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Cognitive Behavioural Therapist | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 August 2024 |
| Location: | Fleetwood, FY7 6AH |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6462104/351-CEN1018-CL |
Summary
An existing opportunity exists for a suitably qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, who are passionate about providing meaningful and effective therapeutic experiences to address common mental health problems, to join the Fylde and Wyre Talking Therapies Team.
Fylde and Wyre Talking Therapy Team consists of dedicated Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs), Counsellors and Dual trained Clinicians who also have expertise in EMDR, who offer a range of support to help people make positive changes to reduce stress and anxiety and improve their wellbeing. Career development includes CPD in person and remote education, shadowing, joint working with different specialist areas e.g. Physical Health, LD, Perinatal. Staff enjoy working collaboratively to provide/receiving support to all different members of the team/MDT teams providing a holistic approach to their own practice and that of others.
Applicants who have not completed their training as a CBT therapist will not be considered. Applicants need to be BACP fully accredited.
Talking Therapies CBT Therapists offer accessible screening to ensure appropriate referrals to the service, assessment and treatment for mild to moderate mental health problems, giving service users a greater degree of choice and flexibility by providing an extensive menu of therapies including psycho-education courses, 1:1 therapy, and group and computerised CBT program
To provide high quality CBT to adults with common mental health problems including those with a degree of complexity.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of team policies and procedure.
To provide clinical supervision and mentoring to cognitive behavioral therapists and trainees.
To deliver a CBT service in accordance with NICE guidelines, meeting key performance indicators and agreed activity levels.
To work to the agreed model and number of clinical contacts per week as set by the service Job Description Our vision: high quality care, in the right place, at the right time, every time.
To provide advice and consultation on clients’ care, to non-CBT colleagues and to non-professional carers.
To utilise research skills for audit policy and service development and research within the areas served by the team.
To deliver and support the delivery of CBT within agreed activity levels and an agreed model.
To work with the Team Leader and Clinical Leads to provide a co-production role in managing waiting times, prevalence and recovery
To promote wellbeing and social inclusion.
To take lead role / clinical specialty in a designated areas of work i.e. LTC, Older adults, veterans, etc.
To provide clinical leadership at team/locality level, taking a lead role in service development, including engaging and working with other agencies
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role
This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Jul 2024