Trainee Psychological Therapist

Come and join our expanding Psychological Therapies team within a passionate and friendly service.

The Greater Manchester Specialist Perinatal Service is a well-established multidisciplinary community team providing a range of tailored approaches to meet the mental health needs of women, birthing people, and their families in the perinatal period. We were recently recognised at GMMH’s Celebrating Excellence Awards.

Our core purpose is to work with women, birthing people to address identified mental health difficulties and mitigate any impact on the unborn baby / infant. We aim to provide a timely, integrated, high quality, and effective service.

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for three Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (CBT) training roles within the Specialist Perinatal Service.

The course is thePostgraduate Diploma (PGDip) Course in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies at the University of Bolton (due to start at the end of January 2024).

This is a training role within the Specialist Perinatal Service. The training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions for women, birthing people and families using the core principles of CBT practice and evidence-based interventions consistent with the course they are attending. The post
- holder will attend all taught and self-study days required by the education provider, as specified within the curriculum and work in the service for the remaining days using their newly developed skills.

Onsuccessfulcompletion of the 2-year CBT training course it is expected that trainees will work as CBT therapists in the teams in which they trained.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond. Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

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