Senior Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

2 weeks ago


Stockport, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS FT Full time

Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service. -Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the cognitive and behavioural model of psychopathology. Assess clients for their suitability for psychological interventions
- Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the departments referral protocols, and refer clients who do not meet service eligibility on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients. Use highly developed communication skills in working with people to understand their personal and often very sensitive difficulties-To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment andtreatment of clients in line with the service criteria. Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying cognitive and/or behavioural psychological formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language. On an individual and team level, ensure the modification of cognitive and / or behavioural formulations and treatments are made to meet the needs of specific populations or specific needs, whilst maintaining compliance to C/BT treatment manuals and ensuring therapy drift is monitored.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. Attend and/or chair multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.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, and also contribute to the development and governance of the stepped care pathway. Assess and integrate psychosocial issues into the overall therapy process (e.g. work, relationships, other occupation etc.)-Liaise with other health and social care staff from a range of agencies in the care provided to clients. Provide specialist advice and consultation in line with professional codes of conduct and field of expertise. To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning the development and maintenance of the psychological problem.Employing an evidenced based practice approach to therapy and has a wide understanding of empirical research findings, in which to critically evaluatetreatment approaches, on an individual and team level -To undertake an assessment of risk in all clinical contacts for a range ofpatients/service users from mild to severe psychological difficulties, with attention to the changing nature of risk factors in accordance with Trust protocols.To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment treatment and discharge of own caseload of complex and challenging service users managed by the Primary Care Mental Health Services within a reasonable time limit. To organise own clinical time to enable the efficient provision of clinical time with a clinical caseload. To be able to sit frequently for substantial periods of time, through clinical case work, and while delivering clinical supervision, maintain intense prolonged and frequent periods of concentration. To be able to communicate effectively while engaged in clinical work that is highly distressing and or challenging with episodes of verbal/threat of physical aggression. To ensure that all members of the clinical team/s have access to apsychologically based framework for the understanding and care of users of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological knowledge, research and theory.To take substantial professional responsibility and exercise appropriatejudgement, in consultation with the Professional lead and clinical lead forcommunity pathway, in accordance with Trust policies and professional codes of conduct.



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