Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly skilled Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) Practitioner to join the Psychological Therapies Service (PTS) in South Glos. The successful candidate will lead the MBT stream of interventions within the PTS and locality. We welcome applications from Nurse Therapists, OT, social workers, psychologists or other accredited professional qualifications with experience of MBT service development and delivery. There will be opportunities CPD to sustain high quality of care for the service user group.
The post holder will provide psychological assessment and treatment for people referred to South Glos. PTS presenting with difficulties associated with a diagnosis of emotionally unstable personality difficulties, which adversely impact on relationships and emotional regulation abilities. The successful applicant will be part of the MBT work stream within PTS and play a central role in the delivery of group and individual psychological interventions whilst sharing a passion for offering high quality, safe and effective MBT treatment.
As a service the South Glos. PTS has a commitment to address issues of structural inequalities and oppression that often create barriers in the provision of equitable care for the service user groups in the Locality.
Main duties of the job
The main focus of the clinical work for this post will be the provision of leadership for the delivering the Mentalization Based Treatment programme within PTS at Kingswood Civic Centre. Day to day work involves:
Psychological assessments, setting up and delivering therapy at individual and group levels. To Provide leadership for the MBT service within the PTS and locality.
To work closely with referrers, services and colleagues to collaborate around the delivery of MBT interventions.
To provide specialist supervision for MBT practitioners, trainees and other mental health practitioners working with people with Emotionally unstable personality difficulties .
The role also offers opportunities for teaching, training and service evaluation/audit.
Please see the attached job description and person spec for more information.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
To provide a high quality and largely autonomous and systematic MBT service.
To undertake highly specialist assessments, including risk assessment and assessment for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).
To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
To be responsible for providing psychological interventions for individuals, carers and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
To provide at least one specialist evidence based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.
To provide highly specialist consultation to members of the various teams in the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients of those teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
To provide a high quality and largely autonomous and systematic MBT service.
To undertake highly specialist assessments, including risk assessment and assessment for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).
To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
To be responsible for providing psychological interventions for individuals, carers and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
To provide at least one specialist evidence based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.
To provide highly specialist consultation to members of the various teams in the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients of those teams.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree and Masters level qualification, or equivalent experience in Mental Health profession
- Registered mental health professional or Doctoral Clinical/ Counselling Psychology qualification, qualification as a Psychotherapist or Arts Psychotherapist at an accredited training institution or equivalent professional qualification.
- HCPC Registration, professional registration as an adult Psychotherapist, Arts Psychotherapist or Clinical Psychologist with UKCP, or other relevant body.
- Post qualification specialist training in MBT. MBT practitioner status with at least 3 years post qualification experience of delivering MBT therapy full programme
- Experience of service development and delivery
Desirable
- Experience in delivering psychological therapy within MDT setting with people with emotional instability presenting with high risk behaviours
- Extensive experience of providing clinical supervision based on MBT model at individual and group levels
- Interest in providing high quality of care to the service user group presenting with emotional instability and personality disorder
- Ability to participate in the core roles of the PTS practitioners including offering consultation slots, assessments and formulations as per need of the wider PTS
Experience
Essential
- Professional qualification in an Mental health Profession (Nurse, OT, Social Worker, Psychologist or equivalent)
- Experience of service development within secondary and or primary care settings.
- Experience of provision of Clinical supervision/ consultation with other professionals.
- MBT Practitioner Status from Ana Freud Centre with at least 4 years post qualification experience.
- Experience of risk assessment and management
Desirable
- Experience of working with a diverse population and the ability to consider issues of diversity, accessibility and equality of access to services.
- Completion of Relevant postgraduate training in working with people with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder and/or Complex Emotional Needs.
- Experience of delivering training on MBT and emotionally unstable difficulties
- Relevant R&D or clinical audit work post qualification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work effectively and flexibly as an integral member of a team.
- Excellent communication and liaison skills.
- Well organised with good administration skills.
- Empathy/engagement skills with the client group.
- Well developed IT skills
- Ability to provide interventions online
- Experience of running therapeutic groups
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree and Masters level qualification, or equivalent experience in Mental Health profession
- Registered mental health professional or Doctoral Clinical/ Counselling Psychology qualification, qualification as a Psychotherapist or Arts Psychotherapist at an accredited training institution or equivalent professional qualification.
- HCPC Registration, professional registration as an adult Psychotherapist, Arts Psychotherapist or Clinical Psychologist with UKCP, or other relevant body.
- Post qualification specialist training in MBT. MBT practitioner status with at least 3 years post qualification experience of delivering MBT therapy full programme
- Experience of service development and delivery
Desirable
- Experience in delivering psychological therapy within MDT setting with people with emotional instability presenting with high risk behaviours
- Extensive experience of providing clinical supervision based on MBT model at individual and group levels
- Interest in providing high quality of care to the service user group presenting with emotional instability and personality disorder
- Ability to participate in the core roles of the PTS practitioners including offering consultation slots, assessments and formulations as per need of the wider PTS
Experience
Essential
- Professional qualification in an Mental health Profession (Nurse, OT, Social Worker, Psychologist or equivalent)
- Experience of service development within secondary and or primary care settings.
- Experience of provision of Clinical supervision/ consultation with other professionals.
- MBT Practitioner Status from Ana Freud Centre with at least 4 years post qualification experience.
- Experience of risk assessment and management
Desirable
- Experience of working with a diverse population and the ability to consider issues of diversity, accessibility and equality of access to services.
- Completion of Relevant postgraduate training in working with people with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder and/or Complex Emotional Needs.
- Experience of delivering training on MBT and emotionally unstable difficulties
- Relevant R&D or clinical audit work post qualification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work effectively and flexibly as an integral member of a team.
- Excellent communication and liaison skills.
- Well organised with good administration skills.
- Empathy/engagement skills with the client group.
- Well developed IT skills
- Ability to provide interventions online
- Experience of running therapeutic groups
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).
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