Job Description:
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist - Young People
Fully remote - UK only*
Permanent, Part-Time Opportunity – 24 Hours (3 Days per Week)
Working Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with flexible shifts on Monday and Wednesday (either 9:30–18:00 or 11:30–20:00) and a set shift on Friday (11:30–20:00), offering a consistent routine and excellent work-life balance.
Salary: From £47,000 per annum, plus excellent Bupa benefits
(based on full-time, if part-time this will be pro-rata)
We make health happen
At Bupa, we’re here to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives, and to create a better world. That’s what drives every decision we make. In this role, you’ll play a meaningful part in supporting young people aged 11–17 through evidence‑based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
You’ll be joining our Young Persons Talking Therapy Team, delivering online therapeutic care that brings warmth, clarity, and support to young people, and occasionally adults when needed. Working remotely means you’ll have the flexibility to create a comfortable work environment while still making a genuine difference to families across the UK.
This is a chance to use your specialist skills to help young people feel seen, understood, and supported. You’ll offer high‑quality assessments, guide positive change through tailored intervention, and help shape the future of a growing service dedicated to improving emotional wellbeing.
Key responsibilities
In this role, you will:
Provide high‑quality, outcome‑focused CBT to children and adolescents via video consultations.
Complete thorough assessments and formulations to guide treatment, ensuring every young person receives the right support at the right time.
Communicate clearly and sensitively with parents, carers, schools, and other agencies involved in the child’s care.
Work within clinical guidelines and safeguarding policies, remaining especially attuned to the unique safeguarding needs of young people.
Manage sessional limits linked to the customer’s insurance cover while keeping recovery goals at the heart of your work.
Carry out risk assessments and create effective management plans, with the support of senior clinicians as required.
Provide signposting, onward referrals, and one‑off wellbeing sessions when needed.
Deliver occasional group psychoeducation or wellbeing workshops.
Work autonomously within Bupa’s service framework, maintaining thorough records and upholding the highest clinical standards.
Attend monthly team meetings and regular supervision sessions.
Collaborate with colleagues across operational and clinical teams to improve client and employee experience.
What we’re looking for
Essential:
A BABCP‑accredited Post‑Graduate Diploma in CBT/High Intensity Therapy.
Full BABCP Accreditation.
Experience working with children and adolescents with a range of presentations.
At least two years’ post‑qualification experience delivering high‑intensity CBT.
Strong IT skills and confidence using digital health systems.
Excellent communication skills, adapting your approach to suit different ages and needs.
The ability to prioritise workload, manage a structured caseload, and meet utilisation expectations.
A warm, empathetic approach that helps young people feel genuinely supported.
Desirable:
Additional therapeutic training, leadership skills, or incident‑support training.
Benefits:
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
25 days holiday (pro rata if part-time), increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
Long Service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
Interest- free annual travel Loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
Wagestream - Have early access up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
Competitive Pension plans and Parental leave options as well as access to unique products such as our Menopause plan
My Bupa Extras - discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your wellbeing
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
* Please note that while this is a remote position, you must be based in and working from within the UK at all times.
Time Type:
Part timeJob Area:
Clinical ServicesLocations:
Home Based North c/o Bupa Place, NationwideSkills Required
- Postgraduate Diploma in CBT (High Intensity), BABCP-accredited
- Full accreditation with BABCP
- At least 2 years' post-qualification experience delivering CBT to children and/or adolescents
- Strong understanding of child and adolescent mental health
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Comfortable working autonomously and managing your own caseload
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and electronic medical record systems
- Experience working towards utilisation targets and maintaining time boundaries
Bupa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Bupa and has not been reviewed or approved by Bupa.
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Healthcare Strength — Health cover via the UK Health Trust, day‑one medical support for frontline roles, and dedicated women’s health initiatives indicate a robust, health‑centric package. Access to digital GP, nurse lines, and options such as dental and health cash plans further reinforce medical and preventive care breadth.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing programs span mental, physical, emotional, and financial support, with offerings like EAP access, gym discounts, and health assessments. Flexible work and wellbeing programs highlighted in some regions add to lifestyle value.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include enhanced parental leave in certain UK business units and a family mental‑health support line. Options to extend medical coverage to dependants and family‑oriented allowances strengthen support beyond the individual.
Bupa Insights
What We Do
Bupa's purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We are an international healthcare company serving over 38 million customers worldwide. With no shareholders, we reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers. We directly employ around 85,000 people, principally in the UK, Australia, Spain, Chile, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, Türkiye, Brazil, Mexico, the US, Middle East and Ireland. We also have associate businesses in Saudi Arabia and India. For more information, visit www.bupa.com






