Lead Therapist for Depression and Anxiety

1 week ago

Chard, Somerset, United Kingdom Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This is an exciting opportunity to join the South Somerset Team of the NHS Somerset Talking Therapies Service, working with individuals experiencing depression and anxiety. The service has excellent links with the voluntary sector and secondary care services thanks to the Open Mental Health Somerset initiative.



As a hybrid post, this role will require remote working and 1-2 days of on-site face-to-face working. You will be part of a primary care multi-professional workforce, increasing access to treatment for people with depression, anxiety, and those living with long-term health conditions. You will provide psychological therapy remotely via video link and face-to-face on-site, with opportunities for flexible working.



Key Responsibilities


  • Formulate, implement, and evaluate therapy programmes for clients according to an NHS Talking Therapies-compliant modality such as IPT, DIT, or CfD.
  • Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered per week to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
  • Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process and liaise with service employment advisers to the benefit of patients.
  • Participate in individual performance reviews and respond to agreed objectives.


About Us

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits, including flexible working, the NHS pension scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, and a commitment to career development. You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping and leisure discounts. Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty, and stunning coastlines while still being close to bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter and only two hours away from London. There are excellent educational facilities in the area, and house prices are reasonable. Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan – there is truly something for everyone.



Person Specification

Qualifications


  • Practitioner qualification/accreditation in an NHS Talking Therapies compliant counselling modality: Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT), or Person-centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD).
  • Good record of Continuing Professional Development in an NHS Talking Therapies compliant counselling modality and willingness to continue this.


Experience


  • Experience of providing psychological therapy within an NHS Talking Therapies (formally known as IAPT) service.
  • Experience of working to agreed performance targets demonstrating clinical outcomes.
  • Ongoing supervision and current psychological therapy work.


Additional Criteria


  • Understanding of a range of mild to moderate mental health problems, including anxiety and depression, and the impact of childhood abuse and neglect and how it may present in primary care.
  • Knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health/benefits and employment systems.
  • Understanding for the need to use evidence-based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.
  • Able to demonstrate a good standard of English language and literacy skills.
  • Computer literate – Word, Excel, clinical databases.
  • Able to carry out risk assessment and develop and implement appropriate risk management plans.

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