Trainee High Intensity Therapist

The Role: What you will do?
**Are you an experienced mental health professional or social care worker with a recognised professional qualification working in a mental health setting? Do you meet the KSA requirements as set out by the BABCP? Have you considered training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and getting paid to do it?**

**If so, our Trainee High Intensity Therapist programme could be the role for you**

**Getting to know Us**:
Hello We are Vita Health Group - we are one of the lead providers of Talking Therapies services within the North East, Midlands, South East and South West. We are super proud of the work we do at Step 3 and see the life-changing impact of our practice every single day

We really do practice what we preach here at Vita, with a company-wide focus on staff wellbeing, a flexible and creative approach to work and a real culture of openness and support. We love to see our colleagues thrive and achieve their personal goals, so we place a real emphasis on quality supervision, rich CPD and encouraging our CBT Therapists to embrace specialist training and leadership opportunities.

**The Role**:
We are looking for aspiring Cognitive Behavioural Therapists to join our Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) Talking Therapies service as Trainee High Intensity Therapists (HITs) in the January cohort at Coventry University. The course you will undertake is the one-year, full-time, PGDip Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

This is a permanent position with a start date of 13th January 2025 for induction with Vita Health Group and 20th January 2025 at Coventry University.

A typical working week includes 3 days of clinical practice with the service and 2 days at University. University days will be hybrid training with a combination of remote and face-to-face teaching. Whilst your clinical practice is likely to include some remote working, you will be required to attend one of the service area offices for part of the week.

You will provide High Intensity CBT interventions recommended by NICE to clients with moderate to severe common mental health disorders and will receive weekly supervision provided by both the university and the workplace.

**Getting to know You**:
The Trainee position is aimed at mental health professionals who have some experience in CBT and who continue to work in a mental health environment.

Applications are invited from qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychological Therapists, Mental Health Nurses, Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and PWPs with two years post qualification experience.

**For more information about Core Professions**:
**For more information about the KSA requirements**:
**Essential Requirements**:

- Core Professional training or qualification, or able to demonstrate at interview that you meet the KSA requirements set by the BABCP.
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent in a discipline connected to mental health (or ability to study at third year undergraduate degree level).
- Membership of the BABCP (from the time that the course commences).
- Availability to attend university as required - teaching will be a mixture of face to face and remote and travel within the LLR service area.
- Experience of working in mental health services, including risk management.
- Willingness to travel, which may include overnight stays on occasion, as and when required.

**Desirable Requirements**:

- Evidence of foundation level or sustained CPD in CBT.
- Evidence of supervised CBT practice.
- Experience of working in Primary Care/Talking Therapies services.
- Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.

**Other Requirements**:

- Shortlisted applicants must be available to attend interviews held on 9th and 10th October. Unfortunately we are not able to offer alternative dates. All interviews will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams.
- Applicants must be available to commence the role on 13th January 2025. All essential equipment will be provided.
- Applicants who have completed an NHS or HEE funded psychological professions training programme within the last two years are not eligible to apply.
- Only those with the right to work in the UK without restriction and eligible for Home Fee status can be recruited. These rules are set by the UK government and cannot be changed by individual universities or the NHS.

**Why Vita Health Group?**

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do. Now part of Spire Healthcare Group plc we have been providing physical and mental health services for over 30 years. We work in partnership with the NHS, are engaged by insurers and some of the UK’s largest corporate companies to support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

To achieve our mission of **Making People Better**, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. We are an a