Step 4 High Intensity Therapist

Everyturn Mental Health; Wirral; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Enhanced pension

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Everyturn Mental Health is seeking a Part-time Step 4 High Intensity Therapist to join the Wirral Talking Therapies Service. You will deliver evidence-based therapies for complex presentations and work within a multidisciplinary team to support recovery and wellbeing.

With a Postgraduate Diploma in CBT and accrediation in process, you’ll help shape service development, supervise colleagues when appropriate, and contribute to groups. Hybrid working may be considered to fit client needs.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7) in CBT or another recognised evidence-based therapy.
• Accredited with BABCP or BPS, or willing to achieve accreditation within 12 months.
• Experience delivering Step 4 and/or Talking Therapies services with understanding of stepped care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct clinical interventions to clients with complex psychological difficulties using an integrative approach.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments, formulate and deliver treatment plans, and manage clinical risk.
• Collaborate with clients, carers and professional partners to support recovery and wellbeing.
• Contribute to service development, co-facilitate therapeutic groups and provide clinical supervision where appropriate.

Skills

CBT

EMDR

DBT

ACT

Risk assessment

Education

Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7) in CBT

Job description

At Everyturn Mental Health, we're committed to helping people lead healthier and happier lives through compassionate, high-quality mental health support. We're looking for an experienced and passionate Step 4 High Intensity Therapist to join our Wirral Talking Therapies Service and support clients presenting with complex trauma, long-standing emotional difficulties and co-morbidities.

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified therapist who enjoys working with complex presentations and wants to be part of a supportive, innovative service that is committed to delivering outstanding care and improving outcomes for the people we support.

• This is a part-time role, contracted at 22.5 hours per week.
• Hybrid Working (Remote Working May Be Considered)

About the role

As a Step 4 High Intensity Therapist, you'll spend around 60% of your time delivering direct clinical interventions to clients with complex and enduring psychological difficulties. Using an integrative approach, you'll provide evidence-based therapies such as CBT, EMDR, DBT, ACT and other appropriate therapeutic modalities, tailoring treatment to meet individual needs.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll undertake comprehensive assessments, formulate and deliver treatment plans, manage clinical risk and make informed decisions regarding appropriate interventions. You'll work collaboratively with clients, carers and professional partners, providing expert clinical input to support recovery and improve wellbeing.

Alongside your clinical work, you'll contribute to service development, co‑facilitate therapeutic groups, participate in multidisciplinary meetings and provide clinical supervision and support to colleagues where appropriate.

About you

We're looking for a qualified and experienced therapist with a strong background in delivering evidence-based interventions within Talking Therapies and/or Step 4 services.

You’ll have:

• Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7) in CBT or another recognised evidence-based psychological therapy modality.
• Accredited with a recognised professional body, such as BABCP or BPS, or willing to achieve accreditation within your first 12 months.
• Experience working within Step 4 and/or Talking Therapies services, with a strong understanding of the stepped care model.
• Experience supporting clients presenting with complex trauma, long-standing emotional difficulties and co-morbidities.
• Strong assessment, formulation and risk management skills.
• Ability to work integratively, adapting interventions to meet the individual needs of clients.
• Additional training and/or experience in modalities such as EMDR, DBT, ACT or Couples Therapy would be advantageous.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working and building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of clinical supervision models and approaches.
• A commitment to delivering safe, effective and compassionate care, while maintaining high clinical and professional standards.

What we offer in return

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) and the option to purchase or sell day
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream-ability torelease earnings, giving youinstant access to your pay
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme, including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and counselling sessions Shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer!

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.