Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Therapy Service for People with Personality Disorder (TSPPD/FDL).

The role involves working with people with complex emotional needs/personality disorder and compassion toward this patient group is essential. A working knowledge of this patient group is also required.

You will be working at Gwendolen House and working with Leicestershire Planned Treatment and Recovery Teams ,as part of the pathway for adults who present with moderate to severe difficulties associated with Personality Disorder. The role will initially be to support the City area although this is subject to change in line with transformation/ service need . The role will be delivering groups in line with our shortened Structured clinical management (SCM) programme, and later into the full SCM programme.

We will support you to complete the Anna Freud Centre 12-month training in SCM, which will require learning through didactic training days and participation in external clinical supervision. Successful completion will lead to you acquiring SCM Practitioner status with the Anna Freud Centre.

We will also support your continued professional development in SCM through internal and external training/events. You will be working within sub-teams which include senior clinical staff, assistant psychology staff and peer support workers to work collaboratively with service users.

Main duties of the job

The post is likely to suit someone who enjoys challenges and working in a team, is flexible, and has an ongoing commitment to working with Personality Disorder within group settings.

We would welcome applications from registered individuals who are reflective and can consider the therapeutic relationship and the impact the work has on them. Candidates will require high levels of energy, enthusiasm, commitment, and resilience to succeed in this role, which is important in further improving mental health services for the diverse population we serve. The SCM role involves delivering treatments within groups and the individual sessions which form part of the Structured Clinical Management treatment pathway.

You will also be working within the TSPPD team based at Gwendolen house and with staff working into the MBT treatment pathway such as the Therapeutic Community and Mentalisation Based intervention programme. There is support in place to manage treatment group dynamics, this involves detailed planning and supervision to ensure that groups are being run in line with the SCM stance.

Assessment, safeguarding and risk management would be an intrinsic part of the role. You must have a core profession and significant experience of working with the client group.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Francis Dixon Lodge, Gwendolen House

Gwendolen Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE5 4QF

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Francis Dixon Lodge, Gwendolen House

Gwendolen Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE5 4QF

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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