for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.

We have various teams across the MHST, all in various stages of training. This role will therefore give you a great opportunity to work with both qualified staff and trainees. The role also offers a flexible style of working, as the team use a hybrid model, offering support both face-to-face and virtually to education staff, children, young people and their families.

You will need to be enthusiastic and very well organised and able to travel across Lincolnshire as needed to provide services. The post holder will be expected to be able to work on their own initiative as well as work well within a multi-disciplinary setting. They will need to be an excellent communicator and team player.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person specification

Qualifications

• Post graduate diploma in CBP and Accreditation with BABCP
• Professional qualification as Clinical Psychologist, Nurse, Social Worker Occupational Therapist or psychological therapy
• Clinical Supervision Training

Experience

• Experience of working with Children and Young People and their carers
• Experience of offering CBT assessments and interventions – individual and group
• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcome
• Experience of working in CYP IAPT informed services
• Experience of working in school and college settings
• Experience of offering clinical and caseload management supervision

Skills

• Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
• Ability to manage own caseload and time.
• Demonstrates high standards in written communication.
• Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Has received training and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice.
• Understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk.
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
• Completed clinical audits within a service
• High level of enthusiasm and motivation
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
• Ability to work under pressure
• Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
• Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, & in own personal and professional development and in supervision

As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience.

We reserve the right to withdraw or close a vacancy at any time. We will give priority to employees who are at risk.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.