CBT / Psychological Therapist- Band 7

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist/CBT to join our Coventry Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). The team works with people with complex and enduring mental health difficulties such as complex trauma, mood disorders, and co‑morbid physical and other mental health difficulties.

Psychological therapists within the CMHT are an exciting and vibrant mix of clinicians who offer a range of interventions including CBT, CBT-PD, EMDR, DBT-informed work, and CFT. The post would provide excellent opportunities in terms of developing specialist skills in psychological models of care. Psychological therapists are embedded within the CMHT and we are therefore looking for someone who values and enjoys multi‑disciplinary working and has a high level of understanding of the distinct contribution and added value that psychological approaches can make to service provision.

The job will involve providing specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and evidence based psychological interventions (individual and group) to service users. The role also includes joint work with colleagues in the form of team formulation, staff training, support and consultation around psychological issues and reflective practice, alongside audit, service development, evaluation and research activities as required.

Main duties of the job:

• With the support and supervision of a senior Psychological Therapist you will provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and evidence based psychological interventions (individual and group) to service users accessing the non-psychosis pathway of the Community Mental Health Team presenting with complex and enduring mental health difficulties.
• You will also be encouraged to be involved in audit, service development, evaluation and research activities.

About us:

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more.
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes.
• Wellbeing support, including an in‑house counselling service, external helpline and more.
• Staff networks and support groups.

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities:

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• To have undertaken a recognised qualification and to be appropriately regulated in one of the core mental health professions e.g. nursing, social work, psychology and occupational therapy, or substantial previous experience as an NHS psychotherapist.
• Qualification in a recognised psychological therapy, to master’s level or equivalent.

Knowledge and skills:

• Ability to provide Cognitive Behavioural and/or other psychological therapy to individuals within a CMHT.
• Knowledge of a range of models currently used in Community Mental Health Services.
• Well developed skills in effective communication of highly technical or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and professional colleagues both within and outside of the NHS.
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development.
• Advanced IT skills, for recording work activity, for searching databases and the internet, for word processing and preparing presentations, and for using email and intranet systems.
• Good oral and written skills.
• Awareness and understanding of ethical issues that arise in this area of work.
• Knowledge of legislation and policy as it affects this client group.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional groups and non-professional groups.

Experience:

• Experience of working with individuals with complex trauma.
• Relevant experience of working in a mental health setting within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of the assessment of the suitability of prospective clients for a recognised psychological therapy.
• Experience of or willingness to contribute to the clinical supervision of less qualified staff and/or trainees utilising both group and individual formats.
• Experience of the application of psychological treatment in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of teaching and training.
• Experience of working with group dynamics and group processes.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of clients across the whole adult life with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Experience of the assessment, formulation and treatment of high risk clients in crisis, who experience high levels of suicidal ideation, and frequently engage in deliberate self-harm.

Other:

• Must hold a current driving licence and have independent means of transport.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours.