CBT Therapist

Job Description

POSITION: Permanent, Full Time & Part Time (minimum of 22.5 hours per week)Service operating hours 8am - 9pm 7 days a week

LOCATION: Fully remote

SALARY: Up to £48,400

United by our vision. Leading with empathy. Pioneers in curiosity.

Healios exists to bring exceptional healthcare to anyone, anytime, anywhere. By digitising entire clinical pathways, we enable children, adults and their family members to receive and seamlessly transition between clinical services from the comfort of their home.

Innovation is at the heart of what we do as we strive to be the leading provider of neurodevelopmental and associated mental health services. You can find out more about us by clicking here!

Healios is all about helping families feel better and that includes our own families too, which is why we embrace diversity in all its forms and offer unparalleled flexibility for our employees. For more information on what it’s like to be a Healios employee, and our hiring processes, take a look at our Notion page.

“Great minds don’t think alike”

From our talented tech teams to our standout clinical expertise, we’re bringing great minds together to build more accessible services.

You will play a pivotal role in our Integrated Therapy team, responsible for working directly with children, young people and their families to provide a thorough evaluation of their mental health and emotional well-being. Additionally, you will deliver therapeutic interventions and treatments via an innovative clinical platform.

You will be able to work autonomously, adhere to a 5 p's formulation model, demonstrate knowledge and understanding of neurodevelopmental conditions and effectively address risk and safeguarding concerns using Healios processes and support. You will be part of a collaborative MDT.

What you need to have

We are seeking a CBT Therapist who is passionate about providing high quality patient care in an innovative new service and working with a dynamic and forward-thinking team. You will provide internet-based emotional health & well-being video sessions, delivering assessments and our semi-structured therapeutic materials using the CBT treatment model via our secure platform. Regular clinical supervision and in-house training will be provided to assist your professional development.

To be successful in this role, below is what we would need from you:

ESSENTIAL

• Must be a BABCP accredited CBT Therapist
• At least 2 years post-qualification experience working within children and family mental health services, delivering assessments and interventions to children, young people and their families
• Experience of working in Tier 3 CAMHS, or in the ‘Getting More Help’ and ‘Getting Risk Support’ iThrive quadrant
• Experience of working with complex cases and trauma
• Demonstrable experience of adapting therapy to meet the needs of neurodiverse children and adolescents
• Significant working knowledge and experience of undertaking risk assessment and safety planning
• An awareness and understanding of contemporary issues in the field of mental health including a record of continuing professional development
• Real passion for supporting people to improve their lives
• A desire to become part of a collaborative environment and share knowledge and learning for the benefit of all
• A curious mind-set that underpins your continuous drive to challenge the status quo for achieving better outcomes
• 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, carer and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Flexibility to support our mission of bringing healthcare to anyone, anytime, anywhere
• A commitment to ethical practice and adherence to the highest standards of safeguarding of adults/children
• A professional home working environment
• Wifi connection. Minimum of 2 mbps up and download speed

GREAT TO HAVE

• Experience of digital psychological assessment and therapy
• Experience of supervising others using the CBT model and have completed postgraduate training in clinical supervision
• Experience and formally trained in using specialist adaptations to CBT for clinical presentation where this is needed - eg TF-CBT
• A core profession (RMN, RN-LD, OT, Practitioner Psychologist) including registration with HCPC or NMC

The duties of this role may include

• Delivering clinical sessions effectively and efficiently including required record keeping and ROMS in line with team standards
• Producing high quality reports that are of high quality as determined by Healios’ Quality Check and audit processes
• Escalating emergent complexity, risk and safeguarding concerns to Seniors, Leads, Supervisors or Safeguarding as appropriate, with rationale for recommended actions
• Presenting and participating actively at MDTs
• Where opportunity arises, contributing to team projects
• Preparing for and attending regular supervision (eg. individual , group, etc) and records appropriately in clinical records and for monitoring purposes

What’s in it for you

• 33 days holiday (including 3 days for the Christmas closure between Christmas and New Year plus Bank Holidays)
• Birthday Leave
• "Life Leave" - 2 days of extra leave to take when things you can't plan for happen
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Fully personalised flexible benefits package including; Health Cash Plan, Life Assurance, EAP Service, Critical Illness Cover, employee discount and savings portal, Cycle to Work Scheme, Tech Scheme and Wine Club!
• Work from anywhere policy
• Free access to co-working spaces
• Company laptop, monitor and keyboard, plus an allowance to purchase additional equipment
• CPD/Growth day per year, plus personal development allowance to invest in your growth
• Bespoke Healios Training including schedule of monthly CPD for clinicians

ACCOMMODATIONS

We’re glad to accommodate candidates who need adjustments throughout the hiring process and we're always learning about different accessibility needs to ensure our hiring process is accessible for all candidates. We encourage you to be open about the adjustments you need so we can adapt our interview process. You can read more about Healios being an Inclusive Employer on our Notion page

Healios is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and we are committed to inclusivity and equality for people with different needs in the workplace.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

“Do the right thing” is one of our core Healios values. And building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels supported is absolutely the right thing to do. Whether we’re developing a new service line or enhancing one of our products, we need people with different skills, backgrounds, identities and perspectives to ensure our innovations will work for the children and young people we are here to serve. By embracing diversity, we can deliver better care experiences and outcomes, while tackling the inequalities in healthcare provision that exist today.

SAFER RECRUITMENT & PRE- EMPLOYMENT CHECKS

Healios ensures that supporting people to be safe is at the heart of our work and a key priority across all areas of the organisation, We will do our absolute best to keep the people that we support, safe from harm. This starts with our recruitment processes.

As part of our pre-employment checks, all employees of Healios will be asked to have a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Dependent on your role within the business, this will either be an Enhanced or Basic. A Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check will be required. You will also be asked to provide two professional references as a minimum.