Job Description

Organisation:

St Helens and Knowsley Early Intervention in Psychosis Team (Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust)

Base:

Harry Blackman House, Peasley Cross, Marshalls Cross Road, St Helens WA



We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and flexible accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBTp) practitioner to join our Early Intervention Team for First Episode Psychosis. Applicants need to have a completed CBTp training (or moving towards completion of training) with a registered site. Applicants either need to be accredited with the BABCP or able to achieve accreditation within a year of their employment start date.



We offer staff Clinical supervision with our Consultant Clinical Psychologist, along with regular Continuing Professional Development (CPD) time to support with the expansion of skills in the service.



The applicant must be subject to a regulatory body, for example NMC or .



The applicant must have CBTp qualification and have experience of providing CBT for individuals experiencing psychosis, bipolar affective disorder and/or personality difficulties.



The successful applicant may also offer CBT to individuals on the teams At Risk Mental State (ARMS) Pathway and must have experience of working with complex trauma.



The post holder will be part of a psychology team within the service, consisting of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, two CBT therapists (one in-training) and an assistant psychologist. You will be providing evidence-based high-intensity CBT interventions, working with clients primarily experiencing a first episode psychosis, bipolar affective disorder, unipolar depression, personality difficulties and anxiety disorders.



The post-holder will work with people from a wide age range (14-65) and from many cultural backgrounds. The service uses interpreters when necessary and is committed to equality, diversity and inclusivity.



The post holder may also be supporting individuals who identified as an At Risk Mental State (ARMS) alongside those who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis.



Experience of delivering CBT is an essential criteria.



The applicant must have experience of working with individuals with a Serious Mental illness.



Family work is also evidence-based within this client group and therefore experience of (and/or training in) working in this way with families would be desirable.



Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.



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.



Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.



You will work to agreed targets and manage your own caseload, delivering evidence based High-Intensity CBT interventions with regular clinical supervision; there may be opportunities to use or develop supervisory skills to support other therapists as well as maintaining or achieving BABCP accreditation.



The successful applicants will be required to work Monday- Friday 9am-5pm. Applicants must be willing to travel to different locations throughout the Trust for clinical work, training and supervision purposes. Bases for this team include Harry Blackman House, Knowsley R&R and other sites across both boroughs of St Helens and Knowsley.