Job summary
Living Well aims to support
people to connect with their local community and build on their strengths and
aspirations. As a developing service the post holder will be highly adaptable
and flexible to service change, and through reflection and prototyping support
the ongoing service developments.
You will be a key member of the team helping to
develop and deliver the new Living Well service in Salford. Living Well isa
nationwide innovative approach to mental health, and we are looking for
psychological therapists to adapt and influence new ways of working based on a
holistic, collaborative, psychologically informed trauma-informed approach to
mental health care.
The role holder will support teams of practitioners, including mental health practitioners, recovery workers and peer support mentors, delivering services through Primary Care Networks (PCN) and the Living Well initiative. The role holder will support the psychological mindedness of the team, through supervision, staff training and group work for people using Living Well services.
Main duties of the job
The
successful applicant will be an existing therapist or practitioner trained in a
modality to support the Living Well team prior to, and alongside, completing a
training in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT). You would need to meet entry
criteria for this course as outlined in the person specification and the ACAT
website below. More information on the training course and
entry criteria can be found here https://www.acat.me.uk/page/cat+practitioner+training
Six
Degrees is fully funding the course costs and the role holder being required to
sign a training agreement. The personal therapy element will be self-funded. This
post is also open to applications from those currently in training or
accredited CAT Practitioners.
The current and
developing skillset required for the role will result in the post holder being
able to work towards supporting effective team functioning, independently facilitating
complex case discussion, clinical supervision, reflective practice, joint
psychological assessments, to design and deliver training workshops,
facilitating groups and evaluate programmes.
Following
completion of the specified training course, moving to a qualified Band 7 post
will be contingent on meeting a number of criteria related to the roles and
performance of a psychological therapist.
About us
An innovative and developing service model in Salford, Living Well is a partnership between Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, Mind in Salford, Start Inspiring Minds and Six Degrees. The Living Well team is multi agency and the core principles are based on lived experience and peer support, solution focussed interventions, strengths-based approaches, relational recovery and trauma informed care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key
role responsibilities
Team
support and development
-
Develop psychologically informed practice, using individual and systemic
psychological formulation.
-
Contribute to the development of practitioners clinical skills, on an
individual and group basis, through regular case discussion.
-
Provide regular opportunities for practitioners to jointly assess or
work on particular cases.
-
Develop scope to identify psychosocial training needs within the team,
design and facilitate training packages with supervision.
-
Contribute to the psychological health and overall sense of well-being
of the team.
Professional development- Using training to utilise theory, literature and research to support
evidence-based practice in individual work and with other team members whilst promoting
psychological mindedness and CAT practices.
- Develop new skills and pro-actively utilise learning from clinical
training into everyday and complex clinical work.
- Gain additional highly specialist experience and skills relevant to
the post and/or the service as agreed with the service lead under supervision.
- Provide joint assessments with Living Well staff under supervision.
- Provide short term group or individual intervention under supervision.
- Communicate highly complex and potentially contentious information in
a skilled and sensitive manner under supervision and upon discussion from
senior staff.
- Progress to be able to provide skilled supervision and case management
to clinicians.
Clinical development
-
Develop and nurture close liaison with external stakeholders and
partners; specifically GPs and other mental health care staff, and other
statutory and voluntary sector agencies.
-
Contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the
services operational policies and procedures.
-
Assist and support with a view to leading on audits, service
evaluation and reporting to help develop service provision and identify areas
for improvement.
-
Work closely with the service leads and team members to contribute to
the effective, efficient and safe running of the service.
-
Carry out role in line with Six Degrees leadership traits and
safeguarding, information governance and equality and diversity policies (see
appendix A).
This job description does not provide an
exhaustive list of duties and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post
holder in light of service development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key
role responsibilities
Team
support and development
-
Develop psychologically informed practice, using individual and systemic
psychological formulation.
-
Contribute to the development of practitioners clinical skills, on an
individual and group basis, through regular case discussion.
-
Provide regular opportunities for practitioners to jointly assess or
work on particular cases.
-
Develop scope to identify psychosocial training needs within the team,
design and facilitate training packages with supervision.
-
Contribute to the psychological health and overall sense of well-being
of the team.
Professional development- Using training to utilise theory, literature and research to support
evidence-based practice in individual work and with other team members whilst promoting
psychological mindedness and CAT practices.
- Develop new skills and pro-actively utilise learning from clinical
training into everyday and complex clinical work.
- Gain additional highly specialist experience and skills relevant to
the post and/or the service as agreed with the service lead under supervision.
- Provide joint assessments with Living Well staff under supervision.
- Provide short term group or individual intervention under supervision.
- Communicate highly complex and potentially contentious information in
a skilled and sensitive manner under supervision and upon discussion from
senior staff.
- Progress to be able to provide skilled supervision and case management
to clinicians.
Clinical development
-
Develop and nurture close liaison with external stakeholders and
partners; specifically GPs and other mental health care staff, and other
statutory and voluntary sector agencies.
-
Contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the
services operational policies and procedures.
-
Assist and support with a view to leading on audits, service
evaluation and reporting to help develop service provision and identify areas
for improvement.
-
Work closely with the service leads and team members to contribute to
the effective, efficient and safe running of the service.
-
Carry out role in line with Six Degrees leadership traits and
safeguarding, information governance and equality and diversity policies (see
appendix A).
This job description does not provide an
exhaustive list of duties and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post
holder in light of service development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An honours degree in Psychology recognised for graduate membership of British Psychological Society or equivalent health related subject that demonstrates academic capability.
- A professional qualification such as Nurse, Social worker, OT alongside mental health experience with an additional training of delivering psychological modality (ies).
- Training in more than one therapeutic modality Other post-graduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology
- Experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required.
- Current registration as a therapy practitioner.
- HCPC registered practitioner psychologist or equivalent e.g. BABCP registered CBT practitioner or Member of an appropriate professional body
Desirable
- Part way through CAT training or coming to the end of CAT training.
- Additional formal training since qualification or experience of delivering a recognised psychological therapy e.g. CAT, MBT, IPT, CBT.
- Group, family and/or systemic training and qualifications.
- Post-graduate qualifications in psychological assessment and psychological therapy (e.g. Doctorate in Counselling Psychology,
-
- Postgraduate diploma in CBT, IAPT High Intensity CBT diploma).
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of one or more psychological therapies and substantial post qualification experience of model specific psychological assessment, formulation and therapeutic work with complex patients who fall within the service remit, for example PTSD presentations, asylum seekers and refugees; dual diagnosis and comorbidities such as long-term physical ill health and disabilities.
- Experience working one to one psychologically
- Experience of working with interpreters
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole adult life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of offering psychosocial interventions.
- Experience of use of routine outcome measures.
- Experience of audit and evaluation.
- Experience of working successfully in teams with others from a non-therapy background.
- Experience of managing risk to self or others and safeguarding.
- Understanding and sensitivity to working in a multi-cultural community with an attendant understanding of the key issues.
- Experience of supporting and developing others.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of one or more psychological therapies and substantial post qualification experience of model specific psychological assessment, formulation and therapeutic work with complex patients who fall within the service remit, for example PTSD presentations, asylum seekers and refugees; dual diagnosis and comorbidities such as long-term physical ill health and disabilities.
- Experience working one to one psychologically
- Experience of working with interpreters
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole adult life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of offering psychosocial interventions.
- Experience of use of routine outcome measures.
- Experience of audit and evaluation.
- Experience of working successfully in teams with others from a non-therapy background.
- Experience of managing risk to self or others and safeguarding.
- Understanding and sensitivity to working in a multi-cultural community with an attendant understanding of the key issues.
- Experience of supporting and developing others.
- Demonstrate further specialist training and experience.
- Experience of and capacity to make a contribution to service delivery and service development.
- Experience of working with neurodiversity
- Able to demonstrate further specialist training/experience in psychodynamic/systemic or relational models
- Specific experience of working with patients with persistent medical symptoms or those who attract diagnosis of personality disorder.
- Experience of providing supervision to other clinicians.
- Experience of developing and delivering training.
- Experience of developing and evaluating group therapy programmes.
- Ability to work collaboratively and develop psychological formulations and care plans and communicate these effectively to others.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment/psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of individuals
- Experience of providing joint assessments with other professionals/colleagues.
- Experience running group therapy programmes or the ability to work towards running groups independently
- Experience of working psychologically through others, for example advising and support the psychological work of other team members or professionals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An honours degree in Psychology recognised for graduate membership of British Psychological Society or equivalent health related subject that demonstrates academic capability.
- A professional qualification such as Nurse, Social worker, OT alongside mental health experience with an additional training of delivering psychological modality (ies).
- Training in more than one therapeutic modality Other post-graduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology
- Experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required.
- Current registration as a therapy practitioner.
- HCPC registered practitioner psychologist or equivalent e.g. BABCP registered CBT practitioner or Member of an appropriate professional body
Desirable
- Part way through CAT training or coming to the end of CAT training.
- Additional formal training since qualification or experience of delivering a recognised psychological therapy e.g. CAT, MBT, IPT, CBT.
- Group, family and/or systemic training and qualifications.
- Post-graduate qualifications in psychological assessment and psychological therapy (e.g. Doctorate in Counselling Psychology,
-
- Postgraduate diploma in CBT, IAPT High Intensity CBT diploma).
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of one or more psychological therapies and substantial post qualification experience of model specific psychological assessment, formulation and therapeutic work with complex patients who fall within the service remit, for example PTSD presentations, asylum seekers and refugees; dual diagnosis and comorbidities such as long-term physical ill health and disabilities.
- Experience working one to one psychologically
- Experience of working with interpreters
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole adult life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of offering psychosocial interventions.
- Experience of use of routine outcome measures.
- Experience of audit and evaluation.
- Experience of working successfully in teams with others from a non-therapy background.
- Experience of managing risk to self or others and safeguarding.
- Understanding and sensitivity to working in a multi-cultural community with an attendant understanding of the key issues.
- Experience of supporting and developing others.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of one or more psychological therapies and substantial post qualification experience of model specific psychological assessment, formulation and therapeutic work with complex patients who fall within the service remit, for example PTSD presentations, asylum seekers and refugees; dual diagnosis and comorbidities such as long-term physical ill health and disabilities.
- Experience working one to one psychologically
- Experience of working with interpreters
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole adult life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of offering psychosocial interventions.
- Experience of use of routine outcome measures.
- Experience of audit and evaluation.
- Experience of working successfully in teams with others from a non-therapy background.
- Experience of managing risk to self or others and safeguarding.
- Understanding and sensitivity to working in a multi-cultural community with an attendant understanding of the key issues.
- Experience of supporting and developing others.
- Demonstrate further specialist training and experience.
- Experience of and capacity to make a contribution to service delivery and service development.
- Experience of working with neurodiversity
- Able to demonstrate further specialist training/experience in psychodynamic/systemic or relational models
- Specific experience of working with patients with persistent medical symptoms or those who attract diagnosis of personality disorder.
- Experience of providing supervision to other clinicians.
- Experience of developing and delivering training.
- Experience of developing and evaluating group therapy programmes.
- Ability to work collaboratively and develop psychological formulations and care plans and communicate these effectively to others.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment/psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of individuals
- Experience of providing joint assessments with other professionals/colleagues.
- Experience running group therapy programmes or the ability to work towards running groups independently
- Experience of working psychologically through others, for example advising and support the psychological work of other team members or professionals.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
