Job summary
Job Overview
This is a new permanent role created to help us deliver our plans to transform our community mental health services, as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The transformation of our community mental health services will lead to truly integrated health and social care for adults in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey who have serious mental illness.
Our transformation plans are supported by £25m in funding and will mean the roll-out over the next three years of multi-disciplinary teams of experts working within the new Primary Care Networks and offering wraparound, holistic care to our service users and wider community. Our aim is to support the whole person as they live with, or recover from, mental illness and to offer them support with other challenges they may face, such as debt, relationship problems, housing, education or training. We will also focus resources on reaching those who currently face obstacles in getting the help they need.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties of the Job
This is unique opportunity to contribute to setting up and delivering an innovative pilot, Step and Thrive, for working age adults (18 to 65 years old) who are impacted by severe and enduring mental health issues. Step and Thrive is a new pathway being developed as part of the community transformation of adult mental health services. This service will provide accessible, community-based support in the form of psychologically informed activities, groups and social spaces that address the holistic well-being needs (e.g. emotional, social, occupational, practical, etc.) that contribute to poor mental health. This is a co-produced service that blends psychological expertise alongside lived experience to ensure that support is accessible, relevant, and effective. The service draws largely on community psychology, narrative, trauma-informed and attachment-based principles. The service seeks to create community integration by working alongside community organisations and support people to access relevant and sustainable support outside of the NHS.
About us
Working for our Organisation
At Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Community and Mental Health Trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.
The Trust's values are:
- Compassion
- Respect
- Being Positive
- Working together
By coming to work at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust you will be joining a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached for a detailed overview of the job.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached for a detailed overview of the job.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology.
- Registration with HCPC.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Qualification/training in Family Therapy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an area relevant to this post, preferably Community Adult Mental Health Services and/or Service Innovation
- Evidence of a high level of competent and autonomous clinical practice.
- Experience of working within the different psychological models that are evidence based or are building an evidence base
- Experience of delivering group based interventions
- Understanding of monitoring outcomes
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Experience of service innovation and development
- Experience of Community Psychology, Narrative Therapy or Attachment/Mentalisation based approaches
- Experience of working in the community psychology based projects/services
Skills
Essential
- Skills in developing, managing and co-ordinating psychological interventions with adults experiencing severe mental health issues
- Working knowledge of at least two specialised psychological therapies/approaches.
- Knowledge of research methodology as practised within the mental health field
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and supervised practice of a specialist psychological therapy with adults in a community setting
- Direct experience of working in a co-produced way
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work both independently and cooperatively as part of a diverse team
- Ability to contain work with organisational stress and ability to hold the stress of others
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior
Other
Essential
- Ability to carry out travel around the designated area of work and to work flexible and sometimes antisocial hours
- A genuine commitment to the vision, mission, values and beliefs of the service
- A genuine commitment to the London Vanguard's ethos of partnership working across sectors and agencies
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology.
- Registration with HCPC.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Qualification/training in Family Therapy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an area relevant to this post, preferably Community Adult Mental Health Services and/or Service Innovation
- Evidence of a high level of competent and autonomous clinical practice.
- Experience of working within the different psychological models that are evidence based or are building an evidence base
- Experience of delivering group based interventions
- Understanding of monitoring outcomes
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Experience of service innovation and development
- Experience of Community Psychology, Narrative Therapy or Attachment/Mentalisation based approaches
- Experience of working in the community psychology based projects/services
Skills
Essential
- Skills in developing, managing and co-ordinating psychological interventions with adults experiencing severe mental health issues
- Working knowledge of at least two specialised psychological therapies/approaches.
- Knowledge of research methodology as practised within the mental health field
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and supervised practice of a specialist psychological therapy with adults in a community setting
- Direct experience of working in a co-produced way
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work both independently and cooperatively as part of a diverse team
- Ability to contain work with organisational stress and ability to hold the stress of others
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior
Other
Essential
- Ability to carry out travel around the designated area of work and to work flexible and sometimes antisocial hours
- A genuine commitment to the vision, mission, values and beliefs of the service
- A genuine commitment to the London Vanguard's ethos of partnership working across sectors and agencies
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).
