Job Description:
CBT Therapist (CYP and Adult)
Remote – UK based only
Permanent
Competitive salary + Fantastic benefits
Full time or Part time roles (Minimum of 2 days a week)
This role will be primarily for our young persons pathway, but will also include adult clients too.
Operational Hours:
Adult Service 8am-8pm
YP service: evening and weekends are required for this service. In high demand after school appointments 3-8pm, and weekends.
We offer flexible scheduling options, including just evening shifts or shorter days. For example, 4pm-8pm.
We make health happen
As an employee at Bupa our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and every day.
As a CBT Therapist with Bupa Health Services, you’ll be able to use your training and education to support our customers by providing education on how to. Our customers are your priority and you’ll spend the majority of your time with them doing what you do best and what you trained for.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
The Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist will provide a high quality, safe and effective Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (CBT) to Bupa customers aged from 11 years old.
The role will involve the following:
1. To provide high-quality CBT or low-level brief interventions to children and adolescents, which demonstrates excellent clinical outcomes.
2. To deliver comprehensive assessments and formulations that drive evidence-based intervention. To ensure a thorough assessment determines the most appropriate pathway of care and support for the client and their family.
3. To provide different models of service delivery including telephone or video consultation, depending on client preference.
4. To be able to communicate effectively to share information with key agencies and systems around the child – for example, school/college, local authority, parents and carers, etc.
5. To adhere to sessional limits depending on the client’s monetary allowance as determined by their Private Medical Insurance, whilst working towards therapeutic recovery goals.
6. To adhere to local and national policies and guidance on safeguarding children and adults, and be particularly sensitive to some of the unique safeguarding concerns regarding children and consent
7. To provide risk assessment and management planning, with support from the senior clinical leadership team, as and when required.
8. To provide signposting or onwards referral as and when required.
9. To provide ad-hoc or one-off wellbeing support and coaching as and when required.
10. To provide one-off assessments and referral recommendations, when required.
11. To work at a client level to provide group psychoeducation, raising awareness of mental health and wellbeing, promotion of mental wellbeing guidance via remote presentation, workshop events and training as and when required.
12. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of Bupa’s service policies and procedures.
13. To attend regular clinical supervision, both individually and group based, to support clinical practice, in line with BUPA and professional body guidelines.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
14. Full BABCP accreditation
15. Experience in a similar role providing high intensity CBT interventions to children & Young persons and managing own caseload.
16. 2 years + experience in Children and Young People (CYP Mental Health) / CAMHS services
17. IT Skills including proficiency using Microsoft Systems as well as electronic medical record systems.
18. Safeguarding and robust risk assessment experience with children and young people is essential
19. Ability to present to groups and deliver training workshops also preferred
20. Right to work in the UK
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
21. Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
22. Enhanced pension and life insurance
23. Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
24. Discounted access to online gym sessions
25. Annual performance-based bonus
26. Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
27. Option to join dental insurance scheme at a discounted rate
28. Access to our Digital GP platform on you mobile
29. Emotional wellbeing support
30. Access to family mental health line
31. Financial wellbeing channels
32. Support for carers
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.