Cbt Therapist

North Tyneside Talking Therapies Service is a well established NHS Talking Therapies Service, providing psychological input to the North Tyneside population since 2008. We are a patient focused and pro-active community based primary care service with strong working relationships with GPs and our colleagues in secondary care and specialist services. We are committed to delivering high quality community oriented services, and to working in partnership with service users, carers, health and social care agencies and the voluntary sector. The team is an integrated mental health service made up of Low Intensity and High Intensity therapists, Counselling, Psychology and Employment Support working within steps 2-4 of the stepped care model. We work in a blended approach. Mix of working from home completing therapy virtually and working from Northumbria bases.

We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated individual to be part of the Step 3 team on permanent contract, to provide high intensity interventions, in a primary care setting. The post holder will work with clients who have a range of mental health problems for which their Talking Therapies experience has been demonstrated to be clinically effective, and will receive excellent support in their role, including extensive clinical and caseload supervision.

The post holder will work within North Tyneside Talking Therapies Service, providing high intensity interventions, mainly cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) or Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) to clients with a range of moderate to complex mental health problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.

The post holder will work within North Tyneside Talking Therapies service (NHS Talking Therapies), providing high intensity interventions, mainly cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) or Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) to clients with a range of moderate to complex mental health problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.