Eating Disorder Service, Plymouth
ED Psychotherapist Job Description – Part Time (22.5 hours week)
POST TITLE: ED Psychotherapist
RESPONSIBLE TO: Director
REPORT TO: Director, Practice Manager.
JOB PURPOSE:
The post holder is responsible for managing a personal caseload of Eating Disorder clients alongside facilitating a group within our small day service setting. Alongside any other additional therapy related activities His/her aim is to provide clients with the appropriate therapy input to facilitate recovery from an eating disorder.
DUTIES INCLUDE:
The following requirements are specific to and essential for this post:-
Professional
- Membership, understanding and adherence to all BACP professional and ethical framework boundaries.
- A qualification or Diploma in Counselling or equivalent qualification in other counselling/therapy training.
- A minimum of 2 years’ post-qualifying therapy experience.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of the internal and external multi-disciplinary health care team.
- Attendance at and contribution to weekly organisational meetings and multi-disciplinary meetings as required.
- Working within EDS policies and regulations.
Clinical/Therapeutic
- Capacity and experience to work with 5 clients per day, with complex psychological (and often medical) needs.
- Adherence to EDS policy/boundary to offer short to medium-termed therapies (between 5 - 20 sessions).
- Possess additional therapy qualifications such as CBT or another NICE guidelines recommended therapy for eating disorders.
- Ability to carry out comprehensive assessments for newly referred clients and handover assessment succinctly to the Clinical Manager/team before making a joint decision on the appropriate input offered
- Ability to communicate clearly in written/verbal format to keep organisational and clinical records up-to-date via in house IT system.
- Manage individual caseload effectively and safely by attending regular monthly therapy supervision with a supervisor.
- Liaise and report regularly with Clinical Manager regarding potential or current problems with clients on caseload.
- Flexibility to work within the day service arm of the organisation as required. Staff who work within the day program are required to support our clients with supportive eating. Joining clients for meals and snacks (provided by EDS) usually once weekly with some flexibility required.
The Role:
This post 22.5 hours per week working across Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
This is an office based role with some flexibility for one day work from home on successful completion of all training and probation period.
This post is offered on a fixed term contract of 12 months.
Salary £38902.50 pro rata.
Training
A commitment to further training to deliver NICE guideline recommended therapies for Eating Disorders. Statutory training course fees are fully funded. Courses not expected may be part funded and have to be applied for by therapists.
- Due to the nature of work within the day programme as well as enabling staff to use the shared kitchen facilities, all staff are expected to complete funded Level 2 Food Hygiene training (on-line) qualification.
This job description is not meant to be definitive or restrictive and will be modified to meet the changing needs of the service.
If interested, please submit CV with covering letter via Indeed for application.
Pay: £38,902.50 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Store discount
- Work from home
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Plymouth PL4 7PY: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- What experience do you have with Eating Disorder sufferers?
Education:
- Diploma of Higher Education (required)
Experience:
- post-qualifying: 2 years (required)
- complex mental health: 1 year (required)
Language:
- Fluent English (required)
Licence/Certification:
- BACP or UKPC registration (required)
Work Location: In person
