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High Intensity CBT Trainee | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 December 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,806 - £53,134 per annum Incl. of HCAs |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 January 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6824260/334-CLI-6824260 |
Summary
We are recruiting High Intensity CBT trainees to join our NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression - Talking Therapies Southwark (TTS). Postholders will spend three days a week in the service and the other two days, they undertake the PG Dip in CBT course at Royal Holloway University of London.
We have been a NHS Talking Therapies service for depression and anxiety since 2008 and currently have over 100 WTE staff. We provide a full range of NICE recommended step 2 and 3 interventions for depression and anxiety including CBT, IPT, Counselling, DIT, BCT and EMDR. The postholders will join the TTS to deliver high quality cognitive-behavioural therapy to clients with depression and / or anxiety.
Postholders will be expected to see clients mainly outpatient clinics, but possibly in GP surgeries or other community settings. Most of our staff do at least one evening a week and are involved in delivering both individual and group treatments. Successful applicants can expect to join a highly valued and motivated TTS workforce which consists of cognitive behavioural therapists, clinical or counselling psychologists, counsellors, PWPs, career coaches and our admin team.
We have two team bases, Maudsley Hospital and Guy's Hospital and post holders will base at one of them but is expected to have to travel between the two sites occasionally.
Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
• Assess clients for suitability for CBT. Where the problems appear to be too complex or severe to be appropriate for a trainee, therapist to refer to manager/supervisor for advice on how to manage the case.
• Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.
• Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.
• Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
• Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
• Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
• Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
• Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.
Please see separate document for more details.
This advert closes on Sunday 15 Dec 2024