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Schools In Reach High Intensity Psychological Therapist

Employer
Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
Location
Cardiff
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum pro rata
Closing date
20 Feb 2023

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Profession
Psychologist, CAMHS nurse
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
CAVUHB School In-Reach team are looking for a Mental Health Practitioner (High Intensity Psychological Therapist) to join them. School In-reach is a relatively new team of mental health practitioners with different professional backgrounds, who are working together with schools to support the psychological wellbeing and resilience of young people. They are doing this through consultation with school staff, support and advice, teaching and direct clinical work.

The team is led by a Clinical Lead (Clinical Psychologist) and Team Lead who oversee four localities providing support across Cardiff and Vale, including to specialist education providers. Senior Mental Health Practitioners from a range of professional backgrounds provide oversight to the schools in their area, supported by Mental Health Practitioners and Graduate Mental Health Workers.

Difference is celebrated within the team through the promotion of a culture of learning together. The team receive regular supervision, reflective practice, formulation conversations and away days for learning together opportunities. More information on the team and service offer can be found in our recent newsletters, found within the cavyoungwellbeing.wales website.

Building, maintaining and growing relationships is key to the team. Emphasis will be placed on working alongside and in partnership with the local authority schools and other health systems, along with third sector agencies and communities.

Main duties of the job

To support provision of specialist consultation, advice and guidance to primary and secondary education providers

To develop and deliver training for education providers (online and in-person)

To provide assessment of the emotional health and wellbeing needs of children and young people

To provide direct therapeutic intervention to children and young people (group delivery and one-to-one)

To supervise and provide line management for Graduate Mental Health Workers within the team

To contribute to service evaluation and development, including participation in audit and research tasks as they arise across the service.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Boardis one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission isCaring for People, Keeping People Well,and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy,Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed oninnovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Job description Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. We also warmly welcome applicants who identify as minority ethnic or global majority.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential
  • Meets criteria set out by Centre for Workforce Intelligence as a Psychological Therapist:
  • To have completed one year of recognised full-time (or equivalent part-time) psychotherapy or counselling training, leading to a qualification, certification or accreditation recognised by a relevant professional or regulatory body e.g. UKCP, BABCP, BACP.
  • To have achieved a competency level that fulfils the requirements of the regulatory, accrediting or professional body.
  • To be a member of a relevant professional or regulatory body, and continue to fulfil any of its accreditation or membership criteria.
  • To have gained the supervised therapy experience required by the regulatory or professional body encompassing assessment, formulation, engagement, developing the therapeutic relationship, using relevant therapeutic interventions, working collaboratively with clients, and working to end therapy. Or, Counsellor accredited with BACP with 450 supervised hours minimum. Further training, developed competencies and supervised practice for condition-specific therapy delivery as designated in Matrics Cymru.
Desirable
  • Mental Health professional background.
  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant discipline, e.g. Psychology
  • Post-qualification training in high intensity interventions for condition-specific, evidence-based psychological therapy delivery.
Experience Essential
  • Has worked as a counsellor or psychological therapist with clients with a range of mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
  • To demonstrate experience of psychological therapy services within the NHS or in the private or voluntary sectors
  • On-going supervision of therapeutic work.
Desirable
  • Experience in working in a relevant NHS context and working well with teams.
  • To have experience of collecting audit data relevant to counselling/psychological therapy.
  • Experience of working with brief, focused counselling interventions and/or evidence based psychological interventions under appropriate supervision.
Skills Essential
  • Up to date knowledge of the therapeutic approach to be practised.
  • Awareness of other therapeutic approaches.
  • Confirmed competencies in working constructively with clients and with colleagues.
Desirable
  • Able to attend to personal issues evoked in therapeutic work and to use them constructively.
  • Skills in use of audit, evaluation and outcome measures.
  • Ability to speak Welsh/other languages and willingness to use this/these where relevant in the work environment.
Personal Essential
  • Able to get on well with people
  • Good communication skills
  • Self-motivated and well organised
  • Flexible in approach
Desirable
  • Personal resilience/resourceful coping
  • Having a range of interests including outside interests away from psychological therapy which nourish personal development
Other Essential
  • Ability to travel between sites as necessary


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