Job summary
We are looking to appoint a qualified and experienced Psychotherapist into our newly established PACT pathway. An exciting opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team, providing specialist interventions to patients with personality disorders and complex trauma.
The post holder will be required to deliver both individual and group psychotherapy. They will also be involved in the delivery of Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) and will be expected to have completed AFC MBT Accreditation as practitioner or be willing to undertake/achieve accredited status.
The role involves triaging referrals, conducting comprehensive assessments and delivering interventions. The team will work together as an MDT to be able to provide timely response to individuals who require treatment. It will involve working closely alongside colleagues with lived experience as well as those in community mental health teams.
It is essential the post holder can work in a trauma informed way and is passionate about making a difference in this area. They will receive regular supervision and relevant additional training will be provided by the service.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a specialist psychotherapy service to people with complex emotional needs within the personality disorder and complex trauma pathway (PACT).
- To provide individual and group psychotherapy as appropriate.
- This post will involve delivery of Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) and postholder will be expected to have completed AFC MBT Accreditation as practitioner or be willing to undertake/achieve accredited status.
- To provide an assessment of clients referred to the psychotherapy service to ascertain and document their history.
- To facilitate client engagement in the treatment programme and support them in developing effective strategies to resolve or cope with their problems.
- To provide support in times of crisis, assessing risk in conjunction with the team and in liaison with colleagues.
- To provide CPA, care management; risk assessment, care planning and the implementation of clinically effective interventions to clients referred to the personality disorder service.
- To provide a therapy service to clients across the CWPT. This provision can be within the clients home, GP surgery or mental health service premises across the locality.
About us
The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a specialist psychotherapy service to people with complex emotional needs within the personality disorder and complex trauma pathway (PACT).
- To provide individual and group psychotherapy as appropriate.
- This post will involve delivery of Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) and postholder will be expected to have completed AFC MBT Accreditation as practitioner or be willing to undertake/achieve accredited status.
- To provide an assessment of clients referred to the psychotherapy service to ascertain and document their history.
- To facilitate client engagement in the treatment programme and support them in developing effective strategies to resolve or cope with their problems.
- To provide support in times of crisis, assessing risk in conjunction with the team and in liaison with colleagues.
- To provide CPA, care management; risk assessment, care planning and the implementation of clinically effective interventions to clients referred to the personality disorder service.
- To provide a therapy service to clients across the CWPT. This provision can be within the clients home, GP surgery or mental health service premises across the locality.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a specialist psychotherapy service to people with complex emotional needs within the personality disorder and complex trauma pathway (PACT).
- To provide individual and group psychotherapy as appropriate.
- This post will involve delivery of Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) and postholder will be expected to have completed AFC MBT Accreditation as practitioner or be willing to undertake/achieve accredited status.
- To provide an assessment of clients referred to the psychotherapy service to ascertain and document their history.
- To facilitate client engagement in the treatment programme and support them in developing effective strategies to resolve or cope with their problems.
- To provide support in times of crisis, assessing risk in conjunction with the team and in liaison with colleagues.
- To provide CPA, care management; risk assessment, care planning and the implementation of clinically effective interventions to clients referred to the personality disorder service.
- To provide a therapy service to clients across the CWPT. This provision can be within the clients home, GP surgery or mental health service premises across the locality.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Psychotherapist (UKCP / BPC / BACP) or Core Training (RMN / OT / Social Work / Arts Therapies / Psychology / Medicine) AND demonstrable experience of providing psychologically informed treatments.
- To have completed AFC MBT accreditation as practitioner or be willing to undertake/achieve accredited status.
- Evidence of CPD
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good clinical assessment skills of complex clinical presentations requiring sensitivity to unconscious processes
- Ability to identify psychodynamic and diagnostic formulations where expert opinions may differ
- Previous experience of working with people with personality disorder
- Previous experience of group psychotherapy interventions
- Evidence of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision
- Participation in multidisciplinary team work
- Expertise in assessing and treating patients with personality disorder
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of supervised psychotherapy with people with personality disorder
- Recent experience in a mental health setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Psychotherapist (UKCP / BPC / BACP) or Core Training (RMN / OT / Social Work / Arts Therapies / Psychology / Medicine) AND demonstrable experience of providing psychologically informed treatments.
- To have completed AFC MBT accreditation as practitioner or be willing to undertake/achieve accredited status.
- Evidence of CPD
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good clinical assessment skills of complex clinical presentations requiring sensitivity to unconscious processes
- Ability to identify psychodynamic and diagnostic formulations where expert opinions may differ
- Previous experience of working with people with personality disorder
- Previous experience of group psychotherapy interventions
- Evidence of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision
- Participation in multidisciplinary team work
- Expertise in assessing and treating patients with personality disorder
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of supervised psychotherapy with people with personality disorder
- Recent experience in a mental health setting
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
