Job responsibilities
Based at our treatment center in Leatherhead, KT22 0BX
Status: Permanent
Salary: Band 7, £44,604 - £51,042, per annum, dependent on experience, plus 5% Outer London Fringe Allowance
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
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About Us:
Combat Stress is the UK's leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century we've been helping former servicemen and women deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems. We provide services in-person, and via phone and online.
We offer psychological interventions following multiple military traumas (primarily for Complex-PTSD, but not exclusively) after a single holistic assessment and formulation of needs within an integrated interdisciplinary care pathway. Stabilisation and reintegration phases include access to art therapy, occupational therapy, psychiatric treatment, substance misuse interventions and programmes of support for Veterans' partners, their families and organisations that work alongside them, such as employers. We also have a highly regarded peer support service, run by Veterans for Veterans that benefits from excellent clinical governance and which supports all stages of their recovery. Psychological interventions span the range of evidenced-based therapies for PTSD and C-PTSD, including TF-CBT, NET, CPT, CFT for trauma and PE. We benefit from innovative clinical and research collaborations with international experts in the field to trial and deliver effective interventions for Complex-PTSD.
We are investing significantly in our digital service delivery, with the aspiration of offering equivalent treatments online to those we deliver in-person, both individual and group interventions. These will continue to be a core part of our services going forward to maintain and increase accessibility to treatment. There is flexibility with this role to negotiate an element of remote working in line with service needs.
Combat Stress remains one of the UK's most well established and innovative services positively shaping the future of Veterans' mental health services. We have a robust CPD programme and an active Research Department acclaimed for high quality research in the field.
About the role:
To work as an integral part of a highly specialist interdisciplinary team working with Veterans living in the England South region.Contribute to the development of interdisciplinary team working to meet the clinical needs of the Veterans referred.To provide trauma informed psychological therapies to Veterans accessing Combat Stress.To ensure that clinical services are delivered consistently with a high level of competency and expertise.To support and advise colleagues on all issues relating to psychological therapies, psychologically informed service provision and trauma-informed care.Contribute to the development and maintenance of external relationships in the England South region, improve cross-service collaborative working relationships and increase awareness of Combat Stress.
Benefits of working for Combat Stress as a Senior Clinical Psychologist/CBT Therapist:
Be part of specialist clinical services for complex trauma-related mental health problems, particularly Complex-PTSDHave access to a clinical psychology peer group across the UK who are innovative, collaborative and promote the provision of psychologically informed care across a phasic, interdisciplinary pathwayBe part of a passionate workforce who are committed to working with VeteransWork in a service trusted by Veterans due to our expertise in working with this client group and longevity in the fieldContribute to cutting edge translational research and benefit from our formal affiliation to Centre for Military Mental Health, King's College LondonHave developmental opportunities in corporate activities that are normally at a distance from clinical service delivery, such as marketing and communications projects, development of digital services and access to media trainingHave significant opportunity to contribute to organisation-wide clinical strategyHave funded CPD opportunities beyond those typically available in the NHSWork with Veterans to co-produce and deliver services with a continual focus on quality improvementWe have a comprehensive Induction and Mandatory Training Programme that will support you in this role.
This role is subject to a Enhanced DBS check.
What we offer:
You will work within a reputable charity that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our veterans, that has a fantastic cause and a committed follower base.
Benefits:
* 27 days paid holiday plus bank holidays. After 5 years continuous service, this will increase to 30 days paid holiday plus bank holidays and after 10 years continuous service, this will increase to 33 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
* Competitive stakeholder pension scheme - contributions matched up to 11% of salary
* Discount shopping vouchers
* Cycle to work scheme
* Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
* Flexible working
* Access to Blue Light Card scheme
* Death in Service Scheme
Plus many more.
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Closing date: Friday 2 February 2024
Interview date: TBC
Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early, should we receive a sufficient amount of applicants
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