Psychodynamic and Cognitive Analytical Therapy Assessor (Secondment)
8a
Main area: Psych Therap Grade 8a
Contract: Secondment: 3 months
Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week (Flexible between 7.5 to 30 hours per week available)
Job ref: 334-CLI-6844425
Site: 151 Blackfriars Rd SE1 8EL
Town: London
Salary: £61,927 - £68,676 per annum incl. of inner HCAs
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/01/2025 23:59
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links, and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Richmond.
We are committed to providing high-quality and specialist care to our service users and are recognized for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021, together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes, and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognizes the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen, and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk about flexible working.
Job overview
Lambeth Secondary Care Psychological Therapies [LSCPT] is a Complex Emotional Needs therapies pathway, which aims to provide integrated stepped care for people with complex difficulties. The pathway has a range of therapy modalities at three levels of care. 'Tier 2' offers various relational and psychodynamic interventions for people with complex needs including Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (PDP).
The purpose of the post is to provide assessments for CAT and PDP. The applicant will need to have experience of working in a psychodynamic framework and will be expected to complete 6 assessments a month, including the relevant clinical administration. There will be fortnightly psychotherapy supervision to support the decision-making process. The post holder will liaise with relevant Tier leads and clinicians and gain an understanding of the different therapy offers at each tier. The applicant will also be involved in auditing the outcomes and providing regular feedback to the Pathway leads to inform service improvement.
The post will suit someone who is interested in working across teams in an integrated care manner. We are also looking for someone who can provide psychological support to people who are emotionally distressed, with sensitivity and skill in judging, and responding appropriately to the service users’ perspectives on engaging in intervention. Additionally, the ability to assess risk and readiness for change.
Main duties of the job
* To work autonomously as a Senior Adult Psychotherapist within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.
* To undertake highly specialist assessments of referrals to CAT and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and refer appropriately to other interventions in the relational pathway.
* To utilise research skills for audit, policy, and service development.
* To attend supervision regularly and prepared.
* To adhere to relevant professional guidelines.
We are looking for SLaM employees who are interested in 1 to 2 days of additional work for a short period of time.
Working for our organisation
SLaM provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
SLaM employs around 5000 staff and serves a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. Currently, we provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley, and Greenwich.
By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. SLaM delivered more than 14,000 training experiences in 2014, providing an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff at all levels. In addition, our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specifications. We're also happy to discuss in more detail, please get in touch for this.
This is a brief secondment to support SCPT in completing relational psychotherapy assessments for 1-2 days a week.
Person specification
Experience
* A personal therapy experience of sufficient intensity, depth, and duration to be able to work psychotherapeutically with difficult and demanding patients. (A/I)
* Significant experience of delivering CAT or another psychotherapeutic modality, including a range of presenting problems at secondary-care level. (A/I)
* Clinical supervision of mental health clinicians (A/I)
* Active involvement and participation in EDI related issues organisationally and/or clinically. Experience working psychotherapeutically with Black and ethnic minority groups (A/I)
Knowledge
* Comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses and treatments, and of mental health provision in statutory and voluntary sectors (A/I)
Skills
* Autonomously undertake risk assessment and management with highly complex secondary care patients (A/I)
* Communicate clearly, effectively, and sensitively with patients, particularly when presenting highly complex and contentious issues in high-risk situations, and with colleagues and managers, in written and verbal forms, including the clinical notes and reports. (A/I)
Abilities
* The capacities for organisation, management, and self-management, including the ability to autonomously manage a clinical caseload.
* Demonstrates ability to work effectively as a team member, co-operate and negotiate, accept constructive criticism, and be appropriately assertive in a constructive manner. (A/I)
* Ability to undertake clinical and other audits in order to monitor and improve the service. (A/I)
* Work within a variety of multi-disciplinary team settings, which could include CMHT, inpatient, day patient, and outpatient (A/I)
Qualifications
* A recognised qualification in a core mental health profession e.g. psychiatric nursing, OT, medical Psychotherapy, social work, doctoral level clinical or counselling psychology, with demonstrable competence to practice in mental health in the NHS. (A)
* Registered with professional body as appropriate to discipline HCPC/APC/BPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP/ADMP-UK
* Relevant specialist training in relation to working with mental health challenges, personality disorders, challenging behaviour, culture & diversity needs or personality difficulties (A/I)
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect, and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
* Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice.
* Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment.
* We believe that people who use our services, their carers, and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect, and dignity.
Please note:
* All applications for this post will need to be made online.
* Read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria.
* The closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should a sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible.
* Once you have submitted your application, you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.
* Should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date, your application has not been successful.
* Priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees.
* Should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
* We are a smoke-free Trust.
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion; Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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