Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT Therapist)

To provide highly specialised psychotherapy services within the Halton andWarrington and St Helens and Knowsley Early Intervention Team including the provision of specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on individual's psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area in which the post holder works.

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, motivated and flexible qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) practitioners to join our Early Intervention Team.

This role will be worked between Warrington and Halton Early Intervention Team and St Helens and Knowsley Early Intervention Team. Applicants need to be accredited with the BABCP.

We offer staff weekly Clinical supervision along with regular Continuing Professional Development (CPD) time to support with theexpansion of skills in the service.

The applicant must be subject to a regulatory body- NMC. The applicant must have experience of providing CBT for individuals experiencing psychosis or personality disorder. The successful applicant will be offering CBT to individuals on the teams At Risk Mental State Pathway, which is a primary care mental health pathway. CBTp is desirable but not essential.

BFT competence would also be desirable, but not essential.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. #we're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.