You will be a qualified IAPT Low Intensity Therapist (PWP). You will be actively committed to developing your skills in cognitive behavioural therapy in a primary care mental health setting.
You will provide a Primary Care Psychological Therapies Service to customers of Mind in Bexley IAPT with common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, mainly of a mild to moderate severity and impact, primarily Steps 1 and 2 (Stepped Care).
You will deliver high quality, high volume, evidence-based low intensity therapy which will be short term and primarily cognitive behavioural and self-management interventions. These interventions will be delivered primarily by the telephone, CBT and in a group format.
Key Responsibilities
Manage an allocated clinical caseload in collaboration with the Line Manager.
Deliver low intensity, evidence based cognitive behavioural interventions for service users with mild to moderate mental health problems, including:
• Guided Self Help
• Behavioural Activation
• Problem Solving
• Psycho-education
• Group Treatments – modular CBT workshops
• Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (cCBT)
• Prescribing of CBT Self Help books ('Books on Prescription')
• Signposting to appropriate agencies
• Provide symptom monitoring, medication advice and behavioural guidance to service users prescribed antidepressant medication.
• Conduct mental health assessments, psychological assessments and Risk Assessments. Formulate and implement Risk Management plans following Mind in Bexley’s Risk Assessment & Risk Management policies and procedures.
• Coordinate signposting to alternative support or advisory services as appropriate and monitor the effectiveness of this intervention by follow up.
• Refer service users to Clinical Team Leaders if they are presenting with severe or complex conditions or risk, require complex medication advice, or who may need to be referred to Secondary Care Services.
• Ensure that other clinical personnel involved in the treatment and care of service users are aware of all relevant issues in the clinical management of their care, including a history of violence to self or others and current or potential risk of violence to self or others.