Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Hywel Dda University Health Board is located in West Wales in an area of outstanding beauty. It covers the National Park coastline of Pembrokeshire and rolling hills of rural Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire. The area consists of hamlets, villages, market towns as well as some larger towns. It is an ideal place to live and work.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Specialist Children and Adolescence Mental Health (SCAMHS) Ceredigion locality for a Cognitive Behavioural psychotherapist (CBT)

You will join an experienced multi-disciplinary team of practitioners and therapists including Psychotherapists, Psychologists; Psychiatrist; Nurses and Occupational Therapists.

Your role will be to provide specialised cognitive behavioural psychotherapy within SCAMHS, as well as providing consultation and supervision regarding cognitive behavioural practice.

As a service we offer monthly supervision from a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, as well as peer support and continuing professional activities to aid with professional development. You will be part of the psychological therapies team and therefore have access to other multi-modularity therapists.

The post holder will be an accredited CBT who will provide effective, efficient, and comprehensive CBT and specialist assessments and interventions for young people within SCAMHS.

To be a member of a multi-disciplinary team providing assessment and therapeutic intervention for a wide range of emotional and mental difficulties affecting young people, and their families and carers.

Supervision and Training; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

The post holder will provide supervision and training in CBT based interventions for practitioners, providing both individual and group low Intensity Interventions in SCAMHS in line with service needs.

Provide effective, efficient, and comprehensive cognitive CBT and specialist assessments and interventions for young people who are accessing therapy within SCAMHS in line with the Matric Plant and NICE Guidelines.

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

- Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
- Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
- 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
- Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
- Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these mínimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Interviews will be held on 27/06/23