HI Trainee (CBT Trainee

Whittington Health NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in London is seeking a trainee for the Talking Therapies Service to deliver cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as part of a 12-month training program. The ideal candidate will have a background in mental health and be committed to working with diverse populations. Responsibilities include assessing clients, formulating therapy programmes, and participating in required training and supervision. This role offers an opportunity to gain valuable experience in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in mental health settings.
• Registered qualification in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy, or psychological therapy.
• Evidence of training in mental health.

Responsibilities

• Assess clients for suitability for CBT.
• Make decisions on suitability of new referrals.
• Formulate and implement therapy programmes.

Skills

Experience in mental health settings

Ability to work with diverse populations

Understanding of CBT

Education

Registered graduate qualification in nursing, social work, or related field

Job description

Overview

This is a training role within Talking Therapies Service. The post-holder will work within the Haringey Talking Therapies service providing high intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role at Royal Holloway. This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. The post-holder will work in the service for 3 days a week using the newly developed skills while attending the training programme for the other two days.

The post-holder will work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary, and should be committed to equal opportunities.

Equal Opportunities

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, and we are open to differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy, maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies sensitive to these differences.

Responsibilities

1. Assess clients for suitability for CBT. Where the problems appear too complex or severe to be appropriate for a trainee therapist, refer to manager/supervisor for advice on how to manage the case.
2. Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department's referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.
3. Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.
4. Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying CBT formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.
5. Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
6. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
7. Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
8. Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
9. Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
10. Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.

Training and Supervision

1. Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post.
2. Apply learning from the training programme in practice.
3. Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards.

Professional Responsibilities

1. Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (e.g. BPS, UKCP, 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).
2. Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
3. Be aware of and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT.
4. Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.
5. Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with Manager.
6. Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.
7. Keep up to date all records in relation to Continuous Professional Development and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.
8. Attend relevant conferences/workshops in line with identified professional objectives.

General Responsibilities

1. Contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
2. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services.
3. All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of colleagues, patients and the general public.
4. All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
5. It is the responsibility of all staff not to abuse their official position for personal gain, or to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties.
6. This Job Description may be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder in light of service development.

Safeguarding Children and Adults

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct.

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Qualifications

Candidates will have experience of working in mental health settings and will have either a registered graduate qualification in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or psychological therapy, or evidence of training in mental health and experience working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression.

The post-holder will be employed by Whittington Health on a 12-month fixed-term contract.