Trainee High Intensity Practitioner

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust ,
London, Greater London
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London wide Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme (IAPT) for CBT High Intensity Therapists Talking Therapies Havering is recruiting CBT High Intensity Trainees as part of the national IAPT training programme. We offer evidence based psychological therapies for people with anxiety and depression. 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) and getting paid to do it? Applications are invited from qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and experienced Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to apply for the one year full-time IAPT post graduate diploma courses based at King's College London. Applicants without a recognised and accredited core mental health professional training (such as Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners * or Psychotherapists and Counsellors without UKCP or BACP accreditation) can apply but must be able to meet the required KSA process. *Please note that PWPs need to have a minimum of 2 years full-time post-qualification experience. Those without a valid permit to work in the UK are not eligible to apply for this position. The training programme consists of three days working within Talking Therapies Havering IAPT and two days at university taught by experts in the field. Each training place involves being employed by a service for the length of the training contract. Contracts of employment will be at a Band 6 and fixed-term for one year whilst training. The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience/KCL will provide the training. These higher education institutions (HEIs) have been selected based on their ability to demonstrate the capacity, knowledge and expertise to deliver the curriculum that has been developed for each training course. For further information on the courses, please visit the website Kings College London. For further information on IAPT; please visit NHS Mental IAPT website. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). Assessment/Interview info At NELFT we set very high standards to ensure we provide quality services. We require prospective employees to carry out an online literacy and numeracy test, equivalent to NVQ Level 2. For more information regarding our assessments, please visit our website. If you are shortlisted, invited for interview and successfully offered the post, you will be required to undertake an assessment for these skills during the pre-employment checks. Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham Essex High Cost Area Supplement - London This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of 3,722 to a maximum of 4,743). For further details / informal visits contact: DR Laura Fontaine Having clinical lead Havering Talking Therapies (IAPT) Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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