Trainee High Intensity Cbt Therapist

Alliance are the leading independent provider of mental health and psychological wellbeing services across Teesside and the North East.

Are you wanting to improve the lives of young people and families facing mental health difficulties and deliver support in a dynamic and creative children’s team? If so, we would love to hear from you as we have an exciting trainee opportunity available.

This is a great time to join our organisation, where our team is leading on and involved in the transformation of local children’s mental health and wellbeing services and delivering psychological support and emotional well-being services in a range of educational and community settings. We support a whole school/college approach to improving mental health and wellbeing.  We also provide psychological therapies to children and families with multiple and complex needs.

You will share our service vision and organisation values for understanding and meeting the different needs of individuals, families, and communities across Teesside. We are strong well-established teams who are supportive and friendly. Our ethos is ensuring we provide support for our staff, including their development as we grow our service.

**Main duties of the job**

Alongside employment you will undertake an academic programme with Northumbria University, and you will be trained to deliver high-intensity evidence-based CBT therapy. During training and with effective guidance and supervision you will provide a range of interventions in schools and across local communities, helping to develop a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing and supporting the wider delivery of Children’s Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Services through the Thrive Framework and the ‘Getting Help’ offer across Teesside.

You will be supporting the delivery and development of a range of groupwork and 1:1 intervention with both children, young people and parents and building the offer of mild-moderate mental health interventions.  You will also be committed in supporting a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing across Hartlepool and Stockton.  This exciting opportunity comes with a commitment from our organisation to support CPD and personal development. 

**Interviews will be held on: 8 November 2024**

You must have right to work in the UK as we are currently unable to offer working visa opportunities.

**About us**

Alliance offers first rate training and development opportunities, 38 days annual leave pro rata, rising 1 day every 5 years of service (as well as the option to purchase additional annual leave) EAP health scheme including costs towards eye tests/glasses, dental treatment, physio treatment and shopping discounts alongside a 3% contributory pension scheme. We also offer lots of health and wellbeing initiatives for our staff and promote flexible working for a positive work life balance.

Alliance Psychological Services has organisational responsibility for safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults within our service, part of this is to follow safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is also a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children.

Alliance Psychological Services Limited is committed to promoting equal opportunities in our employment practice and service delivery. We are signatories to the Mindful Employers Charter. Alliance also has Investors in People status and is a Living Wage employer.

**Job description/ Job responsibilities**

Alliance is a leading local children’s mental health provider delivering psychological support and emotional well-being services in primary and secondary schools and supporting a whole school approach to improving children’s mental health and wellbeing. We also provide psychological therapies to children and families with multiple and complex needs. Through the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) Programme our service transformation is through the delivery of evidence-based therapies, use of routine outcome measures and in full collaboration with children, young people’s and families.

**Job Purpose**

The postholder will operate within a wider team of psychological therapists and will deliver, with Clinical supervision, high-quality; outcome focused evidence-based CBT interventions for children and young people who are experiencing mental health disorders such as anxiety & depression. The postholder will have the necessary knowledge, attitude and capabilities to operate effectively in an inclusive, value driven service. The post holder will attend university based taught and self-study days required by Northumbria university as the HEI, as specified within the agreed national curriculum and deliver therapies and support for the remaining days of the week, using their newly developed skills.

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