High Intensity CBT Trainee Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (IAPT High Intensity Training) at Greenwich time to Talk, Oxleas NHS Trust and Royal Holloway University.

A full time clinical training in CBT undertaken as part of a paid position as a High Intensity Trainee Therapist

Greenwich Time to Talk, (Oxleas) have four high intensity CBT training posts available for the March 2026 cohort at Royal Holloway University. These will be 12 month (Band 6) fixed term contracts with Oxleas, (or a secondment if you are an Oxleas employee and your current service agrees the secondment).

The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme is a national initiative that aims to support Primary Care Services in implementing National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders.

The 12 month training in CBT is based at Royal Holloway University at their Euston Campus.

Main duties of the job

This fantastic opportunity is for existing mental health professionals to complete their training over 12 months as CBT therapists. The trainee CBT therapists will work within the NHS Greenwich Talking Therapies service, providing CBT to people experiencing anxiety and depression.

The training will take place at Royal Holloway University and will be mainly face to face teaching at their Euston Campus. Trainees will spend 2 days per week at Royal Holloway and 3 days per week working with clients presenting with anxiety and depression at our Eltham Team base, you will be completing University assignments and submitting practical tapes for supervision. Client work will be a mixture of face to face sessions with some remote/video sessions.

We are seeking dynamic and enthusiastic individuals who already have mental health experience and training providing psychological therapies and who are searching for the opportunity to train in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. For example, you may already be working as a psychological wellbeing practitioner, (PWP), with 2 years post qualification experience, mental health nurse, occupational therapist, social worker, counsellor or be a newly qualified psychologist.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Two years minimum experience of working in a mental health setting (PWPs need 2 years post qualification by March 2025)

Desirable

  • Experience of working in IAPT or equivalent specialist role (such as LTC – perinatal etc)

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualified healthcare Professional with core profession or KSA equivalent

CBT Experience

Essential

  • Experience of using CBT in their existing or previous clinical roles

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).

Closing Date: 16 December 2025

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