Trainee High Intensity Therapist - Braintree, United Kingdom - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
2 weeks ago
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About You
Are you an experienced mental health professional or social care worker with a recognised professional qualification working in a mental health setting? Have you considered training in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)? If so, you may wish to consider training as a High Intensity Therapist.
- A registered core profession as recognised by the BABCP (see BABCP website) or
- If you are PWP you need to have been qualified for at least 2 years (received certification and successful completion of the PWP training course)
- Significant experience of working with people with mental health problems in a healthcare setting and experience of delivery of short term focused interventions
- The ability to complete a one year academic training course
- A commitment to equal opportunities
- Where Will I Be Based?
As a trainee you will be part of an experienced team who will provide support including supervision and line management.
You will be based at:
- Braintree
These High Intensity trainee positions include undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma in High Intensity CBT at The University of East Anglia, alongside clinical work within one of our teams.
Successful applicants will follow a 12 month pathway which combines University based study, self-directed learning, and in-service clinical work, qualifying as a HIT at the end.
We are hoping to recruit a diversecohort from a wide range of backgrounds and different experiences, including professional or personal experience in the area of mental health.
If you are currently a PWP, you will need to show that you have two years post qualification experience by the time the course starts.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match.
We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings.
We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on "
HPFT provides IAPT services across 5 teams in Hertfordshire and North Essex supporting around 40,000 adults every year to manage their common mental health difficulties, such as anxiety and depression.
We pride ourselves on the support we offer to staff and provide an extensive programme of CPD for all our clinicians, with an annual Showcasing Conference to celebrate best practice.
Your therapy sessions will be supported by individual clinical supervision, clinical skills groups and line management, as well as support from the university.
Presentations include:
Long term depression
OCD
PTSD
Health anxiety
GAD
You will keep detailed notes on the system, and ensure that all information is up to date, and meets the required standards for the service.
The teams are highly supportive, energetic and committed to helping you achieve excellent learning outcomes to provide an excellent service to our patients.
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