South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for a Band 7 Cognitive Analytic Therapist (0.8 wte / 4 days) who is ACAT accredited to work alongside other members of a large, well-established secondary care Psychological Therapies team.
Main duties of the job
This post holder will provide CAT assessment and treatment to people with complex presentations where there is co-morbidity, treatment resistance or associated personality and interpersonal difficulties. The post holder also provides consultation to non-psychology colleagues within the community mental health teams.
About us
CIPTS provides assessments, consultation and psychological therapy for adults with complex mental health difficulties across the Borough of Croydon. CIPTS comprises a dedicated and well-established team of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Psychotherapists in CAT and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. The service is committed to implementing NICE Guidelines and ensuring evidence-based practice but there is also an appreciation of the value of a range of psychotherapeutic models with a complex client group.
Date posted
11 February 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£51,883 to £58,544 a year per annum incl. of HCAs pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
334-CLI-6875558
Job locations
CIPTS, Jeanette Wallce House, 1 Edridge Road, Croydon, CR0 1FE
Job responsibilities
1. To work as a Cognitive Analytic Therapist within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
2. To deliver the systematic provision of a specialist CAT service to service users referred to the service, providing CAT assessment, treatment and consultation.
3. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development.
4. To offer specialist CAT advice and consultation to other mental health professionals.
5. To undertake and maintain specialist continuing professional development relevant to the CAT role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) Therapist Practitioner post-graduate Diploma
* Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions or other relevant experience and demonstrable competence to practice in the mental health field in the NHS.
Experience
* Experience of CAT caseload with adult presentations, including BME groups
* A personal therapy experience of sufficient intensity, depth and duration to be able to work psychotherapeutically with difficult and demanding cases
* Work within a variety of multi-disciplinary team settings, including inpatient, day patient and outpatient
* Experience of delivery CAT informed teaching
Knowledge
* Understanding of the role of CAT in a modern NHS mental health service
* Knowledge of other psychotherapeutic models of treatment
Skills
* Ability to work effectively as a team member
* Ability to contain and manage high levels of emotional distress and disturbance in self and others
* Ability to undertake risk assessment and management with disturbed service users
* Capacities for organisation, management and self-management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer name: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address: CIPTS, Jeanette Wallce House, 1 Edridge Road, Croydon, CR0 1FE
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/
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