Why Join Us? Make a real difference in the lives of individuals with complex emotional needs by joining our pioneering therapeutic team. Our Democratic Therapeutic Community (DTC) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Services offer innovative approaches that empower service users to rebuild their lives, overcome challenges, and thrive.
We provide comprehensive training in DBT and group therapy, equipping you with the tools to deliver exceptional care and grow professionally in a compassionate, collaborative environment.
About the Services:
DTC: A therapeutic and analytical environment rooted in democratic principles where service users and staff share responsibility to foster healing, growth, and self-awareness.
DBT: An evidence-based therapy that helps service users manage emotions, reduce distress, and adopt effective coping strategies. DBT is proven to improve emotional regulation and reduce self-harm.
Your Role:
As a Psychological Therapy Group Practitioner, you will:
1. Deliver group interventions through DTC and DBT services.
2. Work closely with clinical staff and lived experience colleagues.
3. Train and mentor clinicians, sharing expertise.
4. Promote and develop services to enhance care quality.
What We're Looking For:
We value candidates with:
1. Experience in group-based therapy and working in therapeutic communities.
2. Strong interpersonal, collaborative, and leadership skills.
3. Emotional resilience and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Main duties of the job
Your Role:
As a Psychological Therapy Group Practitioner, you will:
1. Deliver Specialist Therapy: Provide group-based therapeutic interventions in the DTC and DBT Skills Groups, using your expertise to support individuals on their path to recovery.
2. Collaborate in a Multidisciplinary Team: Work alongside clinical staff and service user consultants to uphold therapeutic integrity, ensuring service users receive the highest standard of care.
3. Train and Mentor Clinicians: Share your expertise through teaching and mentoring other professionals, promoting best practices in working with individuals with complex emotional needs.
4. Partner with Lived Experience Colleagues: Collaborate with service user consultants, integrating their unique insights to enhance service delivery.
5. Develop and Promote Services: Play an active role in refining and advancing the DTC and DBT services while building relationships with external stakeholders to increase awareness and access.
About us:
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
* Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
* Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
* Access to Continued Professional Development.
* Involvement in improvement and research activities.
* Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
* Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.
Job description:
Job responsibilities:
Job Summary: To work within a multi-disciplinary team, which includes Service User Consultants (SUCs), providing a service to people with Personality Disorder or Complex needs, and to agencies working with them. To support the development, management, and delivery of both the DTC and DBT services. To support the team to undertake consultations in connection with individuals, teams, and services. To support the team in developing and providing training.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
To work within a highly specialist psychotherapeutic multi-disciplinary team, including service user consultants (SUCs), providing group psychotherapeutic interventions to people with a Personality Disorder, and staff and agencies who work with them. To carry responsibility for the integrity of the application of therapeutic principles within the Democratic Therapeutic Community and the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Services. To liaise with care coordinators and staff working with service users, to enable appropriate application, manage ongoing therapeutic interventions including crisis management, plan discharge and prepare reports as required. To undertake consultancy and supervision to teams and organisations working with people with personality disorder. To participate in group clinical supervision and individual supervision as required.
Person Specification:
Education / Qualifications:
Essential:
* RMN Or Post-graduate qualification in Clinical psychology /psychological therapy Or Dip. Social work Or BSc (OT).
* Relevant Professional registration.
* Evidence of continued professional development, especially relevant short courses.
Desirable:
* Training in group or individual psychotherapeutic interventions.
* Training in personality disorders.
* Degree or equivalent level of training/education.
* Training in working with people from culturally diverse backgrounds or good Equal Opportunities practice.
Experience:
Essential:
* Post qualification experience.
* Significant experience of group work.
* Significant experience of working with service users with diagnosis of 'personality disorders'.
* Provision of specialised supervision/consultation to other staff.
* Provision of training to other staff.
* Experience of working within a close therapeutic team.
* Collaborative working with key stakeholders.
* Experience of Clinical supervision.
Desirable:
* Psychotherapeutic group work within a residential or day therapeutic community.
* Experience of psychotherapeutic clinical work.
* Experience of working with Service User Consultants.
* Experience of working within Secondary Care Mental Health Service.
* Experience in training others.
* Experience of personal therapy or personal development work.
Knowledge:
Desirable:
* Understanding of the wider clinical and sociological issues relating to clients with personality disorder.
Skills and Abilities:
Essential:
* Ability to work effectively with service users.
* Ability to work under pressure and manage own anxiety.
* Commitment to working with people with personality Disorder using Therapeutic approaches.
* Ability and commitment to flexible working, within defined work patterns.
Employer details:
Employer name:
Pennine Care NHS FT
Address:
Tameside General Hospital Springhill Building
Springhill Building Tameside General Hospital
Ashton Under Lyne
OL6 9RW
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