CBT Therapist/Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for a full-time or part-time CBT Therapist/Counselling Psychologist/Clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist to join the CNWL Talking Therapies Harrow team. It’s a stipulation of the post that applicants will only be eligible if they have BABCP accreditation and are not currently working in the NHS or NHS commissioned service. This will be a permanent contract.
The team hub is based at 12-14 Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2SL.
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The post holders will be expected to provide psychological treatment for common mental health problems at step 3 level and carry out other duties such as triage and provision of clinical supervision to low intensity workers, trainees, assistants and other staff as required. We are looking for applicants who have enthusiasm for working in a primary care setting, who are adaptable, enjoy variety, and working independently as well as within a team context.
This post would be suitable for experienced practitioners or newly qualified CBT therapists. In order to be shortlisted for this post, applicants must be BABCP accredited and not working with NHS or NHS commissioned service.
The post holder will be expected to participate in extended hours clinics offered by the service which include early morning and late evening clinics. Ability to deliver therapy in local language is desirable.
We are a well-established service that is responsible for the provision of Low intensity and High Intensity therapies within the standards of stepped care model at steps 2 and 3. Alongside high and low intensity CBT interventions, the CNWL Talking Therapies Harrow service also has a counselling service at step 3. Individual and group-based treatments are provided at step 2 and step 3 levels.
The Service is currently offering a combination of face-to-face and remote working (delivered either via home working or from our office base). We offer agile working opportunities to all of our staff, which would enable you to work flexibly from home for a good proportion of your week and have a work pattern that suits your lifestyle.
The team consistently meets its access and recovery targets and undertakes further projects and service innovation work to meet new demands and needs of the local population. We offer outreach programmes and webinars to our local community that focuses on improving psychological wellbeing. There are clear and well-defined systems for triaging and screening of incoming referrals, allocation of clients to step 2 and step 3, management of waiting lists and stepping up and stepping down clients as appropriate. We also have good links and clear set pathways with local Perinatal, and Community Mental Health Teams.
The post holders will be expected to provide psychological assessment and treatment for common mental health problems at step 3 level and carry out other duties such as triage and provision of clinical supervision to low intensity workers, trainees, assistants and other staff as required.
The post holders will receive regular supervision and support from a Senior Clinician as well as benefit from peer support and guidance from other team members. The CNWL Talking Therapies Harrow Service has close links with Talking Therapies teams within CNWL and there are opportunities for further development. We have good links with and have trainees from all the Regional training courses and there would be opportunities to mentor and supervise Trainee Clinical or counselling Psychologists, High Intensity Trainees and others as appropriate. We offer excellent CPD programmes in CBT which involves live workshops and webinars from world leaders in their fields across the range of IAPT presentations. For more experienced clinicians, we are able to offer training in other models of care such as IPT, BCT, and MBCT. Our clinicians also have opportunities to develop expertise in their area of interest, such as, Long-term Health Conditions (Long-Covid, Diabetes, COPD, etc.) Perinatal, Older Adults, Learning Disabilities, Autism, LGBT, BME, Young People, etc. We also offer regular monthly session on staff well-being.
Contact person details: Zeevar Harris
Overview of Main Responsibilities

2.1 To maintain relevant professional registration and BABCP accreditation.
2.2 To maintain CPD portfolios and to attend in-house and external CPD activity as appropriate as agreed with the manager.
2.3 To fulfil responsibilities towards the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
2.4 To comply with HPC, BABCP and other relevant professional Codes of Practice