Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
This is an exciting opportunity for dynamic and self-motivated individuals to work for Talking Therapies (formally - Improving Access to Psychological Therapy/IAPT) Service.
The Talking Therapies service has dedicated teams of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs), Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and Counsellors who offer a range of support to help people make positive changes to reduce stress and anxiety and improve their wellbeing.
An opportunity exists for a suitably qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, who is passionate about providing meaningful and effective therapeutic experiences to address common mental health problems, to join the Pendle & Ribble Valley Talking Therapies team.
Applicants who have not completed their training as a CBT therapist will not be considered. Applicants need to be BACP fully accredited.
Main duties of the job
Our CBT Therapists offer accessible screening, assessment and treatment for mild to moderate mental health problems, giving service users a greater degree of choice and flexibility by providing an extensive menu of therapies including psycho-education courses, 1:1 therapy, and group and computerised CBT programs.
You will have a proven track record of delivering high quality service outcomes against robust performance measures and have excellent interpersonal qualities; time management skills; an ability to work autonomously; and an enthusiasm for working in an ever-developing IAPT environment.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Formally recognised Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Post Graduate (Master’s Level) diploma
* Provisional CBT Accreditation with BABCP
* AND Professional qualification in health or social care, e.g. RMN or Social Worker OR KSA equivalence
Knowledge
* Highly developed specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of cognitive behaviour therapy
* Knowledge of the NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT) model and a willingness to develop the service clinically
* An understanding of the key performance indicators in NHS Talking Therapies services and how they relate to clinical practice
Experience
* A broad range of experience of working with a wide variety of clients that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
* Significant experience of delivering specialist Cognitive Behaviour Therapy assessment and treatment of clients in Adult Mental Health, and managing own clinical caseload of therapy clients safely and effectively
* Experience of managing risk and safeguarding concerns according to relevant policies
Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document.
LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce.
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