Job summary
The Newham Specialist Psychotherapies Service (SPS) is a vibrant psychotherapies service in the heart of East London. This post is in the Psychodynamic Team in SPS, where a range of individual and group psychodynamic interventions are offered. The successful candidate will also work closely with colleagues from other teams in the service that offer a variety of psychotherapeutic approaches, including arts therapies, cognitive-behavioural, complex trauma, integrative, systemic and psychodynamic psychotherapies, and a range of groups across the modalities.
The post holder will work autonomously and as part of a team, delivering specialist individual and group psychodynamic assessments and interventions to service users with complex needs. There will be opportunities for continuous personal development in a number of areas, such as indirect/ liaison work, supervision, reflective practice and teaching/ training skills. As well as regular supervision, there are forums for support and professional development.
Experience of working with complex mental health problems in NHS settings is essential.
The service delivery is informed by attention to the social, cultural, economic and political context of psychological problems to ensure that the service meets the needs of the Borough's diverse population.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work autonomously and as part of a team, delivering specialist psychodynamic individual and group assessments and interventions to service users with complex needs.They will hold a caseload of individual and group work, deliver psychodynamic psychotherapy or other psychodynamically-informed assessments and interventions, provide supervision where appropriate, deliver consultation and training and liaise, where necessary, with the wider network of care across the borough in both primary and secondary care.
They will also conduct generic assessments in the service and consider referrals to a wide range of therapies, including systemic, CBT, integrative and arts therapies. They will attend meetings in the service and interface with systems and teams across the borough. They will maintain high standards of record keeping and governance. They will work effectively with diversity and intersectionality. They will engage and work effectively with service users presenting with severe and enduring psychological difficulties, including complex emotional needs, complex trauma and/or psychosis. They will manage risk and complexity and communicate effectively with colleagues and other agencies. They will also work closely with colleagues in other teams/ modalities in the service (SPS) and across other community mental health services in the borough.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the job please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification files
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the job please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification files
Person Specification
Education/ qualification/ training
Essential
- Specialist training and recognized Post Graduate qualification in Adult Psychotherapy equivalent to that associated with registration with BACP, BCP and/or UKCP OR Specialist training and recognized Post- Graduate qualification in Adult Group Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, equivalent to that associated with registration with BACP, BPC and/or UKCP OR Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical OR Counselling Psychology
- Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist or with other relevant professional body (eg. BPC, BACP, UKCP)
Education/ qualification/ training
Essential
- Experience of working with patients with moderate to complex mental health conditions in a number of NHS settings
- Experience of working psychodynamically/psychoanalytically (for assessment and therapy)
- Experience of developing and delivering therapeutic interventions in various formats, including individual and group
- Knowledge pertinent to effective risk assessment and management
- Skills in maintaining high standards of record keeping, communication and governance
- Ability to manage regular exposure to emotive material and challenging behaviours. ability to handle confrontation effectively and professionally. Ability to manage effectively verbal aggression and the risk of physical aggression.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and able to contain the stress of others
- Ability to work creatively, co-operatively, reliably and consistently as an independent practitioner, as a mentor and supervisor, and in multi-disciplinary and team settings
Desirable
- Formal qualification in another model of psychotherapy, preferably psychodynamically-informed
- Formal basic training in clinical supervision
- Experience of working within a diverse cultural setting and engaging patients with different language and cultural needs, including working with interpreters
- Experience of providing teaching, training, consultation or supervision in psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Skills in working in multidisciplinary settings and knowledge of the practices of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care network, including medical, employment, social, educational, legal and criminal justice systems
- Knowledge of research design and methodology, as practiced within the field of mental health
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult - to - treat groups (e.g. complex emotional needs, self-harm, complex trauma, psychosis, dual diagnosis, persons with additional disabilities, etc)
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult - to - treat groups (e.g. complex emotional needs, self-harm, complex trauma, psychosis, dual diagnosis, persons with additional disabilities, etc)
Person Specification
Education/ qualification/ training
Essential
- Specialist training and recognized Post Graduate qualification in Adult Psychotherapy equivalent to that associated with registration with BACP, BCP and/or UKCP OR Specialist training and recognized Post- Graduate qualification in Adult Group Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, equivalent to that associated with registration with BACP, BPC and/or UKCP OR Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical OR Counselling Psychology
- Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist or with other relevant professional body (eg. BPC, BACP, UKCP)
Education/ qualification/ training
Essential
- Experience of working with patients with moderate to complex mental health conditions in a number of NHS settings
- Experience of working psychodynamically/psychoanalytically (for assessment and therapy)
- Experience of developing and delivering therapeutic interventions in various formats, including individual and group
- Knowledge pertinent to effective risk assessment and management
- Skills in maintaining high standards of record keeping, communication and governance
- Ability to manage regular exposure to emotive material and challenging behaviours. ability to handle confrontation effectively and professionally. Ability to manage effectively verbal aggression and the risk of physical aggression.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and able to contain the stress of others
- Ability to work creatively, co-operatively, reliably and consistently as an independent practitioner, as a mentor and supervisor, and in multi-disciplinary and team settings
Desirable
- Formal qualification in another model of psychotherapy, preferably psychodynamically-informed
- Formal basic training in clinical supervision
- Experience of working within a diverse cultural setting and engaging patients with different language and cultural needs, including working with interpreters
- Experience of providing teaching, training, consultation or supervision in psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Skills in working in multidisciplinary settings and knowledge of the practices of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care network, including medical, employment, social, educational, legal and criminal justice systems
- Knowledge of research design and methodology, as practiced within the field of mental health
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult - to - treat groups (e.g. complex emotional needs, self-harm, complex trauma, psychosis, dual diagnosis, persons with additional disabilities, etc)
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult - to - treat groups (e.g. complex emotional needs, self-harm, complex trauma, psychosis, dual diagnosis, persons with additional disabilities, etc)
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
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).
