This is a 12-month fixed-term training post with Croydon Talking Therapies, the large IAPT service run by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The postholder delivers cognitive behavioural therapy for depression and anxiety while training as a high intensity therapist. Three days a week are spent in the service, seeing clients in GP surgeries, outpatient clinics and remotely, with one evening a week required, and the other two days are spent on the PG Dip in CBT at Royal Holloway. Successful applicants are expected to remain in post until the training ends in early 2028.
What the job involves
- Deliver high quality cognitive behavioural therapy to clients with depression and/or anxiety
- Provide high intensity interventions to clients with complex problems where CBT is clinically effective
- See clients in GP surgeries, outpatient clinics and remotely
- Work three days a week in the Croydon Talking Therapies service
- Undertake the PG Dip in CBT at Royal Holloway University of London over two days a week
- Work one evening a week
Qualifications
- Recorded graduate-level qualification in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or a psychological therapy, or evidence of meeting BABCP KSA requirements
- Evidence of meeting BABCP Knowledge, Skills and Attitude requirements
Experience
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Ability to meet agreed service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- High standards of written communication, including clear reports and letters to referrers
Skills & knowledge
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- Training, formal or through experience, and carrying out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
Nice to have
- Experience of working in primary care services
- Experience of working in a service with agreed targets demonstrating clinical outcomes
What’s offered
- Comprehensive benefits package for staff and their families
- Support for a healthy work-life balance
- Staff Health and Wellbeing Champion
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
