Senior CBT Practitioner

NHS; Barnstaple; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Senior Cognitive Behaviour Therapist in Barnstaple. This role involves providing leadership and developing the CBT service while working with children and young people with mental health challenges. Candidates must be accredited and have strong clinical and supervisory skills. This position offers part-time hours and a salary range of £55,690 to £62,682 per year pro rata.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

CPD opportunities

Qualifications

• Accredited Cognitive Behaviour Therapist with post-qualifying experience.
• Experience with child mental health problems, across all ages.
• Ability to integrate complex clinical information into coherent formulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide complex assessment, formulation, and consultation.
• Lead contributions to service developments.
• Support and supervise CBT Practitioners.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Compassionate leadership

Advanced clinical skills

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy

Fully accredited member of BABCP

Job description

Job summary

CFHD are excited to offer the opportunity for an experienced Cognitive Behaviour Therapist to join us as an 8a Senior Cognitive Behaviour Therapist.

This role offers strong evidence-based CBT into North Devons multi-disciplinary service as well as developing and sustaining the CBT provision across the county, providing professional leadership for our growing group of CBT Practitioners. The role will be clinically based in North Devon (approximately 2 days per week face on site required) with the opportunity for some flexibility of base within the remainder of the role.

Devon has the perfect work life balance. You will spend your working hours with friendly and supportive colleagues as part of our innovative, integrated children's service then spend your leisure time in this inspiring part of the country with North Devon specifically being home to a World Surfing Reserve, the renowned UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and beautiful Exmoor!

We would love to hear from experienced CBT colleagues who can bring advanced level clinical thinking and formulation, strengths in supervision and consultation and be a compassionate leader within the service during an exciting time of development.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Cognitive Behaviour Therapist you will work closely with the Leads for Psychological Professions to support and sustain the CBT Profession within CFHD as well as provide lead contributions to service developments across the service.

You will bring advanced clinical skills to offer complex assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation. You will bring strong clinical supervision skills and leadership capabilities that enable you to support colleagues as well as lead strategic development work. You will have proven experience working positively with inter-agency colleagues. You will have a have a vision for high quality clinical services and be able to enhance the skills and practice of those around you.

There will be CPD opportunities specific to your pathway and to further progress your leadership capabilities.

You will work closely with, and be supported by the Leads for Psychological Professions as well as your peer Professional Leads and Senior Clinical colleagues.

There is an enthusiastic group of CBT Practitioners across the county who will value the developments and cohesion that a professional lead will bring. We have a strong relationship with the local CYP IAPT Training course for CBT and support Trainee roles and Supervisor training across the county.

We encourage interest from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences, both personal and professional.

About us

Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, partnership that benefits the communities we serve.

Details Date posted

01 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year pro rata (30 hours per week)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9369-25-0602-1

Job locations

Integrated Childrens Services

Fishleigh Road

Roundswell Business Park

Barnstaple

Devon

EX31 3UD

Evergreen

Victoria Park Road

Exeter

EX2 4NU

South Devon Healthcare

187 Newton Road

Torquay

TQ2 7BA

Lescaze Offices

Shinner's Bridge

Totnes

Totnes

TQ9 6JE

Job description Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification .

In the Managing Mood, Emotions and Relationships Pathway, CBT Practitioners work within a strong multi-disciplinary team, providing assessments and therapy to children with complex and enduring mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety-based disorders and Trauma. The multi-disciplinary teams are diverse including; Systemic Psychotherapists, Clinical Psychologists, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists, Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists, Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners from a range of backgrounds including Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Creative Therapies. This offers the opportunity for rich and nourishing shared clinical thinking and support

You will be an accredited Cognitive Behaviour Therapist with notable post-qualifying experience, passion and strengths for working with children, young people and their families. You will have strong leadership skills, bringing a compassionate framework to your work.

In post, you would work with children, young people and families to understand their experiences and presenting concerns in order to provide an appropriate evidence-based intervention. You would provide consultation to multi-disciplinary colleagues and work closely with inter-agency partners as required.

You would provide supervision to Cognitive Behaviour Therapists and other colleagues as appropriate as well as further support the development of others through training. There will also be the opportunity to engage with, and lead, areas of service development and research as well as wider activities to support developing leadership skills.

You will be committed to service user participation and collaborative working with children, young people, parents, carers and families. You will have a good understanding of safeguarding across the lifespan.

You will be a reflective practitioner with strengths to bring to a multi-disciplinary team. You will have advanced skills and knowledge to support the development of others through supervision, consultation and training.

Job description Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification .

In the Managing Mood, Emotions and Relationships Pathway, CBT Practitioners work within a strong multi-disciplinary team, providing assessments and therapy to children with complex and enduring mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety-based disorders and Trauma. The multi-disciplinary teams are diverse including; Systemic Psychotherapists, Clinical Psychologists, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists, Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists, Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners from a range of backgrounds including Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Creative Therapies. This offers the opportunity for rich and nourishing shared clinical thinking and support

You will be an accredited Cognitive Behaviour Therapist with notable post-qualifying experience, passion and strengths for working with children, young people and their families. You will have strong leadership skills, bringing a compassionate framework to your work.

In post, you would work with children, young people and families to understand their experiences and presenting concerns in order to provide an appropriate evidence-based intervention. You would provide consultation to multi-disciplinary colleagues and work closely with inter-agency partners as required.

You would provide supervision to Cognitive Behaviour Therapists and other colleagues as appropriate as well as further support the development of others through training. There will also be the opportunity to engage with, and lead, areas of service development and research as well as wider activities to support developing leadership skills.

You will be committed to service user participation and collaborative working with children, young people, parents, carers and families. You will have a good understanding of safeguarding across the lifespan.

You will be a reflective practitioner with strengths to bring to a multi-disciplinary team. You will have advanced skills and knowledge to support the development of others through supervision, consultation and training.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
• Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies
• Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse
• Experience of undertaking specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions for children and young people with highly complex mental health problems; including risk assessments
• Experience in providing effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.

Qualifications Essential

• Postgraduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy e.g. recognised qualification as a high intensity IAPT Therapist
• Fully accredited member of the BABCP
• Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people Evidence of continuing professional development in cognitive behavioural psychotherapy
• Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision. Formal training and experience in the supervision of other CBT therapists

Desirable

• Masters in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy or equivalent

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Essential

• Understanding of relevant legislation pertaining to child and adolescent mental health.
• High level knowledge of mental health presentations in children and adolescents and the theory and practice of short term and long term, evidence-based, clinical interventions.
• Knowledge of child development
• Highly developed ability to integrate highly complex clinical information into a coherent formulation and share this with others including service users and professionals

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
• Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies
• Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse
• Experience of undertaking specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions for children and young people with highly complex mental health problems; including risk assessments
• Experience in providing effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.

Qualifications Essential

• Postgraduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy e.g. recognised qualification as a high intensity IAPT Therapist
• Fully accredited member of the BABCP
• Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people Evidence of continuing professional development in cognitive behavioural psychotherapy
• Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision. Formal training and experience in the supervision of other CBT therapists

Desirable

• Masters in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy or equivalent

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Essential

• Understanding of relevant legislation pertaining to child and adolescent mental health.
• High level knowledge of mental health presentations in children and adolescents and the theory and practice of short term and long term, evidence-based, clinical interventions.
• Knowledge of child development
• Highly developed ability to integrate highly complex clinical information into a coherent formulation and share this with others including service users and professionals

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Integrated Childrens Services

Fishleigh Road

Roundswell Business Park

Barnstaple

Devon

EX31 3UD

Employer's website

https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Integrated Childrens Services

Fishleigh Road

Roundswell Business Park

Barnstaple

Devon

EX31 3UD

Employer's website

https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)