Social Worker - Trainee CBT Therapist! IAPT service
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On-site
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Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Oldbury, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
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1 day ago
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33706 – 40588 GBP ANNUAL
Job Description
Job overview
Trainee High Intensity Psychological Therapist
Band 6
Full Time Hours
Fixed Term - 12 Months
***Please be aware that when applying for this post there is an expectation that the post-holder will also independently apply for the September 2022 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy High Intensity Post Graduate Diploma with Birmingham University. The university selection process will run independently of Sandwell Talking Therapies selection process, and a candidate must be successful at both to be offered a position.
Main duties of the job
Sandwell Healthy Minds within the Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service to the local population of Sandwell.
The service offers a number of evidence-based psychological interventions both at step 2 and step 3 as proposed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance. The service endeavours to offer the local population a full range of evidence-based psychological interventions, within a stepped care approach.
Essential criteria
- A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy.
- Evidence of meeting the Knowledge Skills and Attitude (KSA) requirements of BABCP
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- 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
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: £33,706.00-£40,588.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free or subsidised travel
- Gym membership
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Oldbury, West Midlands: reliably commute or be willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (required)
Licence/Certification:
- NMC/OT/Soc Work/Art Therapy/Psych Prof Reg? (required)
- willing to undertake the uni training? (required)
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: One location
Application deadline: 22/02/2023
Reference ID: 285-6392-MH