Trainee Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

We are recruiting for Trainee Cognitive Behavioural Therapists to join Sussex Partnership Trust working in either the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service (Health in Mind) or Brighton and Hove NHS Talking Therapies service (Brighton Wellbeing service), This is a training role which requires attendance and successful completion of the 1 year PG Diploma in High Intensity Psychological Therapies course as well as working within the NHS Talking Therapies services. The course is due to commence the 1st week of March 2025. Successful candidates will be employed full time by Sussex Partnership NHS Trust and will attend Canterbury Christchurch University 2 days per week during the academic year on their campus in Tunbridge Wells. The remainder of the working week in service delivering CBT treatments and assessments. You will be expected to attend University in person and required to work a minimum of 2 days at a base in East Sussex or in Brighton and Hove. If successful, you will be based in one of the following areas across East Sussex:

• Brighton & Hove
• Eastbourne, Seaford and Hailsham
• Hastings & Rural Rother
• High Weald, Lewes and the Havens.
We will ask your preference at interview and will try to accommodate preference where possible. All candidates will be employed on a fixed term 1 year contract, however this is a train to retain position. This means that if candidates successfully complete and pass the Post Graduate Diploma in Psychological Therapies and complete all requirements needed for BABCP accreditation they will be offered a permanent Band 7 CBT Therapist role within the NHS Talking Therapies services.


• The opportunity to work in a highly successful service, to be an integral part of our current Talking Therapies expansion and to be part of our team
• The opportunity to gain a recognised qualification and accreditation with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
• A dedicated team who will support you through your training year
• High quality supervision both within your service and with the University
• All the autonomy and responsibility you need to manage your caseload
• Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
• Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
• A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC