Cbt Therapist

CBT Therapist - ARMS
Band 7 - £40,057 - £45,839 per annum
Base - South West Essex (Basildon, Brentwood, and Wickford)
Hours - 37.5 hours per week

We are excited to be able to announce that with new mental health transformation funding we will be launching a service aimed at identifying and supporting those at risk of developing psychosis symptoms - an ARMS (At Risk Mental State) service. This service will be separate to, but under the have close links with existing Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services. There will be a number of new posts in this new multi-disciplinary team aimed at offering predominantly, but not exclusively, psychosocial interventions with an evidence base of mental health prevention. This post will be part of that new team.

As a specialist mental health service, ARMS is based on NICE-recommended interventions which include comprehensive assessment and psychological interventions for psychosis or co-existing mental health problems. These activities are often supported with family interventions, care coordination, social prescribing and education/employment support. The psychological therapists are an integral part of the ARMS multi-disciplinary team. Key responsibilities would include supporting the team in developing psychological formulation for treatment planning; assisting assessment using psychometric tools such as Comprehensive Assessment of At Risk Mental States (CAARMS); and delivering evidence-based individual psychological therapy.

We are looking for a CBT therapist who is able to work positively and proactively with MDTs and with people who present to our services with psychosis. An interest in completing CBT for Psychosis or other advanced training would be an advantage. The Trust actively supports CPD, and you will be encouraged to develop your skills and areas of interest where they meet service needs. Most of our psychological therapists have completed further clinical training, including in CBTp, Family Interventions, Schema Therapy, CAT, DBT and EMDR.

**Join EPUT for a wealth of benefits, including**:
A commitment to develop your career

A preceptorship arrangement with swift acceleration to band 8a for newly qualified (when criteria have been fulfilled, usually 6-12 months post induction)

A generous relocation package of up to £8000 (offered under specific terms)

Flexible working

Funding to further CPD training

**A range of well-functioning Staff Networks, including**: BAME; LGBTQ+; Faith; Carers; Disability

Attached to this post is up to£6000of CPD funding over the course of 3 years for a skills specific training need within the service. We want to provide staff with high quality training to meet their needs and to ensure that we are offering the best possible treatment to the population we serve.
- Provide psychological assessments of service users, utilising information from health, social care, education and employment contacts, as well as direct contact with the service user and their carers.
- To formulate and implement plans for psychological treatment and/ or management of the service user’s mental health problems based on appropriate conceptual framework and employing methods of efficacy
- To be responsible for delivering evidenced-based psychological interventions for individuals presenting with an At Risk Mental State (ARMS) and/or co-existing mental health difficulties
- To be responsible for planning, setting up and delivering evidence-based group psychological interventions.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of service users accepted by the service. To plan, manage and prioritise your own caseload.
- To provide psychological consultation to other professionals as required,

contributing to the service user’s formulation and interventions.
- To develop and maintain appropriate liaison with staff from other disciplines that provide services to individuals with ARMS to ensure well-coordinated and personalised approach to the service user’s care.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to communicate the psychological aspects of the risk assessment and risk management to other professionals.
- To communicate in a skilled, sensitive and timely manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and intervention plans for service users and their progress.
- To be aware of possible safeguarding issues, to take responsibility for raising concerns about possible safeguarding issues; to be responsible for seeking guidance on safeguarding issues and adhering to safeguarding policies and procedures.

The successful applicant will join a wider team of Psychological therapists, Recovery Coordinators, Support Workers and Employment/Education Advisor as part of the ARMS team. This is a newly commissioned service aiming to recruit supportive, highly skilled, established and professionals. The ARMS service will work closely with ESTEP. As pa