Recruit to Train CBT Practitioner

We havean exciting opportunity to join our team as a CBTTrainee,aspart of the NHS England Workforce, Training and Education (NHSE WT&E) funded Recruit to Train Programme,in partnership with the University of Reading,Charlie Waller Institute.The post-holderswill be training on the Children & Young People Mental Health (CYP-MH) CBT Course, which is accredited by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).They will becarrying out clinical work in our service to complement their studies and use their newly developed skills. We areseekinghighly motivated and enthusiastic mental health practitioners to work and train within our service. The post holderswill work with people withdifferent culturalbackgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equity,diversityand inclusion., Responsibiliities will include direct clinical work and management of complex and sometimeshigh riskcases with support of your line manager and clinical supervisor. You will be a member of the multidisciplinary team and involved in MDTmeetings and broader service developments. You will be expected to liaise with other agencies involved in the care of the children and young people on your caseload, including schools, socialcareor other community agencies. .You will be an employee at the service but also enrolled on a Postgraduate Diploma course. As this is a Postgraduate level training, you willbe requiredto study and perform atthis academic level. Applicants must be prepared to work towards their studies outside of protected study time . Protected study time or teaching days are typically two days a week during termand will be a mixture of in person and online sessions. Applicants mustbe willing to travel to Reading Universityto attendlectures.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.