Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic qualified CBT therapist to join our well-established Mental Health Support Team (MHST) based in Eastleigh. The team is made up of CBT therapists, Senior Education Mental Health practitioners and Education Mental Health Practitioners. The role will involve delivering evidence-based interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. Whilst the base is in Eastleigh, the community nature of the role may mean you are required to travel and support in other locations across the wider MHST area.

You will work in education settings and in the community. You will undertake mental health assessments (including risk assessments) and will work within schools using evidenced based CBT interventions. This would be an ideal post for a qualified CBT therapist who is also looking to develop their supervisory and leadership skills in a health and educational context. There are also exciting progression opportunities within the trust.

Main duties of the job
You will work directly with children and young people of primary and secondary school age, and in some cases their parents and carers. You will support MHST work to develop and deliver whole school approaches for emotional wellbeing and mental health.

You will receive regular supervision and will be supported with ongoing training and CPD opportunities.

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Qualifications
Essential

• A recognised professional qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy i.e. a specific postgraduate level CBT training (or equivalent training and supervision demonstrated through BABCP Accreditation).
• Accreditation with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP).
• If applicant has just completed an accredited CYP CBT training course and are awaiting ratified results from the university, this will be taken into account with appropriate evidence of course completion provided. Application to BABCP will be required at the earliest opportunity.
• A recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions recognised by BABCP as a prerequisite for BABCP Accreditation, e.g. mental health nursing, clinical psychology, medicine, social work, occupational therapy or counselling AND current registration with the core professional body, OR evidence of having achieved the Knowledge Skills and Attitudes (KSA) route to BABCP accreditation.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer.