DBT Assistant (DBTA) – Silverstone Ward Location: Northampton Salary: From £25,701 Enhancements Hours: 37.5 hours per week Unlock Your Potential at St Andrew’s Healthcare – Transforming Lives, Leading Mental Health Care Are you a passionate and driven individual looking for a role that offers variety, personal development, and the opportunity to make a real impact? St Andrew’s Healthcare, a leading mental healthcare provider, is thrilled to offer an exciting and rare opportunity to join our specialist inpatient DBT service. Our vision for the future is a society in which everyone living with mental health need is heard, valued and has hope for their future. What We Offer: St Andrew's Healthcare is a mental health Charity organisation with a focus on working together with a number of organisations to transform the lives of people with complex mental health needs. We provide specialist mental healthcare and deliver a range of inpatient and community mental healthcare services, education and research that helps to improve lives. Silverstone Ward is an inpatient DBT programme ward, providing a safe place for specialist rehabilitation and recovery for women with complex needs. We have a long and proud history at the forefront of DBT and our expertise is highly valued and recognised both within the Charity and amongst the wider national DBT community. About the Role: We have an exciting opportunity for a DBT Assistant to join our team. This is a dual role that combines the day to day care responsibilities and duties of a Healthcare Assistant with additional opportunities to develop and implement 1:1 DBT skills coaching interventions with patients in crisis. You will undertake relevant DBT training as identified within the clinical area and in addition to the requirements of day to day patient care duties, will also have an opportunity to support with co-facilitating homework groups, leading mindfulness daily practice and DBT skills coaching. As well as an excellent DBT organisation wide support network, you will be trained by and work alongside nationally recognised experts in this field. Whilst this post is highly applicable to candidates seeking to gain experience relevant to progressing within the professional field of Psychology, it should be noted that the role is also open to all, and is particularly suitable to individuals who are motivated to support patients in a Healthcare Assistant capacity. Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to demonstrate and promote the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence in the delivery of your day to day duties and your key responsibilities will include: Key Responsibilities With support and supervision, maintain high standards of patient care within your Healthcare Assistant remit. Assist in the development and delivery of plans of care, building on DBT skills and coping strategies to engage patients in groups and offer DBT skills coaching to patients in crisis. Develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients within appropriate professional boundaries and behaviours. Have a good understanding of the boundary issues that arise when working with patients with Personality Disorders. Record and communicate information relevant to patient care plans and individual programmes, both verbally and electronically (RiO) Work as a member of the clinical team, presenting as an appropriate role model in group sessions having a practical understanding of how to use behavioural principles when working with patients with Personality Disorders. Report and record all unusual and untoward occurrences, including patient performance behaviour and treatment outcomes. Maintain an up-to-date awareness of current Mental Health Act legislation and risk assessment relevant to the role. Seek guidance to ensure that no act or omission on your part has a detrimental effect on patient wellbeing. Undertake the mentoring of junior staff and assist in the provision of clinical supervision. When appropriate develop and facilitate training of junior staff. Rewards We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, increasing after 10 years' service; Life cover; Electric Car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications; On-site facilities such as gym and swimming pool access and cafés all set within beautiful grounds. Closing date: 15th April 2025