Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

0.6 FTE- 1 Year Fixed Term contract

Background of department/role

Do you relish the challenge of training staff to deliver good clinical outcomes in NHS-TT psychological therapy services? This post offers an exciting opportunity to work as part of a small team developing and delivering significant training programmes in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

Key responsibilities will include preparing and delivering training for High-intensity (CBT) trainees, providing learning support to trainees as their personal tutor, evaluation of trainee assessments, and building relationships with managers and supervisors in psychological therapy services. Training will be delivered at the Salomons Institute and online.

To be successful in this role you will have a postgraduate mental health qualification, knowledge and experience of CBT high-intensity interventions and the skills to develop and deliver inspiring training. You will be able to demonstrate current BABCP accreditation. You will be committed to maintaining your own clinical practice in CBT.

You will join a team of professionals working across a range of mental health training programmes. Considerable importance is attached to the continued personal and professional development of staff.

The Salomons Institute is based in the centre of Tunbridge Wells, (1 Meadow Road, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2YG) 10 minutes’ walk from the station, and enjoys excellent administrative, IT and library support.

How will you work?

We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible and this role is flexible and connected (Academic & Student Facing). Campus attendance will vary on a day-to-day basis and across the year but must purposefully align to the service being delivered and to the needs of our students, staff, and stakeholders. It is expected that the majority of your working time will be spent on campus

How to apply

Start date for applications: 07 April 2025
Closing date for applications: 27 April 2025
Interviews are to be held: 07 May 2025

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Dr Daniel Salter on daniel.salter@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ05464.

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU

Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.