Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
High Intensity CBT Therapist - Young Mind's Matter
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Full time, 12 months fixed term contract or secondment opportunity.
We are looking for a High Intensity CBT Therapist to join our Young Mind's Matter team.
This Role Will Encompass
- Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education and community settings with moderate mental health problems where it is felt that a multidisciplinary team approach is not required.
- Helping children and young people within these settings to rapidly access more specialist services (such as CAMHs) as required.
- Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
- To use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.
- Assess suitability for CBT & deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions.
- Work in partnership to support young people experiencing moderate mental health difficulties & relevant others in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
- Formulate, implement & evaluate therapy interventions for service users.
- Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises & respects diversity.
- Undertake & record accurate assessments of safety & operate clear risk management processes in line with locally agreed procedures including safeguarding protocols in educational setting & Local Safeguarding Board guidance.
- Adhere to all regulations, processes within the educational service, HR policies, training requirements, referral protocols, & emergency procedures.
- Through case management, supervision & any other relevant local pathway, escalate cases where the level of need or risk is beyond the scope of practice.
- Practice, evidence & demonstrate an ability to manage own caseload.
- Convene & attend multi-disciplinary & multi-agency meetings relating to referrals or children & young people in treatment, where appropriate.
- Keep clear, professionally coherent records of activities in line with both health & education service protocols.
- Assess & integrate issues relating to transitions, education & training/employment into the overall therapeutic process.
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About
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
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- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Louise Price
- Job title: Operational Lead
- Email address: louise.price@ghc.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0300 421 4688
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