Job Summary
Candidates will have experience of working in mental health settings and will have either a registered graduate qualification in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or psychological therapy or evidence using the career framework of training in mental health and experience, and of working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression.
The post- holder will work in the Haringey Talking Therapies service, for 3 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme for the other two days. The Royal Holloway, University of London is the training provider.
Haringey Talking Therapies is provided by Whittington Health NHS Trust. The trainee will be employed by Whittington Health on a 12 month fixed term contract.
Main duties of the job
This is a training role within Talking Therapies Service. The post-holder will work within the Haringey Talking Therapies service providing high intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role at Royal Holloway. This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. The post- holder will work in the service for 3 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme for the other two days.
The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy OR Evidence of meeting the Knowledge Skills and Attitude (KSA) requirements of BABCP
Desirable
- Experience working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- Computer literate
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care services
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
Training
Essential
- Able to attend a two day per week course
- Able tocomplete academic components of the cours
- Able to integrate training to practice
Other requirements
Essential
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service users in own personal and professional development and supervision
Desirable
- Car driver and/or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
- Fluent in languages other than English
- Experience of working with diverse communities within a multicultural setting
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.
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: 03 December 2025
