High Intensity Specialist Psychological Therapy Practitioner

We are seeking to recruit a highly skilled, innovative and experienced High Intensity Specialist Psychological Therapy Practitioner, to deliver high intensity, specialist evidence-based psychological therapy interventions to service users within our Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT's).

You will be joining vibrant and experienced MDTs including mental health nurses, support workers, occupational therapists, and psychiatrists. Psychological therapy is valued greatly across the teams and across the wider CTMUHB mental health care pathway and the post holder will work closely with, and under the supervision of the established team of psychologists.

Within CTM UHB, we have a range of supervision opportunities, including access to specialist supervision in CAT, EMDR , Schema Therapy, Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), Systemic practice as well as supervision in integrative and creative therapy approaches. In addition, other models brought to the work include CFT, Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), and ACT. We have a full DBT service, offering weekly consultation groups, and strong links with the Traumatic Stress Wales Regional Lead.

We are constantly evolving the ways in which we work and practice in order to meet the needs of the populations we serve, and highly value new ideas and creative ways of working.

Matrics Cymru specifies that Psychological Therapists should be:

• Trained to recognized standards, with the competences necessary to deliver psychological interventions effectively within the service context in which they work
• Delivering a therapy which has a strong evidence base with respect to the service user’s presenting difficulties
• Operating within a well-governed system, which offers regular high quality, model-specific psychological therapies supervision, support and relevant CPD
• Monitoring the quality of the therapeutic relationship, recognizing that this is one of the most important factors in achieving a successful therapy outcome
• Contributing to innovative and reflective practice

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:
§ We listen, learn and improve

§ We treat everyone with respect

§ We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac