Job Summary
Are you an experienced mental health professional or social care worker with a recognised professional qualification working in a mental health setting? Have you considered training in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)?
Newham Talking Therapies (NTT) is now recruiting 2 High Intensity CBT Trainee as part of the Talking Therapies Services.
Applications are invited from qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychological Therapists, Mental Health Nurses, Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to apply for the one year full-time post graduate diploma course based at Royal Holloway.
Main duties of the job
The trainee CBT position includes undertaking the PG Diploma in High Intensity CBT at Royal Holloway, and you can find out more about this role by visiting the Royal Holloway website. Trainees will spend 2 days at university and then 3 days in service working with clients with a range of difficulties.
Shortlisted candidates will be offered an interview during early January 2026 with our service and successful candidates will be offered a conditional offer of employment. As part of this conditional offer, candidates will be required to have an academic meeting with Royal Holloway staff mid-January.
Please note candidates who are Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners must have 2 years post qualification experience at the start of the course (March 2026). Furthermore, we are unable to accept candidates who have already undertaken High Intensity CBT IAPT funded training.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
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. Qualified psychological Wellbeing Practitioners must have a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
- OR ? Evidence using the career framework of training in mental health and experience working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression
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
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- 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.
- 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
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: 17 December 2025
