Psychological Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Enfield Therapy service is a trauma-informed therapy team with a Team Manager, Psychological Therapists, Psychologists, Dual Diagnosis workers, Psychiatrists and Associate Mental Health Workers.
• Enfield Therapy service takes referrals from the Assessment Service, which acts as a single point of entry for the borough. They also accept referrals from the Acute Care Service.
• Enfield Therapy service provides a service to patients with complex non-psychotic presentations HoNOS clusters 4 8. A number of the team caseload maybe open to the

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, including at least two distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS, or training in a particular therapy model (e.g. psychodynamic psychotherapy, CBT, CAT, DIT) ideally with a training in a core profession.
• Registration with HCPC, UKCP or other relevant accreditation body.

Desirable

• Training and qualifications in other fields of applied psychology or related fields.
• Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community/teams, primary care and in patient and day settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole 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.
• Multi-disciplinary team working and involvement in developing risk management plans and supporting care of service users.
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• At least 18 months working in a qualified post

Desirable

• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team setting to promote quality and better outcomes for service users.
• Experience of running a range of groups/workshops /courses for service users

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS/HCPC/other relevant accreditation body.
• Experience of providing supervision

Desirable

• High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies, one being CBT.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
• Competency in neuropsychological assessments.
• Formal training in supervision of clinical psychologists.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• IT skills including e-mail, word processing and basic data base.

Desirable

• Personal experience of mental health problems and/or personal therapy.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Chase Building, Chase Farm hospital

127 The Ridgeway

Enfield

EN2 8JL

Employer's website

http://www.beh-mht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)