Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
High Intensity Therapist - Band 7
Are you a highly motivated, innovative thinker, excited to make a meaningful impact in the field of mental health?
We are looking for enthusiastic CBT Therapists/Clinical or Counselling Psychologists to provide therapy to clients referred to the NHS Talking Therapies Barking & Dagenham team, a primary care service working within the framework of an IAPT service model.
We are a dynamic and empowering team, and as such, the post holder will be expected to work collaboratively with Senior Therapists, Counsellors, PWPs, Employment Advisors and a range of other professionals in the team.
The post holder will also be expected to operate autonomously, providing cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to clients presenting with complex anxiety disorders and depression, therefore, a good knowledge of disorder specific CBT interventions is essential. Alongside individual therapy, the post holder will be required to offer group treatment, conduct telephone and face-to-face assessments as part of their caseload. Working within the service’s business hours (8am-8pm) and offering a minimum of one evening per week is a necessary requirement of this role, therefore, flexibility regarding working hours is important.
We actively encourage a team approach and a commitment to the team’s shared values and ethos must be demonstrated though regular attendance of team meetings, supervision and operating within the service’s local policies and procedures.
Main duties of the job
What we offer:
Clinical
• Opportunity to strengthen repertoire of clinical skills and knowledge by ensuring caseload comprises of a range of anxiety disorders and depression.
• Opportunity to expand clinical skills, knowledge and become culturally competent through working with people with different cultural backgrounds and interpreters.
• Support ongoing BABCP accreditation by providing the necessary CPD required.
• Opportunity to becoming clinically competent in providing different models of therapy.
Personal & Professional Development
• Encourage personal and professional development through objective setting and proactive reviews in monthly line management meetings.
• Undertake different responsibilities alongside clinical work, such as delivering training, consultation to the team and other services.
• Support your interest in a Champion role or contribution to service development through research.
• Once relevant training and experience has been gained, the opportunity to supervise other staff as directed.
• Opportunity to be involved in Special Interest Groups
Training & Supervision
• Organised monthly CPD that counts towards BABCP requirements.
• NICE compliant treatment interventions for depression and a range of anxiety disorders when the opportunity arises.
• Regular clinical, line management and case management supervision
Wellbeing
• Hybrid and flexible working
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary with a minimum payment of £4,552 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum (pro rata for part-time).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Postgraduate qualification in CBT or Professional Doctorate (or its equivalent) in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
2. BABCP accreditation for CBT Therapists (or working towards) / HCPC registration for Practitioner Psychologists (or working towards). Practitioner Psychologists will be expected to work towards accreditation with the BABCP within probationary period.
Desirable criteria
3. Additional advanced training in CBT, EMDR, or other therapeutic interventions applied to a primary care service.
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Experience of working in adult mental health services
5. Experience of working in primary care mental health
Desirable criteria
6. Experience of providing supervision/consultation to other staff or services
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
7. Able to carry out highly skilled and complex psychological assessments with clients
8. Able to choose most appropriate forms of psychological therapy to fit client need while working within Talking Therapies (IAPT) model
9. Knowledge of current psychological interventions applied to people with mild-moderate psychological distress
Desirable criteria
10. To provide advice to others in specialist areas of psychology and therapy
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
11. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
12. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
13. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
14. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.