Trainee Cbt Therapist

6 months ago


Lincoln, United Kingdom Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The successful applicants will work in the Talking Therapies service whilst also attending Nottingham University for 2 days per week to study for a Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

The successful Trainees will provide treatment for people in the self-management of their common mental health problems through NICE recommended protocols whilst studying to attain the CBT qualification.

Trainees will be asked to sign a contract binding them to work for the Trust for 2 years after qualifying.

Please note that you will need to hold a degree, plus a Professional qualification such as Clinical Psychologist, Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Psychological Therapy or be able to provide evidence of meeting the Knowledge Skills and Attitude (KSA) requirements of the BABCP - follow the link below for more information:
Successfully complete and pass the Post Graduate Diploma in CBT.

Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s referral protocols, and signpost clients who require other services on to the relevant service 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.

Undertake psychological assessments of patients referred to the service.

Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times

Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT and other agreed psychological therapies

Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development

Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with Manager

Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Responsibilities for direct/indirect patient care

Contribute to specialised programmes of care/care packages/ provide specialised advice concerning care

Assess, develop & implement specialist psychological interventions in accordance with NICE guidelines.

Provide advice in specialist area

To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, vulnerable adults and people experiencing domestic abuse, both as service users and visitors to Trust premises.

Responsibilities for policy and service development implementation

To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the services operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.

Responsibilities for financial and physical resources

To use computers to write reports and record data

To use resources in the most beneficial way to service users, based on their need

Responsibilities for human resources (including training)

To receive regular clinical professional supervision.

To carry out duties in relation to local, regional and national initiatives in developing services in th



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