Band 7 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist- MHST

Leicestershire Partnership Trust is a large provider of Community Health, Mental Health and Learning Disability services, serving a population of approximately 1 million people across Leicester City, Leicestershire and Rutland. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust provides Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in education settings across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland serving the children, young people (CYP), their families and communities. Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland MHST is an early intervention and preventative mental health and emotional wellbeing service. The service delivers evidence-based interventions for CYP with mild to moderate mental health needs. The service is part of the national MHST Programme, which has been commissioned following the Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Care Provision: A Green paper (2017).

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and committed candidate to apply for this Band 7 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) post. Please note that applicants must have current registration at the time of application with the BABCP (with full practitioner accreditation). The post holder will support the strategic objectives of the MHST in embedding high quality, evidence based interventions across the service. This will involve working directly with children, young people and their families, as well as supporting the development of cognitive behavioural approaches and interventions across the care pathways through staff training and supervision.

As part of this role involves travelling between schools and clinic bases throughout Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland having your own transport is essential. As part of this role you will be required to hold a valid UK driving license and have access to your own vehicle during working hours, which requires business insurance.

Some of the benefits of working for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust within MHST include:

• To work as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist as part of the MHST, across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
• To provide assessments, formulations and interventions for children and young people presenting with a range of moderate mental health presentations, for which CBT is evidenced to be clinically effective.
• The role would include using a broad theoretical knowledge base to provide consultations, clinical supervision and clinical skill groups for other professionals within the service.
• To work as a highly skilled autonomous practitioner, managing a caseload under clinical and case management supervision.
• To offer consultation and guidance to other mental health professionals, other treatment pathways and community colleagues.
• To contribute to the ongoing development of CBT practice, taking into account advances in treatment, theory and research.
• There may be opportunities to develop other aspects of CBT within the service.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details. We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.