Trainee HIT (CBT) Therapist

Mind in Bexley Ltd.; Bexleyheath; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local mental health charity is seeking a committed Trainee High Intensity Therapist to join their Talking Therapies service. You will undertake a PG Diploma in High Intensity CBT while providing interventions to adults with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. This role offers supervision and a structured training program to meet BABCP accreditation requirements.

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience working with serious mental health problems.
• Experience in services with agreed clinical outcome targets.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and medication used in anxiety.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervised 1:1 CBT sessions.
• Participate in group workshops and psychoeducational interventions.
• Work closely with supervisors attending clinical skills sessions.

Skills

Experience in mental health services

Ability to manage own caseload

Knowledge of IAPT / Talking Therapies

Risk assessment training

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent

Core mental health practitioner qualification

Job description

Are you interested inbecoming a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist? If so, we are advertising for anumber of fully funded Trainee High Intensity Therapist CBT places.

Were seeking a committed and enthusiastic Trainee CBTHigh Intensity Therapist to join our Talking Therapies service. This is anexciting development opportunity for individuals passionate about deliveringevidence-based psychological interventions while completing their CBT (HIT)training.

Main duties of the job

The trainee CBT position involves engaging in and undertakingthe PG Diploma in High Intensity CBT at Royal Holloway London. Training takesplace over one academic year and involves spending two days per week atuniversity and three days in service at Bexley NHS Talking Therapies. You will provide high intensity interventions toadults presenting with mild to moderate anxiety and depression.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary teamconsisting of Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Counsellors, Talking Therapyqualified Counsellors, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Primary CareMental Health Practitioners and Employment Advisors.

Clinical and case management supervision isprovided within the service. Once qualified you will be expected to offer F2Ftreatment as well as facilitate group session / assessments.

About us

We believe no oneshould have to face a mental health problem alone. We work to reduce the stigmaassociated with mental health, support people in their recovery and championbetter services for all. We believe that with the right support and resources everybodycan create a life that feels meaningful irrespective of the presence ofsymptoms.

Mind in Bexley andEast Kent is a local Mind mental health charity and we offer an extensive rangeof support, advice and information to communities in Bexley and East Kent. Thepurpose and objects of the charity is 'to promote the preservation and thesafeguarding of mental health and the relief of persons suffering from mentaldisorder'. We promote well-being and work to reduce poor mental health and thestigma associated with it. We support people in their recovery and championbetter services for everyone.

We seek tomeet these purposes by undertaking a wide range of therapeutic and non-clinicalmental health activities within Bexley, including direct therapeutic support ofindividuals, advice, advocacy and recovery, and campaigning to reduce thestigma of mental health and to raise awareness of mental health issues.

Job responsibilities

As a Trainee HIT Therapist, you will:

• Provide supervised 1:1 CBT sessions to adults experiencing mental health problems
• Participate in group workshops and psychoeducational interventions
• Work closely with supervisors, attending regular clinical skills sessions and academic teaching
• Develop your clinical competencies in line with BABCP standards

This is part of the London wide Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme (IAPT) for CBT High Intensity Therapists.

The training programme consists of three days working within an Talking Therapies service and two days at university taught by experts in the field. Working hours when at the service are 9-5 with one shifted day from 12.00-20.00.

The training takes place with the University of Royal Holloway at a central London venue and prepares you to meet BABCP accreditation requirements in order to work in Talking Therapies services.

This is an excellent, but demanding course and candidates are expected to complete all its requirements within 12 months of starting the training. The post involves providing psychological assessments and evidence-based interventions for people with common mental health problems.

Please note that we cannot accept applicants without the necessary experience of working in a mental health setting. Experience of working in primary mental health and especially NHS Talking Therapies is desirable.

In order to be considered from a PWP background candidates must have been qualified as a PWP for more than two years by the course start date in order to meet national guidance. It is desirable for candidates from a PWP background to have accreditation from the BPS or BABCP.

If you are already registered on a Health Education England (HEE) funded programme, you will be unable to progress through the recruitment process.

Candidates must either meet one of the following:

BABCP core mental health profession requirements OR complete a KSA portfolio. A completed portfolio will be required within the first week of training.

If applying under the KSA portfolio route It will be expected that candidates offered interviews for this post will be able to present evidence of their KSA at interview and therefore must be able to articulate how the KSA will be completed using their previous experiences of working in mental health settings in their application.

Please note that candidates who have already completed training as a high intensity CBT therapist will not be accepted for this post.

Candidates for this post will be required to become student members of BABCP at the start of training therefore must be eligible for membership with BABCP.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check will be required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A core mental health practitioner qualification or KSA route
• Undergraduate degree (or equivalent overseas qualification). Other academic qualifications of an equivalent standard can be taken into account
• Post qualification experience of working with people with serious mental health problem

Experience

• Significant experience of working in mental health services
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• Experience in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
• Knowledge of the IAPT / Talking Therapies programmes and the stepped care model
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance
• Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
• Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other mental health problems

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.