Trainee High Intensity CBT Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This is a training role within an NHS Talking Therapies service in the Black Country, providing high intensity interventions. The post-holder will undertake a PG Dip. delivered by Coventry University, equipping them to provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to clients with various mental health difficulties. Therapy will be delivered via video or face-to-face, requiring travel between sites and offering telephone/virtual appointments. The role involves assessing referrals, formulating therapy programmes, and managing a caseload.
Key responsibilities
- Accept referrals and assess client suitability for CBT.
- Make decisions on new referrals and refer unsuitable clients to appropriate services.
- Formulate, implement, and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.
- Educate and involve family members in treatment, conveying CBT formulations sensitively.
- Adhere to an agreed activity contract to minimise waiting times and ensure accessible treatment.
- Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
Essential criteria
- hold relevant qualification
- have 12 months mental heath experience
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- demonstrate an understanding of anxiety and depression
Desirable criteria
- experience of working in Primary Care
- knowledge of medication used for common mental health conditions
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
This is a training role within one of the well-established NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression (TT) in the Black Country which comprises of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. The post-holder will be embedded within the TT service providing high intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role.
The PG Dip. will be delivered by Coventry University and candidates must also apply directly to the university. University teaching will take place on site and interviews will be held in October 2026
This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to clients with a range of difficulties for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. Therapy will be delivered on video or face to face. The role is locality based where travel will be required between sites where necessary, whilst also delivering telephone or virtual appointments across the Black Country footprint. The working week split will be subject to service need and course requirements.
Main duties of the job
Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service and assess clients for suitability for CBT
Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department's referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as neces
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