Perinatal CBT Therapist

Do you like the idea of using your skills in a rewarding and fulfilling way to help women and their families at a crucial point in their lives? We know that providing person-centred care and intervention can impact significantly on quality of life for women as well as their children and families.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit 0.8 FTE (30 Hours per Week) CBT Therapist to offer interventions within the Perinatal Mental Health Team. This is a unique opportunity to be part of this crucial service which will consist of a full MDT team including a range of practitioners.

As an important member of the team, you will uphold the values of promoting women and family centred care whilst ensuring child protection and welfare of the family. You will strive to improve public health by endeavouring to reduce mental health morbidity in mothers through interagency working and communication and fostering collaborative working.

You will aim to raise awareness and competence by delivering education and training events targeted at key professional groups and consider opportunities to collaborate with academic institutions and other key stakeholders in researching maternal mental health.

Please note that we are recruiting candidates that are BABCP accredited.

Main duties of the job

The Perinatal MHT will identify and assess moderate-severe/complex mental health needs in the perinatal and maternity context and will provide specialist advice and signposting, as well as targeted interventions.

The service is intended to provide consultation, advice, formulation, and targeted interventions for those whose needs cannot be met by other services, for example, Primary Care Services including Talking Therapies, Maternity and third sector-based bereavement services.

About us

We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website.

We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and personal specification for the full information on the job description and main duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• A Post Graduate Diploma CBT qualification which meets the criteria for British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapists BABCP accreditation with evidence of experience delivering CBT.
• Talking Therapy (IAPT) qualification in High Intensity CBT Psychological Therapies - post graduate certificate level.
• Accredited with the BABCP.
• Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility.
• Research methodology.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services, a minimum of 2 years' experience.
• Experience of providing evidence-based psychological interventions.
• Experience with routine outcome monitoring.
• Experience of teaching and liaising with other professionals.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist/advanced level of care.
• Development of advance/expert level of practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development.
• Experience of working in a service where agreed targets are in place & demonstrating clinical outcomes.
• Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice.
• Teaching experience/qualification.

Skills and Competencies

• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in mentoring.
• The ability to be resilient and maintain one's own wellbeing whilst working in stressful situations, managing a high volume caseload.
• Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive.
• Broad knowledge of Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others.

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.