Trainee High Intensity Practitioner

Applications open from 09:00 Tuesday 2nd May - 23:59 Sunday 14th May 2023

IMPORTANT: You must apply to this job through the King’s website on KCL PG Dip website as well as here otherwise your application will not be considered. King’s website on KCL PG Dip website

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/mental-health-and-psychological-sciences/postgraduate/cognitive-behavioural-therapies-pgdip/programme-information .

London wide Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme (IAPT) for CBT High Intensity Therapists

Psychological therapy services across London are now recruiting CBT High Intensity Trainees as part of the IAPT programme. These services deliver evidence-based psychological therapies for people with anxiety and depression. Are you an experienced mental health professional or social care worker with a recognised professional qualification working in a mental health setting? Have you considered training in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)?Applications are invited from qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychological Therapists, Mental Health Nurses, Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to apply for the one-year full-time IAPT post graduate diploma courses based at King’s College London and Royal Holloway.

Applicants without a core mental health profession (such as Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner or counsellors without UKCP or BACP accreditation) must be able to meet the required KSA process criteria.

Please visit the BABCP website for a list of core professionshttps://babcp.com/Accreditation/Practitioner-Accreditation/Core-Professions/Core-Professions-list-and-criteria

The training programme consists of three days working within an IAPT service and two days at university taught by experts in the field. Each training place involves being employed by a service for the length of the training contract. Contracts of employment will be at a Band 6 or equivalent and fixed-term for one year whilst training. The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience/KCL and Royal Holloway/CNWL will provide the training. These higher education institutions (HEIs) have been selected based on their ability to demonstrate the capacity, knowledge and expertise to deliver the curriculum that has been developed for each training course.

Information on the application process, including how to apply, can be found on theKCL PG Dip website-https://www.kcl.ac.uk/mental-health-and-psychological-sciences/postgraduate/cognitive-behavioural-therapies-pgdip/programme-information .

Please review this information carefully in order to apply and please use this link to find the application procedure document on the King’s website for full instructions.

CVs will not be accepted.

Talking Therapies Havering IAPT- applicants will be required to work one evening per week

Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £3,899 and a maximum payment of £4,968 per annum pro rata if part-time).

• Please note that PWP’s need to have a minimum of 3 years' experience, two of which are as a qualified practitioner.

From 1st April 2022, the ‘2-year psychological professions funding rule’ came into play by HEE. It is based on the principle that once an individual has commenced an NHS-funded psychological professions training programme, a 2-year period will be required to pass from the expected completion date of that training before the funded individual would be eligible for further NHS funding to train in another psychological profession training (where this leads to a change of occupation).

Please visit the HEE Webpages for further information, including a list of courses

Those without a valid permit to work in the UK are not eligible to apply for this position.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on the vacancy in the above website links