We are recruiting High Intensity CBT trainees to join our NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression - Talking Therapies Southwark (TTS). Postholders will spend three days a week in the service and the other two days, they undertake the PG Dip in CBT course at Royal Holloway University of London.

We have been a NHS Talking Therapies service for depression and anxiety since 2008 and currently have over 100 WTE staff. We provide a full range of NICE recommended step 2 and 3 interventions for depression and anxiety including CBT, IPT, Counselling, DIT, BCT and EMDR. The postholders will join the TTS to deliver high quality cognitive-behavioural therapy to clients with depression and / or anxiety.

Main duties of the job

Postholders will be expected to see clients mainly outpatient clinics, but possibly in GP surgeries or other community settings. Most of our staff do at least one evening a week and are involved in delivering both individual and group treatments. Successful applicants can expect to join a highly valued and motivated TTS workforce which consists of cognitive behavioural therapists, clinical or counselling psychologists, counsellors, PWPs, career coaches and our admin team.

About us

We have two team bases, Maudsley Hospital and Guy's Hospital and post holders will base at one of them but is expected to have to travel between the two sites occasionally.

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Assess clients for suitability for CBT. Where the problems appear to be too complex or severe to be appropriate for a trainee, therapist to refer to manager/supervisor for advice on how to manage the case.
• 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.
• Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.

• 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.
• Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
• Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
• 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.
• Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.

Please see separate document for more details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy OR having worked as a qualified PWP for at least two years and evidence of meeting the KSA requirements of BABCP

Skills

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients (A/I)

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
• Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multi-cultural setting (A/I)
• Ability to manage own caseload and time, and meet agreed/specified service targets (A/I)

Desirable

• Experience of working in Primary Care Services
• Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place to demonstrate clinical outcomes

Ability

Essential

• Ability to work effectively within a team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
• Ability to communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to people who may be aroused, or hostile to the information, or have impediments to understanding (A/I)
• Ability to work under pressure and being highly motivated (A/I)
• Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision (A/I)

Desirable

• Fluent in languages other than English

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care (A/I)
• Knowledge of working with people presented with varying cultural & diversity needs (A/I)
• Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health (A/I)
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post (A/I)

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 8AZ

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