CBT Therapist

CBT Therapist

Location: Remote

Status: Full-time, permanent

Salary: £30-40k depending on experience

Our Careline team are looking for an experienced CBT Therapist on a full-time basis (Monday-Friday 9-5.30), to deliver triage, case management and treatment interventions to our customers and their dependents who call the service. This may include escalation of acute cases, developing individualised wellbeing recommendations and more detailed 1:1 CBT counselling and intervention to support the mental health and wellbeing of our customers. The Careline team are part of out Corporate Health division, offering integrated health and wellbeing solutions to employers and employees.

CBT Therapist

• Manage your own caseload of clients requiring CBT treatment, from initial triage through to the completion of a discharge report, with post-treatment recommendations. Referrals may come from various avenues, from personal injury insurers to corporate clients, and private medical insurer referrals.
• Demonstrate specialist knowledge in psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of Step 3 within a stepped care model
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and any complex factors concerning the client's psychological needs
• To communicate directly with clients, carers, relatives and other health professionals, complex and potentially emotive information regarding client's condition, treatment, prognosis, subject to ethical boundaries of confidentiality
• Demonstrate comprehensive risk assessment skills for employees who present with risk, as per risk policy and respond to this in a timely way in line with service guidelines
• Provide skilled communication in cases requiring a high level of ethical and emotional sensitivity
• To effectively identify and appropriately escalate any safeguarding issues to line manager or other senior manager
• Liaise with the supervisor / team manager with regard to ethical or operational issues
• Support Case Managers with referrals for treatment
• Prepare and present case information for employees on individual caseloads to clinical supervisors within the service, using recommended framework. This should be on an agreed and scheduled basis in order to ensure safe practice and clinical governance of the worker, supervisor and service are delivered
• Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and regulating professional and accrediting bodies (e.g. BPS, UKCP, BACP, BABCP, EMDR)
• Ensure that all information is accurately recorded on CRM
• Demonstrate team work ethos & develop and sustain relationships with both internal and external customers. Remembering you are the face and voice of HCML.
• Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach within the service scope
• Understands and demonstrates GDPR, DPA & ICO rules and guidelines relating to customers occupational health and legal principles.

• 25 days annual leave
• Your birthday off
• 6% company pension contribution
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Medicash Health plan
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Adoption and Shared Parental leave
• 2 voluntary days per year
• Long Service Awards
• Employee Wellbeing Seminars
• CPD opportunities
• Professional memberships paid for (role dependent)

Essential:

• Post graduate diploma in High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy AND BABCP accreditation
• Experience of assessment, formulation and risk assessment, using routine clinical outcome measures
• Ability to use Microsoft office including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Need to evidence ability to write clear and accurate English (GCSE English C or above)

Desirable:

• Demonstrable experience of working in psychological therapy/mental health services, across a broad range of mental health disorders
• Have an awareness of occupational health and / or working with private medical insurance

HCML was established in 2003 and is a leading service provider in the rehabilitation and case management arena. Providing services to the insurance, corporate and legal sectors, HCML assists injured and ill individuals to recover and return to work or their pre-injury condition. We are passionate about ensuring that everyone who requires rehabilitation in the UK has access to quality, effective, co-ordinated services. We deliver added value to our clients by facilitating both speedy recovery and strong clinical outcomes, including managing appropriate treatment and care.

HCML is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships