Job summary
An essential requirement for this role is to have successfully completed training on a nationally recognised post graduate IAPT low intensity programme. This will include gaining skills on how to improve knowledge of a range of mental health issues, and how to provide a range of brief solution-focused interventions for adults who are experiencing mild to moderate emotional difficulties, particularly anxiety and depression.

Under supervision you will deliver Step 2 CBT interventions. These will include guided self-help, active listening, computer aided CBT, group work and signposting. These interventions will be offered from both General Practice Surgeries and community venues across the borough as well as from the team base and other locations as appropriate. Interventions will be primarily telephone based, but also include some face to face and video sessions as required.

You will be fully supported to provide advice to Primary Care colleagues and you'll be involved in delivering mental health interventions (outreach groups and workshops) in the community. Additionally, you'll work closely with local GPs to facilitate appropriate referrals and provide high-quality treatment for our clients.

Furthermore, you'll have the opportunity to participate in supervision, team audit, and governance systems and we will agree on a personal training and development programme matched to your specialist interests.

Main duties of the job

• Under our supervision, you'll manage a caseload of clients who have mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression referred and assessed by the GP, other professionals or self-referred. This includes assessments and treatments.
• In collaboration with colleagues and under supervision, to provide a range of evidenced based brief interventions using guided self-help methods
• To facilitate the development and running of self-help groups, activities and use of self-help materials.
• To engage in health promotion and outreach work directed towards local communities and in particular those groups under represented within the service through community workshops and liaison with community leaders and organisations.

Clinical Governance

• To collect data relevant to your work indicating performance outcomes and this includes timely recording of information on IAPTUS, the patient electronic database.
• To be responsible for conducting audit and research appropriate to the post.
• To work with the team in developing policies/guidelines appropriate to work/role and review effectiveness.

Professional Development
To identify own training needs and take opportunity to update professional knowledge and skills through training programmes.

About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.

We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

Excellent internal staff network

Date posted: 16 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £36,943 to £44,900 a year Per annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 455-NLFT-8227651
Closing date: 25 October 2026

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications

• Essential: Educated to degree level
• Essential: Completion of IAPT postgraduate diploma in low intensity interventions
• Essential: BABCP Accredited Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (or working towards accreditation through submission of relevant portfolio to the BABCP).
• Desirable: Further training in specific models

Experience and Knowledge

• Essential: Experience or understanding of mental health issues
• Essential: Experience of working in primary care
• Essential: Working in a multicultural setting
• Desirable: Working with other agencies statutory and voluntary
• Desirable: Experience and knowledge of needs of local communities
• Desirable: Ability to deliver interventions in languages other than

Skills and Abilities

• Essential: Excellent written and oral communication skills one to one and group situations.
• Essential: Well organised and willing to learn new computer skills rapidly.
• Essential: Ability to secure health information from relevant health specialists to inform the process of assessment.
• Desirable: Previous work with computer databases and spreadsheets.

Personal Qualities

• Essential: Work independently and effectively within a team.
• Essential: Evidence of innovative thinking to meet challenging health needs

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details
Employer name: North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edgware Community Hospital, Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, HA8 0AD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/

Contact for questions about the job
Senior CBT Therapist/ Step 2 Lead: Safarina Satkunanathan, s.satkunanathan@nhs.net

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