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Job Overview

Are you a qualified and accredited CBT therapist looking for a rewarding opportunity to work within a supportive team? We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced therapist to join our friendly and multi-disciplinary team at West Cheshire CYPMH. This is a maternity cover role, full time post on a fixed-term 12 month contract.

Main area: CBT Therapist

Grade: Band 7

Contract: 12 months (12 Months Fixed term)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 373-CYP1368

Site: Marsden House

Town: Chester

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 06/03/2025 23:59

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering CBT interventions to children and young people aged 0-18 years old, experiencing a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties. You will work collaboratively with a team of mental health professionals to provide comprehensive care to our service users.

Main duties of the job:

• Assess, accept and prioritise referrals to the service, adhering to local CYPMH' Operational Policy.
• Contribute to clinical development, team clinical thinking, and support the clinical leadership team alongside clinical coordinators.

Working for our organisation:

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care including the provision of three GP surgeries. Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities: Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Criteria:

• Post graduate qualification in CBT.
• The postholder will be BABCP accredited or BABCP accreditable and working towards BABCP accreditation within the first year of employment.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BABCP.

Knowledge and Expertise Essential criteria:

• Expert knowledge of the cognitive behavioural model and disorder specific CBT interventions.
• Expertise in formulating, and applying CBT models to the individual young person and their carers.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.

Experience Essential criteria:

• Experience of utilising specialist cognitive behavioural assessment and treatment for a wide range of presenting problems.
• Experience in a specialist cognitive behavioural therapist clinical role, providing specialist treatment packages.
• Experience of conducting mental health assessments and risk assessments.

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.

Further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Jonathan Girvan

Job title: Operational Team Manager

Telephone number: 01244 393 200

Additional Information: If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact or telephone 01244 393100.