Cbt Therapist

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Specialist Psychological Therapies Service for Wigan and Leigh. The service provides psychological assessment, formulation and therapy to adult service users with learning disabilities and psychological needs. This includes individual and group therapy using a range of theoretical approaches including CBT, CAT and DBT. The team is psychology lead and consists of Clinical psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, Advanced Practitioners, a Support worker and a Clinical Team Manager. The team also works closely with Experts by Experience with learning disabilities and / or autism to develop and deliver training.

The Specialist Psychological Therapies service are based at the Hazelmere Unit at Leigh Infirmary. There is dedicated office and clinical space, onsite parking and good line management and clinical supervision arrangements.

The post holder will complement the specialist therapies team and be responsible for providing Cognitive Behavioural assessment, formulation and therapy to service users on an individual and group basis. There will also be opportunities for the post holder to become involved in the development and/or roll out of group interventions, as well as working with the team and other agencies to provide consultation around individual service users therapeutic needs and formulation. The post holder will be expected to provide services that meet the agreed service priorities consonant with practitioner experience and expertise.

This job description recognises the need to ensure appropriate supervision and professional development as a core theme.

The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ and their carers.

The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation.

These principles will recognise the need to
- Promotes safe practice
- Value the aims of service users
- Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
- Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
- Value social inclusion

See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements - 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts