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Join Our Team at NHS Derby & Derbyshire Talking Therapies as a High Intensity CBT Therapist!

We’re on the lookout for passionate, Qualified High Intensity CBT Therapists to join our dynamic NHS Derby & Derbyshire Talking Therapies team. If you're driven to make a meaningful impact in your community while working in a supportive, innovative environment - this is your opportunity.

As a High Intensity CBT Therapist with us, you'll play a central role in transforming lives. You’ll deliver evidence-based CBT interventions for people experiencing depression and a range of anxiety disorders, in line with NICE guidance. You’ll work within a stepped care model, ensuring people receive the least intrusive, most effective treatment tailored to their needs.

This is a hybrid role, you'll work at least one day a week face to face, helping break down barriers and improve accessibility for the people we serve. You’ll also work one evening shift a week (12pm-8pm), allowing you to support clients who may not be able to access services during traditional hours. Your flexibility will make a real difference..

About You:

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Hold a Postgraduate Diploma in High Intensity Interventions (or equivalent CBT qualification)
• Are BABCP accredited (or working toward full accreditation)
• Deliver evidence-based therapy with compassion, structure, and flexibility
• Are skilled in assessment, formulation, risk management, and collaborative working
• Are enthusiastic about shaping and improving psychological therapy services
• Have (or are keen to pursue) additional training in EMDR or IAPT supervision

What we offer in return:

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) and the option to purchase or sell days
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream - ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme, including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and counselling sessions Shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer!

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, once we have received a sufficient number of applications, we reserve the right to expire vacancies, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

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