Job summary
- Main area
- Applied Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (12 months internal secondment /Acting up (Maternity Cover))
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-8015095
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People (PMCYP)
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £66,274 - £73,496 per annum inclusive of HCAS (Inner)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Highly Specialist Therapist (N&S DBT)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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 and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already 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 recognises 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 flexible working.
Job overview
The N&S CAMHS DBT Service is looking for an experienced and committed Senior DBT Therapist to join our established Dialectical Behaviour Therapy team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join us in delivering a high-quality, evidence-based Dialectical Behaviour Therapy programme with young people and their parents and carers. There are also opportunities to be involved in our active programme of research and service evaluation, as well as teaching, supervision and consultation to other NHS teams.
We believe diversity is a strength and we particularly welcome applications from those underrepresented in psychology, i.e. minoritised racial, ethnic and cultural groups, as well as people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.
Main duties of the job
• To provide highly specialist clinical input to the N&S CAMHS DBT Service including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment and developing anti-racism knowledge and practice.
• To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, within and outside of the team, functioning as a lead specialist in DBT.
• To undertake service evaluation, audit and research projects.
Working for our organisation
The National & Specialist CAMHS Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Service is a well-established and supportive team based at the Michael Rutter Centre, Maudsley Hospital. The multi-disciplinary service consists of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, a Senior Systemic Psychotherapist, Nurses and a Consultant Psychiatrist, and is open to referrals within South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Greater London Boroughs and Nationally.
As a service we offer a comprehensive, evidence-based DBT-A Programme (DBT adapted for working with adolescents and their parents/carers, as recommended by NICE for young people with frequent self-harm and emotion dysregulation difficulties). The team offers all modes of a standard DBT-A programme including individual therapy, skills groups for young people and their parents/carers, telephone coaching, parent/carer/family sessions, and team consultation. We see young people aged 13-17 who meet our inclusion criteria (they struggle primarily with severe self-harm, suicidality, and related problems). The treatment targets self-harm behaviours and other high-risk behaviours and helps young people learn to manage their emotions, improve their relationships with others and to cope with difficult thoughts and feelings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To provide highly specialist psychosocial assessments, formulations and adherent DBT and related interventions for clients in the N&S CAMHS DBT Service, working with young people with emotion dysregulation, self-harm and suicidality, complex PTSD and comorbidities such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders, and their parents/carers
• To assess and monitor risk and to develop and implement appropriate risk management plans.
• To respond appropriately and effectively to emotionally distressing situations (including young people presenting with imminent risk concerns) and to support others in doing so.
• To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse communities.
• To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
• To utilise theory and research to support evidence-based practice in providing treatment and supporting the work of other team members.
• To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
• To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
• To be responsible for the clinical supervision of Band 7 DBT Therapists.
• To supervise trainee clinicians, within own area of specialism.
• To provide teaching, supervision and consultation to other NHS teams, as appropriate.
• To contribute to research, service evaluation and audit projects
• To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
• To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior clinician according to professional, HCPC and Trust guidelines.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, or MSc, PG Diploma or Doctorate in Counselling Psychology or equivalent nursing/family therapy/OT etc. qualification; or first level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RNLD; or other mental health professional training that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration. (A/I)
- Additional training in DBT through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice–based learning in DBT, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma. (A/I)
- Completed training course in clinical supervision and/or management. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Formal, foundational training in DBT-Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE), EMDR or other evidence-based treatment for PTSD (A/I)
- Management qualification, management training course completion or line management experience (A/I)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of considerable experience working as a DBT Therapist in a comprehensive DBT programme. (A/I)
- Experience of specialist assessment and treatment of clients with a range of complex mental health needs who present with emotion dysregulation, self-harm, suicidality, PTSD and problems of over- and under-control related to eating. (A/I)
- Evidence of supervising other practitioners in the delivery of psychological interventions (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Post-qualification experience of working in a CAMHS setting
- Experience of working within a DBT service (including running DBT groups with young people and their parents/carers). (A/I)
Understanding and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment of young people with self-harm/emotion dysregulation/emerging EUPD and PTSD. (A/I)
- Advanced knowledge of complex CAMHS assessments and clinical psychometrics. (A/I)
- Understanding and knowledge of child protection procedures and safeguarding (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Understanding and knowledge of CAMHS care pathways within the NHS (A/I)
Skills
Essential criteria
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences. (A/)
- Skills in providing teaching and training to multi-professional groups (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Skills in delivering CBT protocols with young people (A/I)
- Skills in providing supervision/consultation to teams (A/I)
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings (A/I)
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work with young people with neurodevelopmental disorders such as ASD (A/I)
- Ability to convene and chair multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings with young people and their families (A/I)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Wilde
- Job title
- Lead Systemic Psychotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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