Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Service is an NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression Service. As a service, we support people presenting with mild to moderate anxiety disorders and depression. Please see our website for further information on Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service.
We are recruiting for 1.3 WTE Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and we will consider applications from those who wish to work flexibly. One weekday evening until 8pm is desirable.
You must be qualified and accredited or accreditable with the BABCP and have applied for BABCP accreditation.
Main duties of the job
The main duties include initial assessments following a referral to our service, offering evidence-based step 3 CBT interventions for treatment of a range of difficulties including depression, health anxiety, BDD, panic disorder, PTSD, OCD, GAD and specific phobias. The successful applicant should have excellent clinical skills in assessment and treatment, working collaboratively with both our service users and the wider team. You will be working closely with other professional groups within the team, in particular your step 3 colleagues and step 2 psychological wellbeing practitioners. Providing advice and support to your colleagues is therefore an integral part of this role. The ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, such as GPs, secondary mental health services and non-statutory organisations is encouraged. The post holder will also contribute to broader Service and Trust developments.
Job responsibilities
* To provide CBT to services users in primary care with difficulties with depression and anxiety in line with best, evidence-based practice.
* To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.
* To use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in clinical issues.
* To clinically supervise Psychological Therapists, Trainee Psychological Therapists and Psychological Practitioners or be willing to undertake supervision training if not trained in supervision.
* To provide consultation and advice about psychological issues to other members of the team/service and other professionals working with service users.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in one of the Appendices.
* Professionally registered as specified in the same Appendix.
Knowledge/Experience
* Experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
* A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy.
* Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context.
* Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context.
* Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service.
* Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group.
* A high level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the same appendix, as applied to the client group using this service.
* Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
* Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the same appendix.
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.
£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata for part time.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours.
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