Group Lead CBT Therapist / Psychologist / Advanced MH Practitioner

Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated CBT Therapist, Advanced Mental Health Practitioner or Clinical/Counselling Psychologist? Are you looking to progress and develop your clinical and leadership skills within an important new area of service transformation? If so, why not join us to be part of the transformation of community mental health services for Primary Care Networks for people with emotional regulation difficulties, working closely alongside other advanced mental health practitioners, Psychological Therapists and in close partnership with the Voluntary Sector.
You will lead on the facilitation and delivery of a psychoeducational Managing Emotions Group programme alongside a Voluntary Sector partner and will also have the opportunity to contribute to the wider psychological therapies provision, especially within the
Personality Disorder pathway, depending on your interests. Your base for this role can be in Reading or Wokingham, although there will be opportunities for some of the service delivery to be online.
You will be well supported and supervised by a Psychologist, and will work within a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be able to shape and improve provision for patients with complex conditions. You will primarily be responsible for delivering online and in-person groups to patients with significant mental health issues, as well as providing some supervisory input to junior psychological staff.,

• To work as part of a team to support and enhance the psychological care of adults with significant mental health issues in primary care.


• To support the roll out and lead on the delivery of a group Managing Emotions Programme for people with emotional regulation difficulties across Berkshire West.


• To liaise and work closely in partnership with a Voluntary sector provider in jointly delivering and facilitating the group programme


• To participate in the implementation and development of system-wide mental health services that will contribute to improved experience for people with serious mental health problems in primary care.


• To provide, supervise and support specialist psychological assessment and treatment, formulation and consultation to clients and staff within the clinical team and system to which the post-holder is attached, across all sectors of care., Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

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• Post graduate qualification in CBT or doctoral qualification in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or equivalent) or Advanced Mental Health Practitioner with significant experience in psychoeducational CBT-based interventions


• Accreditation with BABCP or Registered with Health Care & Professions Council (HCPC)


• Experience and interest of working in mental health multidisciplinary teams / multiagency environment as well as experience of teaching / training of health care professionals

+ Evidence of specific psychological training in working with clients with significant mental health difficulties.

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.
Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
+ Caring for and about you is our top priority
+ Committed to providing good quality, safe services
+ Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
+ Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
+ 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
+ Generous NHS pension scheme
+ Excellent learning and career development opportunities
+ 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme
+ Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
+ Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
+ Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
+ Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
+ Free parking across Trust sites