CBT Therapist

LOOKING FOR A NEW, VARIED AND EXCITING ROLE IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our multi award winning Mental Health Support Team as a CBT Therapist. This is a diverse and enjoyable role, in which you will support a small caseload of children and young people (CYP), alongside supporting our low intensity CBT practitioners with Public Health England’s Whole School Approach activities within our designated education settings. This includes CYP and parent/carer drop ins, training to education staff and workshops with CYP / parents / carers.

We are currently recruiting to our Spalding area.

The Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) support children and young people aged 5-18 within school and college settings who are presenting with mental health or emotional health problems which are of a mild to moderate level of complexity and/or intensity.

You will receive regular group and 1:1 clinical supervision, alongside monthly management supervision and support from the wider team. MHST also work closely with our CAMHS and Healthy Minds Lincolnshire colleagues for support and shared learning.

MHST working hours are Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, however flexible working patterns are always considered.

For more information please contact Sam White on [email protected], You will provide assessment and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for a range of presenting difficulties for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.

We have various teams across the MHST, all in various stages of training. This role will therefore give you a great opportunity to work with both qualified staff and trainees.

The role also offers a flexible style of working, as the team use a hybrid model, offering support both face to face and virtually to education staff, children, young people and their families.

You will need to be enthusiastic and very well organised and able to travel across Lincolnshire as needed to provide services. You will be expected to work on your own initiative as well as work well within a multi-disciplinary setting. You will also need to be an excellent communicator and team player.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

• Competitive annual leave allowance

• Car leasing scheme

• Childcare Vouchers

• NHS pension scheme

• Free eye tests

• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Get in touch today

Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Sam White (MHST Team Coordinator) or Lucy Ainscough (CBT Manager), via email at [email protected] or [email protected]