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Job summary

Main area
Allied Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
12 months (12 month fixed term training positions)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
363-SS6848312
Employer
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies
Town
London
Salary
£44,806 - £53,134 -
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/01/2025 23:59

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Band 6 Trainee CBT Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job overview

Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies are looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated trainee High Intensity CBT Therapists to join our dynamic and innovative service.

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Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies has been providing a stepped care Talking Therapies service since 2009 and consists of Psychologists, Relational Therapists, Counsellors, High-Intensity CBT therapists and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners offering evidence-based interventions at Steps 2 and 3.

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We are part of East London NHS Foundation Trust which has been rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and are committed to ensuring a healthy work life balance and a positive working environment.

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We recognise that the HI CBT training course can be very intensive and pressured, especially with needing to balance course and site expectations. The post holder will be part of a supportive team, with access to peer support, high quality supervision and line management.

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For more information please contact:

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John Whitehead, CBT Lead, on 0207 702 7641

[email protected]

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Important Information:

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Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Main duties of the job

This trainee High Intensity CBT therapist position is offered in conjunction with Royal Holloway University, giving you the opportunity to earn a PG Diploma in High Intensity CBT by the conclusion of the academic year. This position entails attending lectures at Royal Holloway two days a week and providing high-intensity, one-on-one assessments and CBT interventions for adults with common mental health problems for the remaining three days. To learn more about the course, please visit the Royal Holloway University website.

Working for our organisation

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Successful candidates will be trained by the University, 2 days per week, to deliver evidence-based psychological therapies for patients with anxiety and depression. Trainees will be employed by Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies during training, where they will deliver treatments on the other 3 days per week.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy OR Evidence using the career framework of training in mental health and experience working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
  • Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
  • Ability to manage own caseload and time

Skills & Competencies

Essential criteria
  • Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
  • Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
  • Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients

Training

Essential criteria
  • Able to attend a two day per week course
  • Able to complete academic components of the course

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
  • Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
  • Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
John Whitehead
Job title
Step 3 Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0207 702 7641