Job Purpose
To provide a specialist psychodynamic psychotherapy service to Southwark Primary Mental Health Care Team including specialist assessment and psychotherapy, and monitoring of outcomes.
To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse/intersectional backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To provide clinical consultation as and if requested to other professionals.
To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
To work as an autonomous professional within BPC/ UKCP/ BACP guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
To provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients in Southwark PCMHT including those with moderate to severe depression, anxiety, trauma and personality disorders . To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned
To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
To contribute to the effective working of Southwark PCMHT facilitating a psychologically informed framework within the service
KR 5 Record-keeping and Information Governance
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping according to professional and Trust guidelines
KR 6 Research and development
To undertake service evaluation, audits or research if required
KR 7 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior clinician according to regulatory and Trust guidelines.
To ensure own CPD in line with regulatory body guidelines and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements
To adhere to the Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
About South London and Maudsley:
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
- Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
- Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
- We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’
Please be aware:
- That this vacancy is for a qualified psychodynamic/psychoanalytic psychotherapist, who is registered as such within the UK. This means, if you are a qualified (counselling) psychologist, integrative psychotherapist or art therapist we still require you to be qualified as an adult psychodynamic psychotherapist in addition to your other qualifications.
- That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should address how you meet each requirement specified as your application will be judged against these criteria.
- That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should a sufficient number of applications have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Qualifications
Essential Requirements
- Qualification in Psychodynamic or Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy that has been accepted by the BPC/ BACP/ UKCP (or equivalent) for purposes of professional registration
- Registered with BPC/ BACP/ UKCP (or equivalent) as a psychodynamic or psychoanalytic psychotherapist
Desirable Requirements
- Training in applied psychodynamic models such as Transference Focused Psychotherapy, Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy or Mentalisation Based Therapy
Experience
Essential Requirements
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in adult mental health settings
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience
Desirable Requirements
- Pre or post qualification experience of working in a community mental health service, secondary care mental health setting or related area
- Pre or post qualification experience working with personality difficulties or personality disorder, trauma, and social marginalisation
- Experience of working in an organisation
- Lived experience of mental health challenges
- Experience of developing and carrying out research projects
Knowledge / Skills
Essential Requirements – Skills
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- Well-developed MS office skills as well as IT skills to enable working independently within SLAM’s IT environment
Essential Requirements – Knowledge
- Theoretical knowledge of adult mental health and the evidence base for the relevant treatment
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, information governance, child and adult protection, and equalities legislation
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care for people with different vulnerabilities and experiences of marginalisation
Essential Requirements – Abilities
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance and risk management as appropriate
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour, including in the clinical situation
Desirable Requirements
- Interest in developing skills in providing evidence-based therapies for treatment resistant depression or personality disorder
