High Intensity Therapist / Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
NHS Talking Therapies North East Lincolnshire service is for people with common mental health problems registered to a GP within North East Lincolnshire. The service became operational in February 2008 and since 2009 NHS Talking Therapies (previously known as Open Minds). We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and dedicated High Intensity CBT therapist to join the team. The successful applicant will work between office base, community space and some remote working. The role offers variety and comes with the opportunity to do further top up training. THIS IS NOT A FULLY REMOTE POST.
You must have a Post-graduate diploma in High Intensity Psychological Interventions and be an accredited member of the BABCP to be shortlisted for interview.
Main duties of the job
1. Assess clients for suitability for CBT or other Talking Therapies.
2. Provide clinical assessment and treatment to service users experiencing common mental health problems as per NICE guidelines.
3. Work closely with other members of the team and organisation to ensure clients are receiving the right care maintaining the stepped care approach.
4. Access regular clinical and managerial supervision as per Talking Therapies Policy and BABCP guidelines.
5. Keep up to date with specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/development.
6. Manage own caseload and time effectively.
7. Keep up to date and accurate records at all times, using the services clinical system.
8. Attend all relevant CPD courses in line with identified professional objectives.
9. Ensure that information for both patients and staff are kept in line with Data Protection Act (1998).
About us
Hello!
We are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health and well-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health services to the NHS and beyond.
The whole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for our own family to use.
We offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community facilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adults inpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and an outstanding specialist eating disorder facility.
Ranked as one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companies top 100 large company list.
As a social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have also developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide training, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden Centre.
Working at Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we really mean it.
We like to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.
Come and Join us!
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Job responsibilities
1. Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service (including protocols for managing self referrals).
2. Assess clients for suitability for CBT or other Talking Therapy.
3. Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the departments referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.
4. Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.
5. Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
6. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
7. Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
8. Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
9. Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
10. Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.
11. Carry out clinical audits of service performance, including service user surveys and evaluations, and help to collate and disseminate the results for feedback.
12. Support the triage process in place to ensure appropriate referrals are accessing the service.
13. Attend occasional outreach events to support the development of the service and share information on CBT.
TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
1. Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the NHS Talking Therapies approved supervision training.
2. Supervise staff in the service.
PROFESSIONAL
1. Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (e.g BPS, UKCP, BABCP), and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
2. Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
3. Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT and other agreed psychological therapies.
4. Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.
5. Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with Manager.
6. Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.
7. Keep up to date all records in relation to C.P.D. and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.
8. Attend relevant conferences/workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
ADVISORY / LIAISON
1. Provide an advisory service on matters related to the practice and delivery of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or other therapy to individuals/groups/committees across the Mental Health Trust, Primary Care Trust and other voluntary agencies.
2. Promote and maintain links with Primary Care and Secondary Care Staff to help co-ordinate the provision of an effective Psychological Therapies Service.
GENERAL
1. To contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
2. To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services.
3. All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of colleagues, patients and the general public.
4. All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
5. It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their official position for personal gain, to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties.
6. This Job Description does not provide an exhaustive list of duties and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder in light of service development.
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
* High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
* Advanced communication skills.
* Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships.
* Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality.
* Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, & in own personal and professional development and in supervision.
* The ability and skills to act as an advocate for a new service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system.
* To work at least 3 days out of 5 days a week, between base and community settings.
* Fluent in any other languages other than English.
* Car driver with ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation.
Experience
* Working in Mental Health Services.
* Ability to meet agreed/specific service targets.
* Ability to manage own caseload and time.
* Demonstrate high standards in written communication and able to write clear reports and letters to referrers.
* Working in Primary Care Mental Health Services.
* Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
* Supported the development of a new pathway or service.
Qualifications
* Postgraduate Diploma in High Intensity Psychological interventions.
* BABCP Accreditation.
* Other Talking Therapies Qualifications.
* EMDR.
Knowledge
* Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care.
* Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health / benefits & employment systems.
* Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
* Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence-based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post. Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007).
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice.
* Basic understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk.
* Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients.
* Able to attend supervision training if not already trained.
* Good record of Continuing Professional Development.
* Trained in provision of supervision for CBT.
* Completed clinical audits within a service.
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.
Hybrid of office/community based working and working from home.
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