Job requirements
Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge and abilities
Demonstrate experience of working in mental health settings with clients who present with a range of mental health issues and degrees of complexity
- Knowledge and abilities
Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common health problems
- Knowledge and abilities
Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it related to this post
- Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Qualified High Intensity CBT Therapist with BABCP accreditation and specialist CBT knowledge to master's or equivalent level.
- Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Significant experience working as a CBT therapist and demonstrating the competencies required
- Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
BABCP accredited
- Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Successfully completed or willingness to undertake CBT supervisor training
- Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Core Mental Health profession and professional registration (e.g. NMC nursing, SWE social work, HCPC)
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
We are looking for a CBT therapist to join our psychological professions team, offering clinical work and supervision in our adult mental health community services. We are looking for those who are innovative, flexible, and passionate about contributing to delivering services that provide trauma-informed, person-centred care in adult community mental health.
Our CBT therapist forms sits alongside our psychology professionals, Lead Nursing and Allied Health Professionals, Medical and Operational colleagues as part of an experienced, compassionate, trauma informed and person-centred multidisciplinary leadership team. We are keen to support psychological professionals’ development. Training and supervision in leadership, and clinical interventions to deliver and support our NICE informed care pathways is encouraged.
Please note: If you are an internal candidate and wanting to apply for this position as a secondment opportunity. Before applying, please ensure you have discussed the post with your current line manager and obtained their agreement to support your release for the duration of the secondment.
Please note: This opportunity is open to internal candidates within Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust. If you do not currently work for this NHS organisation, your application will not be considered at this time.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide CBT to clients across all sectors of care; providing specialist CBT assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ CBT care to non-CBT colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
As well as holding a caseload of clients the post holder will clinically supervise other Trainee CBT Therapists and Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs). Providing guidance and advice to supervisees on client treatment, onward referrals and caseload management. The post holder has no line management responsibilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Cognitive Behavioural Therapist/Supervisor with Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Bodmin, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Cognitive behavioural therapist, High intensity therapist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term contract or Secondment Opportunity). The application deadline is 22 Oct 2026.
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