Trainee Cognitive Behaviour Therapist Aylesbury, England
Job description
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes.
We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
We are looking for a Trainee Cognitive Behaviour Therapist to join our team. If this is something that interests you please see below for further information and details of how to apply.
The CBT course provides a thorough and robust cognitive behavioural theoretical base with particular focus on the protocols with the soundest evidence. In addition to providing practical, intensive and detailed skills training to facilitate skill development to a defined standard of competency, the course will aim to increase your knowledge base of theory and research in CBT and to promote a critical approach to the subject.
It will aim to equip you to become a skilled, creative and independent CBT practitioner who appropriately values and adheres to treatment protocols with fidelity.
The clinical work involves being part of a multi-disciplinary CAMHS team and successful candidates will carry their own caseload of CBT training cases. Workplace supervision will be provided weekly.
The training involves teaching blocks as well as weekly teaching and supervision days at the University of Reading.
Applicants must be willing to travel to Reading and have their own transport.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
In everything we do, we strive to be caring, safe and excellent. We expect our staff to share and demonstrate these values as we work to constantly improve the quality of care we provide. This ensures that we have the right workforce to deliver effective team-working and excellent patient care and experience.
Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please see job description and person spec for full details
Applicants must be willing to travel to Reading and have their own transport.
Hours: One year fixed term training post. Full Time.
Location: Training is provided at the University of Reading and the clinical base will be in our Community CAMHS base in Aylesbury with travel to High Wycombe as needed.
Additional information for the post
- Please note in this instance the course is not optional; there will be a joint interview process including University of Reading to appoint to these roles. The roles are dependent on meeting all course requirements.
- Due to the fixed term nature of these roles, all applicants to this advertisement (including any new/additional internal applicants who have previously worked in the NHS) would need to take a break in service of 9 days.
- Candidates cannot be accepted onto any training programme if they are currently undertaking studies elsewhere (that will not be completed by January 2024).
- We do not accept candidates who have previously studied for the same award at another institution.
- All applicants will need to be available to start the training in January 2024.
