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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 34 hours per week
Job ref
186-438-24-MH
Employer
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pebble Bridge/Hopewood
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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CAMHS CBT Therapist

Band 7

Job overview

Community CAMHS  are looking for  CBT therapists  to join our dynamic and evolving service. 

The Community CAMHS Service supports Children, Young People and their families/carers with their emotional and mental health needs on a continuum of mild to severe.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the development of evidence based cognitive behavioural psychotherapy across Community CAMHS (North, South & West)

 

Main duties of the job

To work collaboratively as part of a Community CAMHS teams providing specialist CBT assessment, formulation, interventions with young people and families, care-coordination, group work, liaison with systems connected to the young person and the multidisciplinary team within the Community CAMHS.

Working for our organisation

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire.  We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions.  We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Community CAMHS CBT Therapist will work as a member of the  Community CAMHS Team and contribute to the multidisciplinary team. You will be responsible for an agreed caseload and will contribute to all aspects of team functioning as required.

You will work with a variety of agencies including adult service providers to ensure a quality service is provided, You must be a Registered Nurse, Dip SW or equivalent social work qualification (CSS, CQSW, degree in social work), Allied Health Professional registered with the HCPC and accredited by a HCPC recognised body e.g. UKCP/BACP. 

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Appropriate professional registered qualification e.g. RMN, Social Worker or equivalent qualification and membership of a registered statutory body e.g. NMC.
  • MSc qualification in CBT or recognised equivalent as accredited by BABCP
Desirable criteria
  • CBT training via CYPIAPT programme.

Training

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.
  • To have undertaken statutory child safeguarding training.
Desirable criteria
  • Trained in delivery of CBT supervision

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with people with Mental Health Disorders
  • Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of supervising CYP WP trainees
  • Experience of working within a Multi-disciplinary Team
  • Experience of working in community settings

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of NICE guidelines for mental health difficulties
  • Understanding of working with young people who have a Mental Health Disorders
  • Understanding of working within CAMHS Community Teams and the CAPA model
  • Knowledge and experience of the provision of mental health assessment for young people
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health, key policy drivers such as Future in Minds.
  • Awareness of local mental health services
  • Knowledge of working within a Care Bundle framework.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • High level of enthusiasm and motivation
  • Advanced communication skills (verbal and written including telephone)
  • Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with CYP
  • Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
  • Ability to use supervision and personal development positively and effectively
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to be self-reflective in own personal and professional development and in supervision.
  • Ability to work flexibly including willingness to travel to the university
  • Computer literate
Desirable criteria
  • Group work skills
  • Group supervision skills
  • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations

Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Amy Brodie
Job title
Operational Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0115 8659371
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