CAMHS High Intensity CBT Practitioner - C9327-24-1132

We are a well established CAMHS service addressing the challenges of the increasing needs of children and young people over the past 3 years. We seek a CBT High Intensity Practitioners who can help us meet this demand and enhance our existing CBT offer. You will join us in a friendly, kind and caring atmosphere and be a valued member of a strong and supportive multi-disciplinary team., Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service

Assess clients for suitability for therapy / CBT. Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department's referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.

Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients. To draw appropriately from a range of assessment tools and methodologies. To interpret and integrate complex data and information from a variety of sources to develop psychological formulations and identify the most relevant intervention strategy. To monitor and evaluate progress, refining formulations and interventions as necessary. To assess and manage risk within an appropriate psychological framework.

Provide clinical supervision to and support the psychological work of other clinical staff that provides psychologically based care and treatment.

Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients. Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying CBT formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.

Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.

• Hold children, young people and families voice at the centre of all that we do


• Have strong experience and clinical skills and hold a caseload in line with usual CBT High Intensity IAPT job plan expectations.


• Share our trust values-based approach of working together, always improving, being respectful and kind and making a difference.


• Hold a High Intensity IAPT or CYPIAPT Post Graduate Diploma or equivalent. While a Core professional qualification such as counselling psychology, nursing or social work is desirable we are keen to explore what staff without these Core Professions could bring to our team. With no core profession we would ask that the therapist provide evidence of meeting the knowledge & skills framework requirements to become accredited with the BABCP


• The opportunity to expand your skills and experience with children and young people with complex, severe and enduring mental health needs
  
  We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.


The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;


• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;


• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;


• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative


Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.