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Position: High Intensity Therapist – Total Wellbeing Luton
Job Introduction
We are currently recruiting for exciting opportunities to join Turning Point and be part of our highly successful and innovative Talking Therapies service.
Total Wellbeing Luton is an integrated Talking Therapies service combining healthy lifestyles and emotional health programmes provided in partnership with Active Luton and we are looking for a qualified High Intensity team Leader to join the team.
The service in Luton provides person-centered, holistic and accessible wellbeing services which are flexible and creative, easy to access and navigate and responsive to the needs of local people. The service contributes to tackling inequalities in health through promoting and supporting people to develop healthier behaviours and lifestyles in the context of their own local communities.
As well as supporting the community with improving their physical and emotional heath, we also prioritise our staff wellbeing. We’re based at Active Luton gyms and community centres, which all staff can access and use freely.
We offer regular masterclasses to upskill our therapists and support their career development as well as opportunities to access additional modality training.
This is a hybrid role and can involve a combination of service based and home working, with a minimum of 2-3 days in the office.
We offer a £1,200 joining bonus.
This is a hybrid role – a combination of service based and home working.
We are currently recruiting for 2 permanent roles and a 12 month FTC role too.
Role Responsibility
You will be joining Total Wellbeing Luton which is a highly regarded and experienced national provider of IAPT service on behalf of the NHS. As a key member of the team, you will be working closely with our clinical team to maintain our high standard and help us to develop this further.
As an High Intensity Therapist you’ll be managing your own caseload providing evidence based treatments. You will provide assessments and evidence based high intensity interventions and you will provide therapy to clients with moderate to severe depression.
We offer a high standard of in house clinical supervision and training with accredited supervisors. We offer regular masterclasses to upskill our therapists and support their career development as well as opportunities to access additional modality training.
We provide excellent opportunities for development in this role through access to training around areas of specialism such as supervision, long-term conditions, cultural diversity etc. You will work with your supervisor and line manager to make sure development and CPD plans are in place for your ongoing growth. There are also many opportunities for career progression into areas of leadership or further clinical training.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking to recruit a High Intensity Therapist who has completed one (or more) of the following modalities:
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
You must have a qualification in this modality and be accredited by your relevant governing body (BABCP, BACP/UKCP) accredited or working towards. Alongside vast experience of working within Mental Health, you’ll have a proven ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients and working relationships with your colleagues.
In return, you’ll enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life and career too, as you gain the experience and training you need to progress in your career with us. Excellent opportunities for both CPD and clinical innovation are available within the service. You will also be able to make use of our digital platform.
The service operates across a variety of days and hours to include Saturdays and evening work to support our clients when they need it most, therefore we offer flexible working hours to promote a positive work life balance for our staff. We pay incentivised rates of pay for weekend working and additional hours.
About us
As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.
We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back…
