Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and registered professional with a passion for service development and a clinical background of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. This new part-time (0.7WTE) role reflects an exciting expansion of the Barnet CEN Pathway. You would be working alongside the co DBT lead (0.4WTE), who is already in post.

The remit of the new DBT Service is to offer Barnet residents referred into the service a consistent, evidence-based therapeutic approach, to reduce inpatient admissions and to support the quick transitions of those in an inpatient service back into the community.

This new role will ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist Dialectical Behaviour Therapy service and you will be supported by the Barne Adult Psychological Services and Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) pathway. 

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with the Barnet CEN pathway team and the Barnet Adult Psychology service (BAP).

The role will include service development for this new service; agreeing pathways; governance; reporting on implementation and agreed outcomes, and supervising and supporting the screening, referrals, assessments and group or individual therapy provided by other clinical members of the DBT team.

·     To provide highly specialist DBT psychological assessments of clients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.

·       To be responsible for implementing a range of DBT psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

·       To ensure that all members of the treating team have access to DBT and psychologically based framework for understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory.

Working for our organisation

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

Why choose to join the Partnership?

• We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
• Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
• Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
• We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
• Generous Annual Leave Allowance
• NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts’ values and cultural pillars:

• We are kind
• We are respectful
• We work together
• We keep things simple
• We empower
• We are proudly diverse