High Intensity Therapist/CBT Therapist

Job overview

We are looking for a High Intensity Therapist/ CBT Therapist to join Croydon Talking Therapies (IAPT) service. Please note, the successful candidates will be paid at band 6 until the candidate obtains their provisional BABCP accreditation.

You can expect a friendly, creative, welcoming and social team consisting of Step 2 clinicians, High Intensity Therapists and admin staff. We take pride in involving our staff, drawing upon their skills and strengths and have a Staff Health and Wellbeing Champion. We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate team players, committed to working for our Croydon communities, offering patient-centered, responsive and high quality psychological health and wellbeing services.

We look forward to receiving your application.

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date due to an exceptional response. Therefore, we recommend that you apply for this vacancy as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams.

Main duties of the job

The primary role is to provide a specialist psychological therapy service to clients of Croydon Talking Therapies. This includes specialist assessment, treatment planning (mainly Cognitive Behaviour Therapy), and delivery, including monitoring of outcomes on a weekly basis.

Communications and Working Relationships:

• supervised weekly by an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/High Intensity CBT Therapist, and fortnightly group supervision by a clinician from the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma
• work with the Team Lead, Clinical Director and the other members of the team
• work with and liaise and consult with mental health organisations, GPs, practice teams, and counsellors

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

About the role

HI Trainees who will be shortly completing their HI CBT course are strongly encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities:

1) CLINICAL

• To deliver NICE recommended, formulation driven specialist psychological interventions for depression and anxiety disorders, adapting interventions for the specific needs and clinical setting, working with individual clients, groups and large workshops.
• Assess and integrate issues surrounding social support, voluntary work and employment into therapy.
• To collect and enter clinical outcome data on a sessional basis; select and interpret outcome measures to inform treatment planning.
• To communicate skilfully and sensitively highly complex and sensitive information with clients, carers, colleagues and other professionals taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication.
• To keep clear, accurate and up to date records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
• To confidently assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans
• To provide information and signposting for patients who do not meet the service’s eligibility criteria or refer people with more severe common mental health problems to the secondary care psychological therapies service.
• Maintain a clinical caseload in line with activity targets agreed with line manager.

2) TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION

• To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist/psychotherapist according to BABCP/BPS/HCPC and Trust guidelines. This must include live supervision of your work (through recordings or observation).
• To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within Croydon IAPT by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology, CBT, IAPT and by implementing knowledge gained in practice.
• To provide specialist training to other professionals as appropriate.
• May involve providing professional managerial, and clinical supervision to HI CBT therapists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, trainees, assistant psychologists and other junior staff members for all aspects of their work. This must include live supervision of therapist’s work.

3) TEAM MEMBER

• To make a full contribution to the running of Croydon Talking Therapies as a member of a team and the whole service.
• To identify any aspects of the service which could be improved and contribute to the service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
• To support, encourage and inspire other team members.

4) RESEARCH and SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

• Assist in the development and maintenance of a strong research culture that values the use of outcome measures as a way of improving clinical practice. Encourage the critical evaluation of practice, and undertake, communicate and disseminate research
• Use theory and literature to support evidence-based practice in clinical work, supervision, teaching and consultations
• To contribute to the development of services through initiating, undertaking and supervising service evaluation and audit.

5) PROFESSIONAL

• Work as an autonomous professional and maintain standards of practice adhering to HPC or BABCP guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions.
• To ensure Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS/BABCP/UKCP and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements.
• To maintain HCPC registration and BABCP accreditation.

6) GENERAL

• To participate in business and professional meetings within the IAPT service and PMIC CAG.
• To regularly work one evening and do Saturday work (on occasion) as required
• Any private work must be agreed in advance in writing with the SLAM IAPT Service Director and the line manager. Private psychological therapy work or advice must always be clearly separate from IAPT or NHS work and not undertaken on NHS premises or premises used by IAPT. It cannot be undertaken with any resident of the borough of Croydon, with any current client of the service, or with a client within two years of the worker having seen that client in the service. Private services cannot be advertised through work locations. The post holder will not enter into personal relationships with clients they have met through IAPT or NHS work when outside of their IAPT or NHS setting.
• To travel between the surgeries and bases as and when appropriate. To provide services at various locations in the borough of Croydon. The post holder may be required to hot desk in busy open plan offices.

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.