Are you passionate about supporting individuals effected by birth trauma or perinatal loss?
Are you looking for a new role where you can develop professionally, become involved in-service development and be supported by a friendly and experienced team?
Join KMPT's exciting, new Maternal Mental Health Service!
We are seeking a Senior Psychological Therapist to join our team, made up of Psychotherapists/Psychological Practitioners, Specialist Mental Health Midwives/Bereavement Midwives and Peer Support Practitioners.
Thrive is a 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, community service. The locality for this role is North Kent (Dartford, Gravesham & Swanley), however the post holder must be willing (and have the ability) to drive across the county (Kent and Medway-wide) as and when required.
Candidates must also have substantial, direct and applied experience of trauma-focused therapeutic work in-line with current NICE guidelines.
NHS experience is not essential, so please do apply if you feel your skills and experience align to our requirements.
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
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Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Applicants must hold at least one of the following qualifications:
Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the BPS,Formal training in CBT such as a Post graduate Diploma/Masters in CBT
Formal postgraduate level training in psychological theory and practice, including specifically models of psychopathology, models of psychological therapy and lifespan development.
Candidates must also be registered with one of the following professional bodies:
HCPC: Health and Care Professions Council
AFT: Association of Family Therapists and Systemic Practitioners
BACP: British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (including EMDR and/or TF-CBT)
BABCP: British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
EMDR Association UK (with professional body / accreditation)
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Apr 2025
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