Psychological Therapies Documents

Now available...

Recruitment Guidance

Guidance on the recruitment and appointment of IAPT staff as well as national job descriptions.

• Guidance on the recruitment and appointment of IAPT staff
• National job descriptions

Regional adverts will be on the NHS Jobs website.

As part of the IAPT Programme Implementation Plan, the following documents are now available to download.  Click on the link to download the document you require:

• Curriculum for High Intensity Therapies Workers**

• Curriculum for Low Intensity Therapies Workers**

• Equality Impact Assessment

• Impact Assessment

• National Guidelines for Regional Delivery

** - key documents to download, especially for SHAs, education providers and so on

For the IAPT Commissioning Toolkit - click here

Other publications available are:

Practical Approach to Workforce Development

July 2007 (currently under review). 

Each appendix from the Practical Approach can be downloaded seperately: -

• Frequently Asked Questions on the Workforce Capacity tool * [see below]
• Competency Based Job Descriptions and Person Specification for workers delivering Low Intensity interventions
• Guidance on employing workers delivering high intensity  interventions
• Case studies where services have already had experience in implementation

Two publications developed by Roth and Pilling are now available regarding Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

The Competencies required to deliver effective cognitive and behavioural therapy for people with depression and anxiety disorders,   

Cognitive and behavioural therapy (CBT) for people with depression and anxiety. What skills can service users expect their therapists to have?

An interactive Workforce Capacity Tool* will help services to assess the numbers and types of workers for a specific PCT

Good Practice Guide on the Contribution of Applied Psychologists to Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, (IAPT)