Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS CBT
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (To end on 25th December 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 327-24-1136
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Evergreen house
- Town
- Cheltenham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/01/2025
Employer heading
CAMHS High Intensity CBT
Band 7
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.Ìý
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care.Ìý We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
°Â±ð’r±ð passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience.Ìý We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC.Ìý We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
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Job overview
**1 x Fixed Term contract/secondment opportunity for up to 12 months**
*Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment*Ìý
We are a well established CAMHS service addressing the challenges of the increasing needs of children and young people over the past 3 years. We seek a CBT High Intensity Practitioners who can help us meet this demand and enhance our existing CBT offer.Ìý
You will join us in a friendly, kind and caring atmosphere and be a valued member of a strong and supportive multi-disciplinary team.Ìý
Main duties of the job
- Hold children, young people and families voice at the centre of all that we do
- Have strong experience and clinical skills and hold a caseload in line with usual CBT High Intensity IAPT job plan expectations.
- Share our trust values-based approach of working together, always improving, being respectful and kind and making a difference.
- Hold a High Intensity IAPT or CYPIAPT Post Graduate Diploma or equivalent. While a Core professional qualification such as counselling psychology, nursing or social work is desirable we are keen to explore what staff without these Core Professions could bring to our team. With no core profession we would ask that the therapist provide evidence of having BABCP accreditation via the knowledge & skills (KSA)framework.Ìý
- The opportunity to expand your skills and experience with children and young people with complex, severe and enduring mental health needs
Working for our organisation
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.Ìý
The annual NHS Staff SurveyÌý gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.Ìý For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).ÌýÌý It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;Ìý
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;Ìý
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relativeÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
ÌýÌýÌýAccept referrals via agreed protocols within the service
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýAssess clients for suitability for therapy / CBT.
Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýFormulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.
To draw appropriately from a range of assessment tools and methodologies. To interpret and integrate complex data and information from a variety of sources to develop psychological formulations and identify the most relevant intervention strategy. To monitor and evaluate progress, refining formulations and interventions as necessary. To assess and manage risk within an appropriate psychological framework.
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýProvide clinical supervision to and support the psychological work of other clinical staff that provides psychologically based care and treatment.
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýFormulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.
Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying CBT formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýAttend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
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To deliver CBT within a defined locality/team and maintain a high quality service within CAMHS, Gloucestershire.
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýTo provide clinical services within a stepped care model in the defined service area, within a Multi-disciplinary Team comprising of; Psychological Therapists, Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Medics, Creative Therapists, students and trainees.
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýProvide clinical supervision within the CAMHS CBT team to less experienced therapists as job planned.
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýThe team will be operational within Gloucestershire
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýServices may be delivered in a wide range of settings and locations:Ìý educational facilities, GP practices, office/clinic etc. Though are primarily clinic based.
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýTo establish and maintain effective communications within and external to the CAMHS service, within Gloucestershire’s health services and partner agencies and organisations.
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýTo provide training, consultancy and supervision in CBT and psychological approaches to a range of qualified/unqualified mental health/non mental health staff within primary mental health, primary care, secondary mental health care in Gloucestershire and to other agencies as required.
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýFlexible working arrangements within 37.5 hours per week, with core service hours of 9:00am to 17:00pm
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Qualification from High Intensity IAPT or CYPIAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma).
- Further post graduate qualification OR training and experience in CBT that meets full BABCP accreditation standards and will apply for accreditation on commencement of the post
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in services for children and young people
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression and demonstrating the competences as required.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Steve Branagan
- Job title
- CAMHS CBT Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03004214899
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