Overview
Stockport Talking Therapies is a successful multi-disciplinary IAPT service and is excited with the opportunity to recruit an enthusiastic Band 7 CBT therapist. Stockport Talking Therapies is a high performing service which provides innovative Primary Care Psychological Therapies using a range of evidenced based treatments for people requiring a brief psychological intervention utilising a stepped care model, in accordance with NICE guidelines.
Within the core IAPT offer the Step 2 service provides cCBT and Guided Self Help with the Step 3 service providing CBT, EMDR, Counselling and Inter-Personal therapy. Group interventions are offered at all Steps. At Step 3, the current group offers include: "Skills for Life group" (for younger people, 16-25 years, using an emotional skills approach), "Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy group", "Living well" (for clients living with a Long Term Condition). The service includes practitioners who specialize in working with Younger People and Peri-natal clients and are accessible for case consultation. The Step 3.5 service provision uses enhanced therapeutic offers including CBT/EMDR/counselling/CBASP for people whose clinical presentation shows more complexity. Alongside this the Step 3.5 service offers Psycho-Dynamic Therapy and Psycho Sexual Therapy. All members of the workforce in each Step have a wealth of skills/knowledge and experience ensuring high quality psychological therapy services can be provided.
Responsibilities
* Working in the Talking Therapies service: to provide brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) assessment and therapy to service users.
* To provide advice, consultation and supervision as required to other mental health professionals.
* To participate in ongoing service developments within the service as and when possible.
* Carry out the assessment, formulation and treatment planning for service users referred to the service.
* To provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to service users.
* To attend relevant meetings in relation to service user group and to give advice on referrals appropriate for CBT.
* To work closely with relevant other professionals as appropriate.
* To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans to service users and their multidisciplinary professional team.
* To undertake risk assessment and risk management of service users.
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