CBT Therapist/Senior CAMHS Practitioner

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered or have full accreditation with a professional body.e.g. NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BABCP
• Accredited CBT therapist

Desirable criteria

• Certificate in Supervision skills
• Additional post graduate training in psychological therapies and interventions

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding
• Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans and effective use of ROMS
• Relevant experience and training in CBT assessments and interventions
• Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals

Desirable criteria

• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
• Experience of providing a variety of interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families
• Community mental health experience across a variety of settings

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Up to date knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation
• CBT assessment, formulation and intervention experience, being able to deliver successful intervention with children across the age range and their families
• The ability to assess, formulate and manage care appropriately ensuring discharge is timely
• The ability to function as part of an MDT and liaise effectively with other agencies
• The ability to work with people from a range of different backgrounds, cultures and or different ages
• To have the ability to manage own caseload and act as lead practitioner
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Desirable criteria

• Delivery of group work and workshops
• Experience of audit and research
• Experience supporting a senior leader or management team

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• CBT JD (PDF, 592.3KB)
• CAMHS CBT Therapist/Senior MHP Person Specification (PDF, 400.6KB)
• Functional requirements (PDF, 920.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)