Cognitive Behavioural TherapistinLancashireinLancashirePUBLISHED TUE 1 APR 2025

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has opened for a suitably qualified High-Intensity Band 7 CBT Therapist to join the Older Adult Community Mental Health Team (OA CMHT) function within the wider older adult mental health integrated services.

Ideally applicants should have experience of working with older adults with mental health needs and be driven to provide excellent mental health services to the local older adult population. The successful candidate will be working as part of an Older Adult multidisciplinary team, providing a high-intensity CBT service to patients with mental health disorders. The applicant will need to possess all the essential attributes outlined on the person specification, and in addition will need to be able to work confidently with minimal supervision and be able to use their initiative

The OA CMHT supports people over the age of 65 with severe and enduring mental health needs and also for those under 65 with an early onset Dementia. We provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment, education and create individualised care planning. Based at DeVitre House in Lancaster the OA CMHT covers the Lancaster & Morecambe Area and the team operational hours are Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.This is a wte (?? Hours) post.

Applicants who have not completed their training as a CBT Therapist will not be considered. Applicants need to be BACP fully accredited

Main duties of the job

To provide a qualified specialist cognitive behavioural assessment and therapy service to older adults working as part of a multidisciplinary team and providing advice and consultation on client's psychological care working within the policies, procedures and protocols for the service.

About Us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Job Description

Date posted

19 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-BAY757-CL-A

Job locations

Older Adults CMHT Lancaster & Morecambe (65+)

De Vitre House

Lancaster

LA1 5AL

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Essential

Education/ Qualifications

• Qualification in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to post graduate diploma level.
• Professional qualification in health or social care, e.g. RMN Social Worker, O.T.
  
  

Knowledge

Essential

• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of cognitive behaviour therapy.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing advice to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Experience of CBT assessment and treatment of adult clients across the lifespan.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of clients that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
  
  

Personal

Essential

• Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required.
• Ability to self-reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
• Ability to cope and deal with highly distressing emotional circumstances.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required.
• Ability to self-reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
• Ability to cope and deal with highly distressing emotional circumstances.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disc