Cbt Therapist

We currently have vacancies for two full time CBT therapists to carry out the following job role:
Managing your own caseload of clients with Anxiety disorders or Depression providing evidence based treatments.

Facilitate group work.

Engage in CPD programme.

Attend MDT meetings.

Provide and participate in clinical supervision.

Attend reflective practice.

**Role Summary**:
Provision of CBT based assessment, formulation and treatment for moderate to severe anxiety disorders and depression.

**Key Responsibilities of the Post**:
To provide CBT to clients referred into Healthy Minds.

To undertake and manage a clinical caseload and to prioritise work within agreed service criteria

To act autonomously in the assessment, formulation and implementation of appropriate treatment strategies for patients using a range of specialist therapeutic procedures

To support with service developments, as required, including the delivery of therapeutic groups.

To liaise with other professionals as appropriate.

To undertake clinical supervision to ensure safe therapeutic practice

To complete all documentation as required by the service

**Key Requirements of the Person Specification**:
HIT qualification/CBT diploma or equivalent with post qualification experience delivering CBT for people with common mental health problems.

Accreditation with the BABCP.

**Service/Ward/Department Summary**:
Oldham Healthy Minds provides a range of evidenced based interventions for people requiring a psychological intervention utilising a stepped care model. The post is within a busy IAPT service on a permanent basis.

Staff welfare and professional development is of great importance within our service. To reflect this we offer regular clinical supervision individually as well as peer supervision every month. We provide monthly in house CPD and we provide the opportunity external training wherever possible.

We also offer flexible working opportunities in line with the Trust Policy.

We strive to provide high quality care and support to our clients and have developed a variety of innovative and effective pathways which provides the client access to a range of different treatment modalities and interventions. These pathways support us in meeting the diverse needs of our clients. We encourage staff to be actively involved in the development as well as the provision of these pathways.

Main Duties & Responsibilities
Clinical
1) To carry out the assessment, formulation and treatment planning for service
users referred to the service.
2) To provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to service users using evidence based
protocol.
3) To attend relevant meetings in relation to service user group and to give advice
on referrals appropriate for CBT.
4) To work closely with relevant other professionals as appropriate.
5) To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the
assessment, formulation and treatment plans to service users and their multidisciplinary professional team.
6) To undertake risk assessment and risk management of service users.
Teaching, Supervision & Training
1) In common with all qualified therapists, to receive regular clinical supervision from
a suitably qualified clinician and where appropriate other senior colleagues.
2) To develop skills in professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision
and to provide supervision to trainees from recognised university professional
training courses when appropriate.
3) To provide advice, consultation and training to staff in areas of post holder’s
competence.
4) To contribute to Borough and Trust wide training initiatives.
Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development
1) To participate in new and innovative service developments within the Healthy
frameworks.
2) To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the operational
policy, procedures and protocols for the service.
Research and Service Evaluation
1) To contribute to the provision of data for service evaluation
2) To ensure that clinical interventions carried out by self and trainees/supervisees
are informed by reliable and up to date research and that service users are
offered treatments with the best-proven efficacy.
3) To disseminate recent advances in psychological knowledge/therapies enabling
psychologically informed work within the wider service to be based on good
practice guidelines, using sound theoretical frameworks and national
recommendations
Information Resources
1) To use a computer as necessary for clinical work/training, including literature
searches, presenting diagrammatic formulations, developing and maintaining
report writing and other tasks required for the efficient running of the service.
2) To compile accurate statistical information as required, and to maintain records of
clinical activity. To ensure the submission of clinical activity data, as required by
the Trust
Professional
1) To ensure that clinical notes and correspondence are maintained i