*INTERNAL MPFT APPS* CBTp Therapist, Early Intervention in Psychosis

Main duties of the job

Working as a caseload holder with individuals experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis, you will have:

• Full qualification and sufficient experience at delivering CBT/CBTp interventions to individuals experiencing psychosis
• Experience of having worked with young people who are experiencing or have been suspected of experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis
• Knowledge of the philosophy around Early Intervention in Psychosis
• The ability to demonstrate enthusiasm/commitment to our service user group
• Effective interpersonal skills
• A willingness to work assertively and creatively to engage our service users

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Job description

To provide specialist evidence-based CBT and CBTp psychological therapies within Shropshire Early Intervention in Psychosis Service as part of the implementation of the NICE quality standards for the treatment and management of people with psychosis and schizophrenia. To offer and deliver psychological interventions to help support individuals and their families/carers to work together to cope and to reduce stress. Therefore supporting a persons overall recovery as part of a broad-based approach that combines different treatment options tailored to the needs of the individual. Drawing upon complex assessment material to provide verbal and written formulations that aid evidence based clinical interventions for service users, families and other professionals. This will involve integrating and interpreting a range of highly complex material, across different contexts and at different levels of meaning. The provision of highly specialist one-to-one clinical consultations to other clinical staff on the use of psychological interventions -CBT, and where appropriate, for working jointly with other team members in the provision of individual and group based programmes, contributing to the formulation, diagnosis and intervention plans for clients and their families Initiate and participate in evaluating psychological approaches within particular areas of the service, so that the effects go beyond individual cases and improve the effective running of that service for the individuals and/or their families. Contribute to the requirements of CPD provision and support the learning of multi-disciplinary staff team at all levels of expertise. To provide supervision, consultation and training to colleagues from different disciplines within the EIT service keeping records of supervision and ensuring contracts in place in accordance with Trust and professional policy and guidelines. Contribute to continuous improvement of the service through audit, practice based research, use of outcome measures and clinical measures. In collaboration with the team lead to contribute to the ongoing service development including the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and developing services To communicate skilfully and sensitively highly complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication

Person Specification

### Personal Attributes

#### Essential

• Demonstrate enthusiasm/commitment to service user group.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work as a team member within team boundaries.

#### Desirable

• Ability to work under pressure and proactively manage stress

### Qualfications and Training

#### Essential

• Qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy/Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for psychosis
• Accredited with the BABCP
• Professional Qualification in one of the following: Nursing - RMN, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Clinical Psychology, relevant psychotherapy/Allied Health
• Vocational training to at least degree level or its equivalent

### Experience

#### Essential

• Previous experience of providing CBT/CBTp approaches and interventions to individuals experiencing psychosis, or assessed as experiencing an At Risk Mental State
• Experience of assessing and managing mental health difficulties including working with parents, families and carers
• Experience of assessing and managing risk, and the use of the Personalised Care Framework
• Experience of working in a community setting
• Experience of working with young people and adults. Experience of the application of cognitive behaviour therapy in different cultural contexts.

### Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

#### Essential

• Knowledge of the NICE guidelines for Schizophrenia and Psychosis in relation to psychological interventions, including CBT and CBTp
• Theoretical knowledge of first episode psychosis and the evidence base for family and carer interventions.
• Ability to manage emotionally stressed situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.