Band 7 Psychological Therapist - Ardeneleigh
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking to recruit a clinician who is keen to learn more about DBT interventions who has relevant clinical experience and is interested and passionate about working with people who have severe and enduring mental health problems.
This post provides an exciting opportunity to make a significant contribution to the delivery of specialist psychological therapies, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), to support the ICCR within Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust. The successful post holder will be working in the CASCADE service, a highly specialist psychology led service, within the Trust's wider Complex Emotion & Trauma pathway.
CASCADE is an ALL AGES specialist psychotherapy service for service users presenting with high risk suicidal behaviours and self-harm, within the context of severe emotional dysregulation and other co-occurring mental health needs.
We work with ages 14+, as well as providing a valuable service to the families and carers of our service users.
We offer good opportunities for 1:1 client work, group work, working with the Multidisciplinary Teams and research and audit. You will be part of a well-established, supportive and friendly team. The post holder will also have the opportunity to receive 1:1 clinical supervision from a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist. This post may involve some remote working from home and will also involve travel to other Trust bases.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, robust and adaptable individual, with a strong interest in working with people who present with a range of complexities, including risk, personality difficulties, complex emotions and trauma & social inequalities.
Under supervision, the post includes 1:1 and group work, with the post holder having a significant role in the co-facilitation of our DBT skills groups and family & carers group. Experience of DBT or CBT is desirable. Appropriate training will be provided as required.
The post holder will also support the assessment process including administration, scoring and interpretation of psychometric tests and writing reports.
Job responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible; this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Person Specification
* 3 years of working in a mental health setting
* Experience working with self-harming and suicidal behaviour clients
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.
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
436-6826064
Job locations
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