Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Specialist Children and Adolescence Mental Health (S-CAMHS) Early Intervention for Psychosis (EIP) Service for an experienced and enthusiastic Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team to help deliver a high quality effective service to help young people (14-25 years old) with a first episode of psychosis (FEP) in their recovery and to gain a good quality of life.

You will be joining a very experienced, multi-disciplinary team of nurses, psychotherapists, and medical staff. Although, you will be part of the Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, you will work closely with colleagues in Adult Mental Health Services, Adult Primary and Secondary Mental Health Services to ensure that individuals experience a seamless and co-ordinated approach to their care.

As a service we offer monthly supervision from an experienced CBT therapist, as well as peer support and continuing professional activities to aid with professional development. You will also be part of the wider psychological therapies teams and therefore have access to other multi-modularity therapists.

**Practice**: - High intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

The post holder will be an accredited CBT therapist practicing high intensity therapy in a specialist area with complex, difficult to treat patients within the early intervention psychosis (EIP) Service.

Supervision and Training; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

The post holder will provide supervision and training in CBT based interventions for practitioners, providing both individual and group Low Intensity Interventions in the EIP service in line with service needs.

Provide effective, efficient and comprehensive cognitive CBT and specialist assessments and interventions for young people who are accessing therapy within the EIP Service in line with the Matric Plant and NICE Guidelines. Will be a member of a multi-disciplinary EIP team providing assessment and therapeutic intervention in examining and developing coping strategies to manage symptoms. The post holder will be expected to work towards the development of expertise within clinical specialism of CBT-e and provide training across designated services.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
**Four main hospitals**: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
**Seven community hospitals**: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

This is an exciting opportunity not only for someone experienced in the expert delivery of CBT, but also for someone who has perhaps recently completed formal CBT training at a recognised establishment, or is about to complete such training. It will give the successful applicants the opportunity to consolidate learned skills by dedicating most of their working day to providing CBT in a highly supportive and supervised environment, which will help them significantly on their path not only to CBT therapist accreditation with the BABCP, but in developing their skills, competence and confidence as a CBT therapist. Applicants should be able to demonstrate that they will be able to attain BABCP accreditation in no more than 12 months, as career progression would be dependent on this.

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these mínimal desirable requirements during the c