Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service

As the successful candidate you will be skilled and have confidence in working with adults who present with a broad range of mental health difficulties who are experiencing a high level of distress and/or engaging in risky behaviours.

• Provision of assessments/formulations to clients under CRHT.
• Delivering short to medium term CBT interventions to a select number of clients who have been under CRHT as part of their ongoing discharge/recovery plan.
• Attendance and contribution at MDT handovers to support psychological thinking and the embedding of the 5 p formulation approach to risk.
• Provision of reflective practice, supervision and support to the wider team.
• Provision of informal and formal training to enable staff to deliver brief psychological interventions using the CBT/DBT workbooks.
• Working with family and carers where appropriate as well as wider third sector agencies offering advice, support and psycho-education to help aid the client’s recovery pathway.
• Maintain timely, accurate and up to date record keeping in accordance with Trust and professional standards.
• Work closely with the senior psychotherapist, as well as the wider acute psychology team, to provide optimum care and communication to both clients and colleagues

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

As the successful candidate you will be skilled and have confidence in working with adults who present with a broad range of mental health difficulties who are experiencing a high level of distress and/or engaging in risky behaviours.

• Provision of assessments/formulations to clients under CRHT.
• Delivering short to medium term CBT interventions to a select number of clients who have been under CRHT as part of their ongoing discharge/recovery plan.
• Attendance and contribution at MDT handovers to support psychological thinking and the embedding of the 5 p formulation approach to risk.
• Provision of reflective practice, supervision and support to the wider team.
• Provision of informal and formal training to enable staff to deliver brief psychological interventions using the CBT/DBT workbooks.
• Working with family and carers where appropriate as well as wider third sector agencies offering advice, support and psycho-education to help aid the client’s recovery pathway.
• Maintain timely, accurate and up to date record keeping in accordance with Trust and professional standards.
• Work closely with the senior psychotherapist, as well as the wider acute psychology team, to provide optimum care and communication to both clients and colleagues.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

If you are interested in joining this exciting and motivated team, please take a look at the detailed Job Description for more information about this post. We welcome requests for further information.