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Therapeutic Support Worker

2 months ago

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Therapeutic Support Worker to join our team at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality mental health services to our clients.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assist in the coordination and delivery of skills-based brief psychological interventions within the team.
  • Develop and implement graded exposure plans for clients, including anxiety management and problem-solving strategies.
  • Provide coaching in psychological skills, such as breathing techniques and challenging thoughts.
  • Complete discharge letters of interventions carried out, with training and supervision.
  • Contribute to the development of referral guidelines and exclusion criteria for clients who may benefit from this service.
  • Identify when clients require interventions from other services and initiate timely onward referrals.
  • Support the development of brief psychological interventions and templates for formulation-driven support.
  • Effectively communicate with clients, carers, and colleagues using motivational interviewing skills and adapting communication style as needed.
  • Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with colleagues, clients, carers, and other healthcare professionals.
  • Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent, and work within a legal framework with clients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
  • Attend relevant external and internal courses to extend knowledge and gain relevant skills.
  • Provide psychological skills interventions and maintain a clinical caseload under supervision.
  • Assist the psychology team in the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials.
  • Support the Trainee CAPs with the Brief Psychological Interventions (BPI) project, evaluation, and publication.
  • Act in a manner that supports a psychologically informed framework for the service.
  • Assess and manage risk within an appropriate psychological framework.
  • Work with other staff to assess and review clients' care in preparation for multi-disciplinary treatment reviews.
Person Specification
  • NVQ Level 3 or equivalent level of knowledge and experience, plus knowledge of specific mental health conditions, forms of therapy acquired through training and experience.
  • Good general education up to GCSE equivalent.
  • Psychology degree (2.1 or above; BPS accredited).
Desirable Criteria
  • Short course or in-house training in cognitive behavioral therapy or dialectical behavioral therapy.
Experience
  • Clinical experience of working on a one-to-one basis with people with mental health problems.
  • Experience of supporting service users in problem-solving, grading tasks, and structuring daily routines.
  • Clinical experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Knowledge and Skills
  • High-level communication skills.
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to service users, carers, and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
  • Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from service users.
Other
  • Ability to travel across CPFT locality and have access to a vehicle.