Band 6 CBT practitioner

Job Description

Sheffield Childrens NHS Foundation Trust is one of only three dedicated childrens hospital trusts in the UK and provides integrated healthcare for children and young people, including community and mental health care as well as acute and specialist services.We see children from 0-16 in most cases and in some cases up to 18.We provide a full range of services for residents of Sheffield and South Yorkshire as well as specialised services for patients from across the United Kingdom.Caring for patients across the UKDemand for our services is growing and we are increasingly delivering healthcare to patients over a wider geographical area as our reputation for providing outstanding specialist care grows.We have some of the best medical and surgical services for children in the country.Provider collaborative for CAMHSSheffield Childrens NHS Foundation Trust is the NHS Lead Provider for the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (SYB) Provider Collaborative for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).Provider collaboratives are new regional partnerships of organisations that provide specialised mental health services.These partnerships are being established across England as part of a national programme of work that sees the responsibility for the commissioning of specialised mental health services transfer from the NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) SpecialisedCommissioning team to the new regional provider collaboratives.To be successful in applying, the candidate will need to:Accept and appropriately manage referrals via agreed protocols within the service.Assess clients for risk, nature of mental health problems, and suitability for psychological interventions.Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the Service referral protocols, and where indicated refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent.Formulate, implement and evaluate psychological therapy programmes for clients.Use highly developed communication skills in working with people to understand their personal and often very sensitive difficultiesExercise an appropriate degree of autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients in line with service standards and best practice guidance.Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying CBT and other psychological formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.Adhere to Service performance standards and expectations re caseload, throughput, and demonstrated effectiveness.Adhere to IAPT, commissioning, Trust, and Service requirements re data collection.Attend relevant meetings relating to performance monitoring and service developments.Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.Keep coherent electronic records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.Liaise with other health and social care staff from a range of agencies in the care provided clients as appropriate.Who are NHS ProfessionalsIf a hospital cannot supply staff on a ward or area, due to increased demand, sickness, or common staff shortages, they need to call upon Bank staff. NHS Professionals works with Trusts to develop a Bank of highly skilled workers who want to work flexiblywith the NHS.Why NHS ProfessionalsWe value your skills, dedication, and commitment in supporting your local Trust and the NHS. We believe together we continue to deliver world-class healthcare service to our patients.In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -

• Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
• First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
• Dedicated consultants
• Flexible working options
• Free DBS and free training
• Build holiday allowance
• Support when you need it - 24/7 365 days - Call us anytime on
• Stakeholder pension scheme