Job overview

 Pennine Care NHS talking therapies are looking to recruit trainee High Intensity Therapists. 

Please state your preferred talking therapies service/location when making your application.   This is a request and while we will do our best to match successful applicants to their preferred location, this cannot always be guaranteed. 

The Trust provides high-performing and innovative Primary Care psychological therapies for diverse populations in the boroughs of Stockport, Tameside, Rochdale, Bury and Oldham.

This is a training role within the NHS Talking Therapies .You will work within the Talking Therapies service providing high intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip you to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. You will work in the service as a Trainee Therapist and will be given time to attend the NHS Talking Therapies training programme.
You will will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.

Interviews date: TBC

Start date will be early September 2025. 

Main duties of the job

Assess clients for suitability for CBT. Where the problems appear to be too complex or severe, to be appropriate for a trainee therapists to refer to manager/supervisor for advice on how to manage the case.
 Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s referral protocols,

Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.
 Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week .

 Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols
Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process

 Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post.
Apply learning from the training programme in practice
Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards and supervision hours.
Receive clinical supervision within the practice area and agree to the development of a supervision contract and meet regularly in order to meet the hours of required placement based clinical supervision.
Professional. 

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.