Psychological Therapist/ CBT

at  Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking an autonomous, innovative, practitioner, who would like to work within one of our integrated Community Mental Health Teams in Bradford. In particular we are looking to appoint a practitioner with specific training and practice based expertise in working from a CBT based model. The key aspect is working within the clinical team providing Schema therapy to our service users. There is an expectation to train in Schema therapy.
As a service we are providing opportunities to develop skills in clinical practice. There are opportunities to develop skills in consultations with care coordinators, to embark on training in Schema Therapy. We would support training in clinical supervision and are in the process of transformation where we will support the staff team, this will involve providing staff training and education.
The service provides a broad range of therapy modalities including DBT Therapy, S chema Therapy, Art Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Practitioners are encouraged different perspectives from different modalities to help improve clinical knowledge and skills. We would agree a development plan to support transition to senior roles in the future.
Closing date: 30th June
Shortlisting: 1st July
The team comprises of Psychiatrists, Nurses, Psychologists, Social workers, Occupational Therapists, support and peer workers delivering a recovery focused service based upon our Care Closer To Home initiative. The ideal candidate will have a dynamic approach to working as part of the MDT.
To provide psychological assessents and therapy, training, consultation and formulation.
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCT) is working collaboratively with Bradford Council to deliver integrated health and social care within mental health services. We also work closely with non-statutory organizations and voluntary settings. We also work in partnership with university colleagues to support the learning of students and to further develop the workforce.
We are strongly committed to promoting professional development and you will be supported by clinical and management supervision to identify and further develop and enhance clinical skills, interventions, research, and knowledge through development opportunities. We also have flexible working patterns.

EVERYTHING WE DO IS UNDERPINNED BY OUR CORE VALUES: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs.
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.
This will be an opportunity for existing CBT Therapists to broaden their knowledge, working with people experiencing complex mental health problems. This will involve developing skills working with people with psychosis / personality difficulties and bipolar disorder, supported by experienced clinicians in those areas. Close supervision by a BABCP accredited therapist is available to enhance clinical skills and support application for accreditation with the BABCP

Please refer the Job description for details