Job summary Exciting Opportunity for a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist Are you a passionate and skilled Cognitive Behaviour Therapist looking to make a real impact in the lives of young people living in Kent and Medway? Join our dedicated multi-disciplinary teams working across a 14-bed adolescent inpatient unit and Intensive Home Treatment team supporting individuals with a range of general mental health and eating disorders, including those requiring Naso-gastric feeding. In this dynamic role, you will provide specialist CBT interventions, helping young people develop coping strategies, challenge unhelpful thoughts, and navigate their recovery journey. Working as part of a compassionate, multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to deliver evidence-based therapy in a supportive and structured environment. If you are ready to take on a rewarding and impactful role where your expertise can truly change lives, we would love to hear from you Main duties of the job As a key part of our Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service, the post holder will undertake CAMHS assessments of children and young people up to age 18 to inform formulation, diagnosis and recommendations for treatment within a spectrum of mental health presentations. You will have a caseload, offering evidence based interventions to children and adolescents with complex mental heath needs and their families. You will have the ability to deliver a range of evidence based clinical interventions for children and young people and will be supported to train in other treatment modalities. Develop and maintain close working relationships with members of the team and partnership agencies e.g. Social Services, Education and others is essential. You must demonstrate an interest in multi-agency and multi-disciplinary work and be familiar with evidence-based practice in children's mental health. There are excellent opportunities for CPD, in service teaching and supervision within the team and the Trust. You must be able to work independently and have good clinical / therapeutic and case management skills to engage this group of young people. About us Probationary Period This post holder will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex. Use of AI Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability. Date posted 11 April 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata Contract Secondment Working pattern Part-time, Job share, Flexible working Reference number 395-PP055-25 Job locations Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital Cranbrook Road Staplehurst TN12 0ER Job description Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy. If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit; https://www.capitalnurselondon.co.uk/how-to-apply/. Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group. Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system. Job description Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy. If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit; https://www.capitalnurselondon.co.uk/how-to-apply/. Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group. Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system. Person Specification Qualifications Essential The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist) Desirable To be trained in CBT Experience Essential To be eligible for for registration as a full member of appropriate professional body (e.g NMC, HCPC) Desirable To have CAMHS experience Complex interventions Essential Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions Desirable To have a flexible approach to working around the needs of the service Flexible approach Essential To be willing to take on new training opportunities to increase the clinics skills Desirable To be willing to take on new training opportunities to increase the clinics skills Person Specification Qualifications Essential The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist) Desirable To be trained in CBT Experience Essential To be eligible for for registration as a full member of appropriate professional body (e.g NMC, HCPC) Desirable To have CAMHS experience Complex interventions Essential Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions Desirable To have a flexible approach to working around the needs of the service Flexible approach Essential To be willing to take on new training opportunities to increase the clinics skills Desirable To be willing to take on new training opportunities to increase the clinics skills 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name NELFT North East London Foundation Trust Address Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital Cranbrook Road Staplehurst TN12 0ER Employer's website https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)