Trainee Cognitive Behavioural Therapist Basildon and Brentwood

The Role:

This is a new, exciting training role within the Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Problems (PT SMHP) service in Basildon and Brentwood. The service is an innovative psychological therapies service that sits within Primary Care that fills the gap between NHS Talking Therapies services and Secondary Care mental health services.

The successful candidate will undertake a 2-year postgraduate diploma in cognitive behavioural therapy for personality disorder (PGDip. CBT for PD).

The post-holder will work clinically within a NHS Talking Therapies service and the PT SMHP service in the first year, and solely in the PT SMHP service in the second year, providing psychological interventions whilst undertaking the PGDip CBT PD for personality disorder training programme. The intensive training programme will equip the post-holder to provide CBT treatment to clients with a range of complex mental health problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective, while developing a specialism in treating personality disorder.

The post-holder will mostly work in the service (a hybrid of remote and face to face) for 3 to 4 days weekly whilst attending the training at University College of London (UCL) for 1 to 2 days a week. The post holder will be expected to attend in-person training at UCL as required, and attend clinics in Basildon and Brentwood depending on service need.

Interviews are likely to take place via Teams week commencing W/C 29th September.

Course start date: January 2026 (exact dates tbc)

Skills and Experience:

Essential:

Desirable:

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do. Now part of Spire Healthcare Group plc we have been providing physical and mental health services for over 30 years. We work in partnership with the NHS, are engaged by insurers and some of the UK’s largest corporate companies to support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

To achieve our mission of Making People Better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. We are an award-winning employer recently recognised nationally as “Best Company to Work for” at the Health and Wellbeing Awards 2024.

This is also recognised by current employees – our most recent Employee Survey results showed the top 5 reasons to work here as being:

We are keen to progress your skills and enable career development and provide regular Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme, apprenticeships and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer the opportunity of a flexible work life balance and a comprehensive benefits package which you can view here: https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/join-us/careers

Vita Health Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and is seeking to improve the diversity of its workforce. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion best practice and positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. For further information on our EDI commitments please view here: Vita Health Groups commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to being equitable and supporting the wellbeing of all employees.

Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you need in the application or interview process please contact recruitment@vhg.co.uk and we will facilitate.

Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check.

Any data which you share with us throughout the hiring process will be stored securely within the UK and is accessible only by staff who require it. Should your application be unsuccessful, your data will be securely destroyed after 6 months.

Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.

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