Trainee High Intensity Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package for NHS

Support for a healthy work-lifeBalance

Staff Health and Wellbeing Champion

Job summary

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust's Croydon Talking Therapies is offering a 12-month fixed-term training post for delivering cognitive behavioural therapy for depression and anxiety while training as a high intensity therapist.

The post involves three days a week in Croydon, delivering CBT to clients in GP surgeries, outpatient clinics and remotely, plus two days on the PG Dip in CBT at Royal Holloway, with one evening per week required. The training concludes in early 2028.

Qualifications

• Recorded graduate-level qualification in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or a psychological therapy, or evidence of BABCP KSA requirements
• Evidence of BABCP Knowledge, Skills and Attitude requirements
• Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
• Ability to meet agreed service targets
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• High standards of written communication including clear reports to referrers

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality cognitive behavioural therapy to clients with depression and/or anxiety
• Provide high intensity interventions to clients with complex problems where CBT is clinically effective
• See clients in GP surgeries, outpatient clinics and remotely
• Work three days a week in the Croydon Talking Therapies service
• Undertake the PG Dip in CBT at Royal Holloway University of London over two days a week
• Work one evening a week

Skills

Therapeutic relationship

Time management

Risk assessment

Education

Graduate-level qualification in nursing, social work, OT, arts therapy or psychological therapy

Job description

This is a 12-month fixed-term training post with Croydon Talking Therapies, the large IAPT service run by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The postholder delivers cognitive behavioural therapy for depression and anxiety while training as a high intensity therapist. Three days a week are spent in the service, seeing clients in GP surgeries, outpatient clinics and remotely, with one evening a week required, and the other two days are spent on the PG Dip in CBT at Royal Holloway. Successful applicants are expected to remain in post until the training ends in early 2028.

What the job involves

• Deliver high quality cognitive behavioural therapy to clients with depression and/or anxiety
• Provide high intensity interventions to clients with complex problems where CBT is clinically effective
• See clients in GP surgeries, outpatient clinics and remotely
• Work three days a week in the Croydon Talking Therapies service
• Undertake the PG Dip in CBT at Royal Holloway University of London over two days a week
• Work one evening a week

Qualifications

• Recorded graduate-level qualification in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or a psychological therapy, or evidence of meeting BABCP KSA requirements
• Evidence of meeting BABCP Knowledge, Skills and Attitude requirements

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
• Ability to meet agreed service targets
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• High standards of written communication, including clear reports and letters to referrers

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
• Training, formal or through experience, and carrying out risk assessments within scope of practice
• Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients

Nice to have

• Experience of working in primary care services
• Experience of working in a service with agreed targets demonstrating clinical outcomes

What’s offered

• Comprehensive benefits package for staff and their families
• Support for a healthy work-life balance
• Staff Health and Wellbeing Champion