Job summary
A vacancy for a CAT Practitioner has come up at the Munro Centre.
The post holder with work with complex presentations using CAT, offering assessments, treatment and Step 2 CAT Skills group to the patients referred to Southwark Primary Care Mental Health Teams (PCMHT).
This is an exciting role to work closely with the multi- disciplinary colleagues, care coordinator's, and clinicians trained in other modalities, within the PCMHTs.
We are looking for someone who has advanced therapeutic skills to join the existing established CAT service at the Munro Centre. The Service is based at the Munro Centre and works cross the PCMHTs Chaucer Resource Centre and St Giles.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder would assess and treat patients individually, facilitate CAT groups and deliver CPD and training events to other clinicians within the service. You would need to be an ACAT accredited CAT Practitioner, with an interest in developing group work. We may also consider trainees on the CAT Practitioner Programmes eligible for ACAT Accreditation as a CAT Practitioner.
The newly formed PCMHT are split into the North and South Sector and CAT Clinicians work across both the sectors. The post holder will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of CAT within the stepped care model.
In addition, we are looking for someone committed to taking a proactive stance in challenging racism, discrimination and supporting the development of anti-discriminatory and culturally competent service.
Southwark Primary Care Mental Health Teams (PCMHT) provide a range of therapies including cognitive, psychodynamic (including TFP), CAT, MBT, Schema, Trauma and Systemic Family and Couples Therapy. Good supervision and opportunities for collaboration with other CAT colleagues are provided.
CAT is well established in SLAM and has strong links with ACAT, CAT trainings and ACAT SIG group on Inequality and Diversity.
The Trust encourages and welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges. We see this as valuable and recognise the positive impact this experience can have on the work we do.
About us
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest Mental Health Trust in the country, leading on Anti Racist Practice and Patient Carer Race Equality Framework. It operates across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.
Benefits:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The primary purpose of this role is to contribute to the delivery of a high-quality Cognitive Analytic Therapy; to meet the needs of Southwark service users, in line with the service specifications and objectives.
To work autonomously as a Cognitive Analytic Therapist (CAT) within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures within a multi-disciplinary, borough-wide psychological therapies team.
The post-holder maybe asked to work collaboratively and support clinicians, including trainees on placement or other mental health staff who are providing CAT within the service.
To provide psychological assessments and treatment to patients with a complex presentation within a secondary care stepped care service.
To offer highly specialist formulation and consultation to colleagues, referrers, multidisciplinary team members and others as appropriate in the treatment planning and provision of CAT Therapy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The primary purpose of this role is to contribute to the delivery of a high-quality Cognitive Analytic Therapy; to meet the needs of Southwark service users, in line with the service specifications and objectives.
To work autonomously as a Cognitive Analytic Therapist (CAT) within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures within a multi-disciplinary, borough-wide psychological therapies team.
The post-holder maybe asked to work collaboratively and support clinicians, including trainees on placement or other mental health staff who are providing CAT within the service.
To provide psychological assessments and treatment to patients with a complex presentation within a secondary care stepped care service.
To offer highly specialist formulation and consultation to colleagues, referrers, multidisciplinary team members and others as appropriate in the treatment planning and provision of CAT Therapy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To have undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical/counselling psychology, counselling, social work and occupational therapy or other relevant experience and demonstrable competence to practice in the mental health field in the NHS.
- CAT Practitioner, ACAT Accreditation; CAT practitioner or psychotherapy qualification (UKCP or equivalent registration)
- 3 years post qualification experience of working as a qualified CAT practitioner with complex client groups.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering CAT therapy and assessment, including: Appropriate level of competence in treating patients in a secondary care setting.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of cognitive-analytic therapy, including in difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorders).
- Experience of complex risk assessment and managing risk and safeguarding issues, supporting other clinicians with formulation-based risk assessment and decision-making.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Autonomously organise and manage a caseload of service users who are suffering from complex difficulties.
- Contain and manage high levels of emotional distress and disturbance in self and others.
- Ability to manage agreed service targets and manage own caseload and time and oversee this for people they manage.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To have undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical/counselling psychology, counselling, social work and occupational therapy or other relevant experience and demonstrable competence to practice in the mental health field in the NHS.
- CAT Practitioner, ACAT Accreditation; CAT practitioner or psychotherapy qualification (UKCP or equivalent registration)
- 3 years post qualification experience of working as a qualified CAT practitioner with complex client groups.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering CAT therapy and assessment, including: Appropriate level of competence in treating patients in a secondary care setting.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of cognitive-analytic therapy, including in difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorders).
- Experience of complex risk assessment and managing risk and safeguarding issues, supporting other clinicians with formulation-based risk assessment and decision-making.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Autonomously organise and manage a caseload of service users who are suffering from complex difficulties.
- Contain and manage high levels of emotional distress and disturbance in self and others.
- Ability to manage agreed service targets and manage own caseload and time and oversee this for people they manage.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Southwark PCMHT, Munro Centre, 66 Snowsfields, London, SE1 3SS & Chaucer Resource Centre, London SE16 2TH
66 Snowsfields
London
SE1 3SS
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
