Recruit to Train CBT Therapist in Mental Health Support Teams
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Mindworks has an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Recruit to Train CBT Trainee, part of the Health Education England (HEE) funded Recruit to Train Programme in partnership with Reading University. The post-holder will be training on the Children & Young People Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) Therapy Course and carrying out clinical work in our service to complement their studies and use their newly developed skills. We are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic mental health practitioners to work and train within our service. The training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions for children, young people or families using evidence-based intervention consistent with the course they are attending. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equity, diversity and inclusion.
We have a vacancy with our North East Hampshire Team based at Aldershot Centre for Health.
Main duties of the job
Information about the Training & the Job Role
This is a permanent post with this training year funded by HEE. After successful completion of the course you will continue your employment within the service using the new skills you have developed.
This role will be best suited for applicants that are able to balance a very busy work and study schedule. You will be an employee at the service but also enrolled on a Postgraduate Diploma course. As this is a Postgraduate level training, you will be required to study and perform at academic level. Applicants must be prepared to work towards their studies outside of protected study time (such as on weekends and after work). Protected study time or teaching days are typically two days a week during term (with possibility of extra university days near start) and will be a mixture of in person and online sessions. Applicants must be willing to travel into London to attend their lectures.
HEE are also expecting to implement a new rule regarding beneficiaries of their training year funding. We recommend you read this if you plan to apply to future trainings.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Job responsibilities
The course you will be completing at the University of Reading as part of this role is a Level 2 accredited course with BABCP. This means that upon completion trainees will meet criteria to apply for provisional accreditation as a CBT therapist with the BABCP.
To apply, you must meet the criteria for CBT training and also have a BABCP-recognised professional background in mental health or related areas. This means having a recognised Core Profession. You can find out whether you have a recognised Core Profession here.
If you do not have a Core Profession, you must complete a portfolio of evidence to show that you have equivalent training and experience. This is known as the Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes portfolio (KSA). If applying via the KSA route, you must have completed a self-statement for KSA criterion 4 before interview and, if successful at interview, will need to prepare the other required sections ahead of the start of the course (including obtaining references). Please see the BABCP website for guidance and exemplars.
If you have undertaken low-intensity CBT training (e.g., PWP, CWP or EMHP) you must have at least 2 years experience between the exam board of your previous training (not just coursework completion or a letter from the department) and the start date of any high-intensity training. This is nationally mandated and is there are no exceptions; you will be asked to evidence your exam board date (or date of graduation certificate if no evidence of exam board) prior to invite to interview.
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Ability to travel is essential due to travel to schools, office base and university.
Please note post holders must successfully complete the course as a condition of this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level.
* Minimum second-class Bachelor's Degree from a UK University or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc).
* Applicants who do not fulfil the academic criteria but with relevant professional experience are encouraged to apply and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
* A training in a mental-health related profession (e.g. psychology, nursing, health visiting; social-work, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, special needs teaching, psychiatry, other psychotherapy, counselling).
Knowledge
* Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children and young people
* Familiarity with electronic patient management systems such as IAPTus, RIO, SystmOne etc.
* Awareness of relevant initiatives and frameworks, including MHSTs, Thrive and CYP IAPT.
* Awareness of relevant data monitoring requirements
* Experience of assessing/working with complex case.
* Experience of developing clinical policies/procedures.
Experience
* Ideally at least two years experience of working with children / young people in a mental health setting
* Experience of working with safeguarding issues
* Experience of multi agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies.
* Previous experience of working within a CBT framework
Skills and Ability
* Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with children, young people, and their families
* Ability to maintain a reflective stance in emotive/challenging interactions with children and their families
* Ability to use supervision to reflect on practice
* Ability to organise own time and diary
* Ability to follow policy and make proposal for change
* Ability to maintain accurate records
* Capability to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level, including IELTS or equivalent to the appropriate level for students with English as a foreign language (BAND D)
* Understanding of evidence based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
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.
Employer name
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
£39,205 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
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