Mental Health Children's and Young Person CBT therapist/Case Manager - FULLY REMOTE

Harmonia Careers; Ipswich; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in the UK is seeking a Mental Health Children's and Young Person CBT therapist/Case Manager. This fully remote role involves providing clinical case management, supporting therapists, and ensuring compliance with guidelines. The ideal candidate will have a CBT qualification, BABCP accreditation, and a minimum of three years of relevant experience, working with children and young people. Excellent communication and organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of CBT experience working with children & young people.
• Knowledge of clinical case management.
• Experience of clinical case management.

Responsibilities

• Carry out case management supervision supporting therapists.
• Liaise with clinicians to gather information on patient progress.
• Make recommendations for treatment and referrals.
• Respond to clinical queries and conduct reviews.
• Ensure compliance with policies and procedures.

Skills

Effective communication

Time management

Organizational skills

Understanding patient needs

Logical decision making

Attention to detail

Education

Professional qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Full BABCP accreditation

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Mental Health Children's and Young Person CBT therapist/Case Manager

Our client is an award-winning, leading provider of Occupational Health services. We are looking for a Mental Health Children's and Young Person CBT therapist/Case Manager to join their existing team to provide clinical case management to their Therapists and Network Practitioners working with children & young people (CYP).

The successful applicant will be based in the UK and working fully remotely.

Your success will contribute to the continued growth of the mental health team.

We are looking for our new Mental Health Children's and Young Person CBT therapist/Case Manager to be a team player and to be motivated to contribute to helping thousands each year.

Responsibilities

• Carry out case management supervision supporting our clients Therapists and Network Practitioners to deliver treatment in line with NICE Guidelines and company policy and Network KPIs.
• Liaise with our clients clinicians and network clinics to gather sufficient information on a patient's progress to enable case management decisions to be made.
• Make appropriate recommendations around CYP case management in terms of treatment and onwards referral as required on a case‑by‑case basis.
• Respond to clinical queries from our clients Therapists, Network Practitioners and patients, and conduct CYP case reviews.
• Ensure that any recommendations for further treatment, onward referrals or clinical investigations are reasonable using clinical reasoning, clinical experience/knowledge and current evidence.
• Ensure that our clients Therapists and Network Practitioners are following company policies and procedures in the conduct of their work with CPY, and provide guidance on questions of policy and procedure.
• Review CYP e‑forms, reports submitted by Network Practitioners and carry out full file reviews of patients to ensure safe and effective care is being delivered in line with policy, operational and clinical guidelines.
• Liaise with patients, family members, Network Practitioners and other professionals as required.
• Help manage and elevate CYP cases where clinical risk or safeguarding concerns have been identified.
• Provide mental health escalation cover, supporting with general queries, clinical report checks and risk and safeguarding queries ensuring these are responded to within service level agreement (SLA).
• Take part in clinical audits for Network Practitioners and feed back into individual practitioner case management and wider service quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory and legal regulations (e.g. access to medical records, Data Protection Act).
• Participate in service improvements.
• Improve client satisfaction by ensuring the patient journey accurately reflects the our clients triage and case management service.
• Support the Mental Health Network Clinical Operations Manager with implementation of new fully case‑managed client contracts and support the training of new Clinical Case Managers accordingly.
• Provide out of hours clinical support on a rota basis during service opening hours of 8am‑7pm Monday‑Friday, and on a Saturday 9am‑1pm.
• Carry out initial CYP assessments, providing a good quality assessment with recommended treatment in line with patient's policy.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
• Full BABCP accreditation having had their first audit with the BABCP.
• Minimum 3 years CBT experience working with children & young people through both virtual and face‑to‑face treatment and assessment.
• Knowledge of clinical case management.
• Computer literate with good Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience of clinical case management.

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers verbally and in writing.
• Ability to time manage effectively and demonstrate excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the patient and their needs.
• Logical decision making and a pro‑active approach to operational and clinical management.
• Ability to demonstrate attention to detail.