Cognitive Behavioural Therapist CBT

Police Service of Northern Ireland; Carrickfergus; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a skilled Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to provide specialized psychological therapy within their Occupational Health and Wellbeing services. This role involves managing a caseload of clients, delivering high-quality assessments, and implementing effective CBT interventions aimed at psychological rehabilitation. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team and contribute to the development of mental health services. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of serving police officers and staff, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Environmental Allowance

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a specialist caseload of clients with mental health issues.
• Ability to formulate and deliver CBT interventions effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality assessments and therapy for police officers and staff.
• Manage clinical supervision of CBT trainees and maintain professional competence.

Skills

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Mental Health Assessment

Clinical Intervention

Psychological Rehabilitation

Case Consultation

Education

Relevant Psychological Qualification

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Psychometric Assessment Tools

Job description

The Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT), Occupational Health and Wellbeing, will be responsible for the autonomous provision of a highly specialised psychological therapy service within OHW Mental Health Services.

The CBT will be responsible for providing a high quality specialist initial assessment and therapy service for line management referrals presenting with anxiety and mood disorders, and psychological trauma to both individuals and groups of serving police officers and police staff.

Hours of Work:Monday – Friday, 37 working hours per week.

Salary:Depending on which Criteria you satisfy:

• £35,392 - £42,618 Band 6 (see essential Criteria A)
• £43,742 - £50,056 Band 7 (see essential Criteria B)

Plus £1365 Environmental Allowance

Please note pay scales are currently based on NHS AFC 23/24 rates and will be updated to 24/25 rates following standard PSNI business approvals (back pay will be applied from date of appointment).

Main Activities:

The main duties and responsibilities associated with the role include the following:

Managing a specialist caseload of management-referred clients:

• Completing mental health assessments and clinical intervention for line management referrals. Cases include CBT for ‘moderate to severe' range of symptoms of anxiety, depression, and psychological trauma. The clinical caseload will be determined by the mix of individual and group work being undertaken at any one time.
• Formulating, implementing, delivering and evaluating CBT interventions to a range of clients with an emphasis on psychological rehabilitation for return to work.
• Completing case consultation with other OHW professionals both verbally and on electronic records prior to and between client sessions.
• Updating electronic health records for Initial Assessments, session reviews, GP letter templates, and completing discharge reports for every clinical case
• Completing psychometric assessments and a risk matrix for suicidal risk when necessary for each face-to-face contact.
• Participating in Continuing Professional Development activities on an annual basis and case supervision once per month to maintain an up-to-date level of professional competence in service.
• Providing clinical supervision of CBT trainees, Counsellors and Assistant Psychologists. (**)
• Working in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team and wider stakeholders where necessary.
• Working within the NICE guidelines for depression, PTSD, anxiety and other mental health conditions.
• Undertaking all relevant administrative record keeping tasks under OHW Service Policy for clinical record keeping, and management of caseload.

Evaluating and developing the Mental Health Service:

• Developing, implementing and clinically auditing own caseload.
• Developing psychological service literature for Districts, Departments and clients. (**)
• Attending regular meetings including the monthly multi-disciplinary team meetings and Mental Health Service team meetings.
• Writing, implementing and overseeing any changes to policy directives with contents that are relevant to CBT practices within the service. (**)

** Specific duties will be performed by Band 7 CBT, and amended according to experience and level of qualification.

This Job Description reflects the main duties and responsibilities associated with this position. It is not intended to be exclusive or exhaustive.

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