Description
Mind Matters Surrey NHS are a NHS Talking Therapies service looking for an enthusiastic and motivated therapist for a fixed term maternity cover.
Your role will be delivering evidence-based interventions, one to one and in group settings, to adults (aged 17yrs+) who have a range of Anxiety and Depression related problems.
You'll be joining a strong, supportive team which is part of the Surrey and Borders NHS Partnership. We offer all the NHS benefits, including the agenda for change salary, NHS pension and the 5% outer London Fringe.
Responsibilities:
- Assess clients for suitability for psychological interventions
- Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients
- Provide treatment as necessary, conveying CBT and other psychological formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language
- Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of attended clinical hours per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient
- Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate
- Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service
- Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols
- Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach
- Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process
- Carry out clinical audits of service performance, including service user surveys and evaluations, and help to collate and disseminate the results for feedback
- Liaise with other health and social care staff from a range of agencies in the care provided clients
Requirements:
- IAPT/NHS Talking Therapies Post Graduate Diploma in Psychological therapies
- BABCP Provisional/Full Accreditation
- Recent evidence of working as a CBT Therapist within IAPT/NHS Talking Therapies
- Good IT skills and excellent communication skills and demonstrable ability to work in a collaborative way with colleagues and other services
- There is a requirement to work a minimum of 1 late nights ( Mon-Thurs, 8pm) per week and to offer 2 in person clinics
- In person clinics will be based across Surrey according to service need