About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a motivated CBT Therapist to join our established, award-winning MHST on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is an exciting opportunity to support children and young people by helping reduce waiting times across the county.
You will deliver evidence-based CBT interventions as part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team, working closely with schools and partner services to improve timely access to care.
To support county-wide demand, we are open to negotiating your base location and clinical area, allowing flexibility to suit both service needs and your preferences.
o Qualified CBT Therapist (or working towards accreditation)
o Experience delivering CBT, ideally with children and young people
o Strong communication and teamwork skills
o Flexible and adaptable approach
Why Join Us?
o Be part of an innovative, award-winning service
o Supportive team environment
o Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on access to mental health support
o Flexible working arrangements
Contact Gina Legg on 01205 333531 or [email protected] for further discussion or information.
Main duties of the job
You will provide assessment and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for a range of presenting difficulties for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.
We have various teams across the MHST, all in various stages of training. This role will therefore give you a great opportunity to work with both qualified staff and trainees.
The role also offers a flexible style of working, as the team use a hybrid model, offering support both face to face and virtually to education staff, children, young people and their families.
You will need to be enthusiastic and very well organised and able to travel across Lincolnshire as needed to provide services. You will be expected to be able to work on your own initiative as well as work well within a multi-disciplinary setting. You will need to be an excellent communicator and team player.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Post graduate diploma in CBP and Accreditation with BABCP Professional qualification as Clinical Psychologist, Nurse, Social Worker Occupational Therapist or psychological therapy
Desirable
Clinical Supervision Training or significant supervisory experience.
Experience Essential
Experience of working with Children and Young People and their carers Experience of offering CBT assessments and interventions - individual and group Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcome
Desirable
Experience of working in CYP IAPT informed services Experience of working in school and college settings Experience of offering clinical and caseload management supervision
Skills Essential
Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets. Ability to manage own caseload and time. Demonstrates high standards in written communication. Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers. Computer literate. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Has received training and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice. Understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Countywide. Base and area of work to be negotiated
Homer House
Sleaford
LN1 1FS
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)