Band 7 CBT Therapist to work within Coventry Community Mental Health Team
37.5 hours (part time hours can also be considered)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated CBT Therapist to join our Coventry Community Mental Health Team. The service works with people with complex trauma and mental health presentations.
Our CBT therapists, psychological therapists and psychologists are embedded within the Community Mental Health Team and we are therefore looking for someone who values and enjoys multi-disciplinary working and has a high level of understanding of the distinct contribution and added value that psychological approaches can make to the team.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a CBT therapist who can provide evidence-based therapies for individuals with complex mental health presentations, which include a history of trauma.
The post will involve providing assessments and psychological interventions to individuals presenting with a wide range of complex mental health difficulties. There will also be opportunities to offer consultation to the MDT.
The post holder will join a friendly and well-established team of CBT therapists, psychological therapists, psychologists, assistant psychologists and mental health and wellbeing practitioners. The team also works closely with psychological professionals in the psychosis pathway and psychotherapists in the Personality and Complex Trauma Pathway.
The post holder will be based at Swanswell Point in Coventry.
The team of Psychological Therapists are dedicated to high quality, evidence-based service provision, including EMDR, Trauma-focused CBT, Compassion Focused Therapy and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy.
Staff from the Coventry service have close links with other psychological therapists working within the other locality Community Mental Health Teams.
The service is also dedicated to taking part in research and has been one of the recruiting sites for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded SPS study at Imperial College London.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart' this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- Staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesFor more information on these roles please see the attached job descriptions and person specifications. This will give you a better overview of the job roles and requirements.
Person SpecificationQualifications Band 7 CBT TherapistEssential- Undergraduate degree /Relevant Professional Qualification i.e RMN Current registration with Professional Body appropriate to qualifications
- Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Relevant further training and experience including specialist short courses which are relevant to a secondary care team e.g. Complex Trauma, Personality disorders, CFT, ACT, BDD to masters or equivalent level
- Evidence of continuing professional development and other CPD relevant to the client group.
- Experience working with clients with anxiety disorders, depression and personality disorders and demonstrating the competences as required.
- Registration as an accredited CBT Therapist with BABCP or able to show evidence that you are in the final stages of the registration and accreditation process and can achieve this within a maximum of 6 months of employment.
Knowledge and Skills- Band 7 CBT TherapistEssential- Specialist model specific and individualised psychological assessment, formulation and Intervention skills.
- Demonstrates knowledge of CBT
- Supervision skills
- Knowledge of psychological theory and practice relevant to community mental health services
- The ability to analyse complex data and make expert judgements based on information from a variety of sources
- Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for working CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007)
Experience- Band 7 CBT TherapistEssential- Experience in psychological therapy in the field of adult mental health settings, including assessment, formulation and interventions, drawing on evidence-based psychological models and knowledge, and including work with service users with mild, moderate, severe and enduring mental health problems, including anxiety, depression and/or personality disorder
- Experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
- Experience with routine outcome monitoring
- Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
Other- Band 7 CBT TherapistEssential- Requirement to travel throughout the area covered by the Trust services and to work in the agile model
Employer detailsEmployer nameCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
AddressSwanswell Point
2 Stoney Stanton Road
Coventry
CV1 4FS
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