CBT Therapist/High Intensity Therapist: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 49,387 to 56,515 £ / Year

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are seeking Cognitive Behaviour Therapists (CBT) who are keen to work for our Talking Therapies Gloucestershire and are either newly qualified or further into their careers who want to join a progressive and passionate service to the population we serve. We are continually looking for innovative ideas to address patient care and staff wellbeing including the recent addition of a Referral Liaison Team who manage our referrals and other queries from the service and Trust staff which has reduced pressure on staff during their working week.We have positions countywide.As a valued member of our team, you will:- Deliver Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in line with NICE guidance- Provide therapy both in-person and remotely from one of our four bases- Work collaboratively within a supportive clinical team- Contribute to meeting local and national service targetsWe offer flexible working patterns where possible, though an initial period of on-site work is expected. Long-term arrangements will be guided by service needs and client demand.

Main duties of the job

We are a progressive service who actively encourage staff to seek out CPD opportunities including further training including eg EMDR, Supervision and CfD. Access to BESPOKE training, undertaking weekly supervision, plus regular clinical skills, team meetings, and away days where teams can come together.

We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds and want to ensure our workforce mirrors all of our local communities.

The successful candidates will be BABCP accredited (*or meet BABCP accreditation standards and are actively working towards this).

Please ensure you state your preferred location when applying .

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma)
  • Further post graduate qualification OR training and experience in CBT that meets full BABCP accreditation standards and will apply for accreditation on commencement of the post
  • Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression and demonstrating the competences as required.
  • Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007)
  • Meets BABCP accreditation standards and applies for accreditation on commencement of post
  • Is a member of a professional body, such as BABCP, BPS, NMC upon commencement of the post.

Desirable

Essential

  • Has a car for work and full driving licence or working towards this.

Desirable

  • Soon to complete training as a Hi Therapist

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).

Closing Date: 14 August 2026

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