• Job Description

  Req#: C9363-25-0573?language=en&page=1123&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Newham Specialist Psychotherapies service (SPS) is a vibrant psychotherapies service in the heart of East London. This post is within the Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT) team. The candidate will join professional colleagues committed and dedicated to delivering a wide range of therapies.The post holder will work autonomously delivering specialist group and individual CBT interventions to service users with complex needs. There will be opportunities to develop indirect work, supervision and teaching skills.The post holder will work both in the CBT team Secondary Care Psychological Services (SPS) and into other community teams and the third sector. There are opportunities to develop areas of interest such as group interventions for trauma, working with OCD presentations and integrating third wave CBT approaches.

  Main duties of the job

  To hold a caseload of both individual and group work, to deliver Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT), to provide supervision where appropriate, to deliver consultation and training and to liaise where necessary with the wider network of care across the borough in both primary and secondary care. To conduct assessments for a wide range of therapies in the service. To attend meetings in the service and interface with systems and teams across the borough. To maintain high standards of record keeping and governance. To manage risk and complexity and to communicate effectively.

  About us

  Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

  Details

  Date posted

  06 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £51,883 to £58,544 a year per annum Inc HCA

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  1 years

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  363-NEW7242543

  Job locations

  Newham Specialist Psychotherapy service

  409 High Street

  London

  E15 4QZ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

  Person Specification

  Education/ Qualification/ Training

  Essential

  • oClinical /Counselling Psychologist: Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.OR Postgraduate Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. Or a CBT Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma) or similar for accreditation with BABCP.
  • oRegistered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist or BABCP

  Desirable

  • Formal qualification in CBT.

  Experience

  Essential

  • oExperience of working with patients from moderate to complex mental health conditions.
  • oAny experience providing teaching, training or supervision in CBT

  Desirable

  • oExperience of delivering CBT to adults in a secondary care setting.
  • oExperience delivering therapy through an interpreter.
  • oExperience providing group treatments.
  • oExperience working within a diverse cultural setting.

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • oKnowledge of generic and specialist psychological assessments and range of therapeutic interventions required for people with mental health problems.
  • oKnowledge pertinent to effective risk assessment and management.
  • oKnowledge of CBT including the standard CBT treatment models for common mental disorders, and treatment outcomes and methods.
  • oKnowledge of adapting standard models using individualised formulations

  Other

  Essential

  • oExcellent verbal and written communication skills relevant to a wide range of audiences.

  Desirable

  • oAbility to engage patients with different language and cultural needs.

  Person Specification

  Education/ Qualification/ Training

  Essential

  • oClinical /Counselling Psychologist: Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.OR Postgraduate Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. Or a CBT Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma) or similar for accreditation with BABCP.
  • oRegistered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist or BABCP

  Desirable

  • Formal qualification in CBT.

  Experience

  Essential

  • oExperience of working with patients from moderate to complex mental health conditions.
  • oAny experience providing teaching, training or supervision in CBT

  Desirable

  • oExperience of delivering CBT to adults in a secondary care setting.
  • oExperience delivering therapy through an interpreter.
  • oExperience providing group treatments.
  • oExperience working within a diverse cultural setting.

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • oKnowledge of generic and specialist psychological assessments and range of therapeutic interventions required for people with mental health problems.
  • oKnowledge pertinent to effective risk assessment and management.
  • oKnowledge of CBT including the standard CBT treatment models for common mental disorders, and treatment outcomes and methods.
  • oKnowledge of adapting standard models using individualised formulations

  Other

  Essential

  • oExcellent verbal and written communication skills relevant to a wide range of audiences.

  Desirable

  • oAbility to engage patients with different language and cultural needs.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Newham Specialist Psychotherapy service

  409 High Street

  London

  E15 4QZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Newham Specialist Psychotherapy service

  409 High Street

  London

  E15 4QZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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