Trainee Cbt Psychological Therapist

Applicant must have a core profession as outlined in the person specification. Evidence of this will be needed at interview.

This is a transition and training role, which is a fixed term contract. Once the course requirements are met and the post holder has achieved provisional accreditation with the BABCP they will progress to a full time qualified band 7 CBT therapist role. The post holder will work within Working age adult or Older peoples Community Transformed mental health services in KMPT

To attend to the training course requirements and undertake all of the below duties under the supervision of a clinical supervisor.

Develop psychological formulations for individual patients that contribute towards the overall assessment of their care needs

Collaboratively establish individual patients goals towards recovery.

Determine suitability of specific psychological interventions, including group and individual modalities, based on the patients assessment/formulation

Plan, deliver and review individual and group psychological interventions for specific patients.

With service user consent, to video tape clinical sessions for viewing in clinical supervision and for submission for course assignments.

Identify gaps within and potential developments of the psychological therapy programme, reporting these to supervisory staff

The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities

Come and work for us in the garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disabilities and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural urban areas.

You will be joining friendly passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our Strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people.

Our Vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Trainees will be supported by experienced colleagues and offered a range of opportunities to develop core CBT competencies within the workplace in conjunction with the academic support offered by the course team. You will benefit from clinical supervision on the course and in the workplace, with opportunities for peer support. You will have time for study and assignments built into your job plan. In the first year of the course you will develop your skills with a broad range of clients before specialising in working with people with Psychosis and Bipolar disorder or Personality Disorders in the second year. You will be encouraged to develop areas of interest that are relevant to the clinical work and contribute to service initiatives and development.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further detailed information regarding main responsibilities.