Trainee CBT Therapist - Hounslow Talking Therapies

Job overview

Are you a mental health or social care worker with a recognised professional qualification or equivalent experience, working in a mental health setting? Have you considered training in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)?

Hounslow Talking Therapies are recruiting for several Trainee High Intensity CBT Therapist:

• One-year paid fixed-term training contract
• Starting in March 2025
• On average three days working within Hounslow Talking Therapies and two days at university (PGDip – Royal Holloway, UoL)

Hounslow Talking Therapies is a well-established, friendly, and diverse service, priding itself on supporting the development and wellbeing of our staff through:

• Weekly clinical supervision, monthly Reflective Practice and line management supervision; daily duty/debrief system to address risk or safeguarding issues – making the service an ideal place for trainees to develop their skills with substantial support around
• Opportunities for career progression, with staff having progressed from trainees to seniors
• A dedicated wellbeing team who promote a healthy work-life balance and organise regular team events

Flexible, agile working policy, with staff combining working from home and on site (our main base is in Isleworth, with community locations from Chiswick to Feltham, many close to lovely independent cafes and businesses – we often allocate these considering people’s commutes)

Main duties of the job

• This is a training role within the NHS Talking Therapies Programme
• This intensive training post will equip the post holder to provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) assessments and NICE-recommended CBT treatment to people presenting with moderate to severe depression and anxiety for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. Appointments take place in person, via video, or via telephone.
• To work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary, being committed to equal opportunities
• To provide advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers
• To work one evening shift a week (12-8pm) – as we are passionate about engaging all groups of our community, we operate evening clinics (up until 8pm) Monday - Thursday
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.