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Location

Ashford, Kent | United Kingdom

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Job description

Are you a qualified CBT Psychotherapist or Psychologist looking for your next challenge?

Do you want to work for a supportive, friendly employer who supports work/life balance?

You will be responsible for offering high quality CBT and family interventions across the KMPT EIP teams. Case consultation and joint working with staff in the multi-disciplinary team will also be an expectation.

You will have plenty of scope and support to develop your own practice, whilst providing a highly professional service to people with psychosis and to their families.

We have posts available in Ashford, Maidstone, and Gillingham, please do apply to this vacancy if you are interested in any of these positions.

To participate in the provision of psychological services to people aged 14+ years with a first/recent experience of psychosis and to their families within the localities served by Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. In particular:
• To be responsible for the systematic provision of Psychological therapies and interventions
• To undertake high quality direct and indirect specialist NICE compliant interventions
• To strengthen the MDT's therapeutic capacity & work effectively with teams.

Essential Qualifications and Experience

Candidates must hold a postgraduate Qualification in CBT/Psychology, hold BABCP/HCPC registration, and have experience of working with people with mental health problems.

The Service

The Early Intervention for Psychosis Service is a well-respected and well-established multi-disciplinary service with a reputation for excellence. The EIP psychological therapies staff are integrated within EIPS and committed to providing support, excellent supervision and to developing its staff.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Psychologist or CBT therapist to join the team as it continues to expand and offer innovative interventions.

KMPT | Our Services - Early Intervention for Psychosis (West Kent and Medway)

KMPT | Our Services - Early Intervention for Psychosis (East Kent)

Benefits
• Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank Holidays.
• Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
• Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street)
• Flexible working - job share, term time working, flexible shifts, just ask and we will try to help.
• A face-to-face counselling service for any issues not just work-related problems.
• Learning and Development opportunities - In addition to the mandatory subjects there are several leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.
• A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

This advert closes on Sunday 10 Mar 2024

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