Band 8a Psychological Therapies Trainer - Bath

We are looking for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist who is interested in a 2 day a week post to work with the BSW Psychological Therapies Training Lead to develop and deliver training across BSW. The aim of the role, initially, will be to prioritise the delivery of a training programme to support the provision of NICE recommended interventions for people with Psychosis, in particular CBT and Family Interventions. The transformation of services in line with the Community Mental Health Framework offers the opportunity to improve the interventions on offer across BSW Mental Health services including Recovery Teams, Early interventions teams and crisis/ Intensive Support Teams. The successful applicant will play a key role in delivering the training on offer to increase and improve the interventions that will be delivered by these teams in line with national best practice.

We invite applications from people with advanced specialist training in CBT for psychosis and significant experience of delivering training. You will work closely with and be managed by the BSW Psychological Training lead to develop the training and work across the division. You will also work alongside associate trainers with lived experience to ensure training is co-developed and co-delivered.

This role covers the BSW area so you will need to have flexibility in terms of the locations you work in.

Main duties of the job

o To support workforce elements of trust clinical transformation project plans through the development and delivery of high quality, evidence based psychosocial intervention training.

o To focus capacity on the delivery of training in effective, evidence-based interventions (e.g. as recommended by NICE).

o To report on activity and delivery of training at regular intervals as required and as directed by the BSW Training Lead.

o To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development across BSW and related to the delivered training.

You will be working closely with Psychological therapy Services across BSW. The Psychological Therapies Services (PTS) teams in BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire offer a range of activities to support psychologically informed care within the secondary mental health service. The teams are well established and highly regarded in local services.

There will be opportunities for continuing professional development and development of innovative research projects. We also have close links to the University of Bath, the University of Exeter and the University of South Wales.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.