PDCS Trainee Therapist
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Peterborough, PE1 1HFView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
25 October 2026
6 days leftJob description
We are seeking a suitably experienced therapist to support the delivery of our group-based treatment programmes for adults with personality disorders....
Your primary role will involve actively providing therapy to clients in our structured treatment pathway. You will have a role in completing 1:1 pre-treatment assessments and engaging service users as they enter our team. This includes accurate completion of clinical records, completing risk assessments and safety plans, and following up safeguarding concerns.
You will have a role in delivering our 12-week introductory MBT group and in co-facilitating the extended 18-month therapy programme; weekly therapy (delivered in group format accompanied by individual sessions). Our current service need is for someone to work in our MBT programme, but the post requires the successful applicant to work flexibly and adaptably to meet the needs of the service.
All clinical staff undertake some training to manage crisis calls and may be required to support the Duty telephone lines at busy times.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in psychology, or a core profession and basis for registration (nursing, or allied health professional), or a trained and registered psychotherapist
- Willingness and ability to embark on the appropriate level of training or work towards MBT Practitioner Accreditation.
Desirable: - Knowledge of MBT and/ or DBT; - Accreditation as an MBT therapist/ DBT therapist; - Training / qualification in delivering psychological therapies
Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience working directly with service users in a therapeutic environment
- Experience of working with service users with Personality Disorder
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Proven ability to communicate clearly in difficult and complex situations.
Desirable
- Experience of working in mental health services
- Experience of delivering psychological therapies
- Experience of collecting data to demonstrate clinical outcomes
- Experience of working with patients presenting with high level of distress and managing risk situations.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling formation of networks with professionals within the Trust and from other agencies to promote effective team working with clients.
- Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from clients.
- Willingness to take initiative and be pro-active to support the development of the programme
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Able to undertake/seek out supervision as required
Desirable
- Ability to promote psychological models with clients, carers and staff in an understandable and person-centred way, clearly outlining goals and potential outcomes.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health / benefits & employment systems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies.
- Formal training in psychological therapies.
- Introductory or full training in MBT.
Other
Essential
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability and willingness to travel independently to locations throughout the organisation
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
9 October 2026
Last checked
13 October 2026
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