Calling all High Intensity CBT Therapists..............

Our highly regarded Dorset Steps to Wellbeing services are recruiting High-Intensity CBT Therapists for a one-year fixed-term contract to join our team in the Poole/Urban locality.

We are looking for individuals with energy, enthusiasm, and a high level of skill and experience. All staff will work as part of a team and receive regular clinical supervision. We have fixed-term vacancies in in the Urban locality including East, West or North Bournemouth and Poole. The successful candidate will offer a combination of face-to-face, online therapy, and group facilitation. To meet service needs, there will be an expectation to work at least one evening per week until 20:00.

The Steps 2 Wellbeing service prides itself on being innovative and is passionate about development. We promote opportunities for career development and ongoing professional development.

We are recruiting for fixed-term qualified High Intensity CBT Therapists for the Bournemouth and Poole area.

We welcome informal enquiries. Please contact denise.mein@nhs.net or louise.walker-weston@nhs.net

Main duties of the job
You will provide one-to-one and group high-intensity CBT within a stepped care model for adults with common mental health problems, including depression and a range of anxiety disorders.

Good administrative, time management, and communication skills are essential. Experience of working within the NHS or a similar organisation is highly desirable.

Working for Dorset Healthcare Trust provides many benefits and opportunities, including:

• Dedicated career pathways and great opportunities for continuing professional development.
• A focus on values and behaviours that aim for all staff members to feel valued and supported in their roles and feel proud to work for Dorset Healthcare.
• NHS Pension Scheme.
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• NHS discount and salary sacrifice schemes.
• Not forgetting our unique selling point-out trust beach huts located along the famous Sandbanks coastline.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

About us
At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do, and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities, and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion, and expertise in all we do.

Job responsibilities
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidates individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net

This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.

Person Specification
Educational Requirements/Qualifications
Essential

• Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course [Post Graduate Diploma]
• Accreditation with appropriate professional body (HPC, BABCP).

Desirable

• Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required.
• A recorded/registered qualification in one of- nursing, social work, occupational therapy or a psychological therapy plus further post graduate qualification training in CBT
• A recorded/registered doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology

Personal Qualities and Aptitudes
Essential

• High level of enthusiasm, motivation, and self-reflection.
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Ability to use clinical supervision and case management positively and effectively
• An ability to work under pressure advocate for individual rights or autonomy and maintain appropriate confidentiality.
• The ability and skills to engage and foster good professional relationships with other healthcare professionals

Desirable

• Experience of working with difference and diverse communities

Car Owner / Driver
Essential

• Ability to drive with access to transport to meet service requirements

Skills / Experience / Knowledge base
Essential

• Demonstrated experience of working in mental health services with clients who present with a range of mental health issues and degrees of complexity.
• Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• Well developed computer/digital skills and an 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.
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
• Demonstrates and understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care.
• Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
• Demonstrates and understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.

Desirable

• Trained in provision of supervision for CBT
• Evidence of commitment to Continued Professional Development

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.