Highly Specialist MBT Therapist and Supervisor

SWLStG; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 71,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust in London is seeking an Highly Specialist MBT Therapist and Supervisor (Band 8a) for 22.5 hours per week. The post involves managing a caseload, co-facilitating MBT groups and leading Richmond CEN MBT pathways within a Tier 3 Personality Disorder service.

You will provide specialist MBT supervision, contribute to assessments, and drive outcome measures while collaborating with senior clinicians to ensure high quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Core Mental Health Profession registered with an appropriate professional body.
• Accreditation in supervision in MBT (Anna Freud Centre).
• Formal Accreditation in MBT with the Anna Freud Centre, with a minimum of 2 years of supervised MBT clinical practice.
• Post registration qualification in group work.

Responsibilities

• To provide scheduled specialist MBT clinical supervision for the team – both group and individual, to enhance containment within the team, along with providing, as required, a consultative role for teams within the service line, who may also require both guidance and containment when working with those with a diagnosis of EUPD.
• To hold a senior lead role for the Richmond CEN Referrals Pathway processes and provide specialist MBT Assessments for patients initially screened for MBT. Assessment processes are based upon clinical appropriateness, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources, and as required for EUPD screening set at approved Trust level. This includes clinical history taking, SCID ll, self-reporting measures (DIALOG), DERS rating scales, alongside direct clinical observations.
• To evaluate and make evidence-based decisions about the most clinically appropriate treatment options for those with a diagnosis of EUPD within the assessment and engagement phase, and in line with the treatment modalities provided within the Trust, along with identifying co-morbidities that might need to take precedence, or be co-worked with, holding the MBT lens, and alongside highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual.
• Within the MBT assessment processes, to gather information about psycho-pharmacological treatment and to liaise with IRH medical colleagues to formulate a plan to review and manage psychotropic medication whilst the patient is in the assessment and engagement phase. Medical reviews are then led by the PDITT consultant once the patient is under the sole care of PDITT.
• To play a key role in the twice daily team Zoning Meetings and in the weekly Team Meeting which focuses on clinical work, governance, and Trust wide/service needs business items.
• To formulate and implement care plans for the formal treatment of MBT and the management of a patient’s presenting mental health needs and identifiable social care needs, with full involvement with the patient. This includes MBT Formulations (known as ‘My Relational Passport’), Genograms, and Collaborative Crisis and Contingency Planning.

Skills

MBT supervision

MBT groups

Caseload management

Team leadership

Risk assessment

Clinical governance

Education

Bachelor/degree in an MH profession

Registration with MH profession

MBT supervision accreditation (Anna Freud Centre)

MBT accreditation with Anna Freud Centre

Post-registration group work qualification

Job description

Highly Specialist MBT Therapist and Supervisor

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area PDIT Service Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 294-COMM-8283207-EB-A

Site Livingstone House Town Teddington Salary £63,665 - £70,887 per annum inclusive outer London HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2026 23:59

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

The Richmond PDITT service provides a NICE guidance-led MBT Intensive Treatment Programme and a step-down phase back to the GP, for patients primarily diagnosed with EUPD.

The post holder will hold a caseload of individual patients to maintain their core skills of MBT provision within a specialist Tier 3 Personality Disorder Intensive Treatment Service, along with co-facilitation of assigned MBT groups.

This post is open to professionals from a range of disciplines, and their core professional validation requirements will be retained.

The post holder is expected to:

• Be committed to effective and cohesive team working, and to the adherence-based delivery of the treatment model of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT).
• To co-facilitate MBT groups and hold a small caseload of weekly patients.
• To promote and maintain a high standard of patient care.

Livingston House, Teddington

Livingston House serves as base for Richmond Adult Community Mental Health Services, close to the vibrant high street and the river Thames with a range of shops, cafés and restaurants. Livingston House is a ten minute walk from Teddington station and is served by local bus routes.

Main duties of the job

• To facilitate group and individual clinical supervision for MBT provision and modality.
• To provide highly specialised psychological interventions (MBT) to patients in Personality Disorder Teams.
• To co-facilitate MBT groups and hold a caseload of weekly patients.
• To hold a senior lead role for the Richmond CEN Referrals Pathway processes
• Provide specialist MBT Assessments for patients initially screened for MBT. Assessment processes are based upon clinical appropriateness, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources, and as required for EUPD screening set at approved Trust level. This includes clinical history taking, SCID ll, self-reporting measures (DIALOG), DERS rating scales, alongside direct clinical observations.
• To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other clinical members of the teams who provide psychologically informed care and treatment, and be responsible for the governance of MBT provision, and broader care planning.
• Work alongside the team, and senior clinicians within the borough, to ensure the MBT Intensive Treatment Programme is delivered, monitored and evaluated, and to take a lead on evidencing outcome measures for senior management.

Working for our organisation

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide scheduled specialist MBT clinical supervision for the team – both group and individual, to enhance containment within the team, along with providing, as required, a consultative role for teams within the service line, who may also require both guidance and containment when working with those with a diagnosis of EUPD.
• To hold a senior lead role for the Richmond CEN Referrals Pathway processes and provide specialist MBT Assessments for patients initially screened for MBT. Assessment processes are based upon clinical appropriateness, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources, and as required for EUPD screening set at approved Trust level. This includes clinical history taking, SCID ll, self-reporting measures (DIALOG), DERS rating scales, alongside direct clinical observations.
• To evaluate and make evidence-based decisions about the most clinically appropriate treatment options for those with a diagnosis of EUPD within the assessment and engagement phase, and in line with the treatment modalities provided within the Trust, along with identifying co-morbidities that might need to take precedence, or be co-worked with, holding the MBT lens, and alongside highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual.
• Within the MBT assessment processes, to gather information about psycho-pharmacological treatment and to liaise with IRH medical colleagues to formulate a plan to review and manage psychotropic medication whilst the patient is in the assessment and engagement phase. Medical reviews are then led by the PDITT consultant once the patient is under the sole care of PDITT.
• To play a key role in the twice daily team Zoning Meetings and in the weekly Team Meeting which focuses on clinical work, governance, and Trust wide/service needs business items.
• To formulate and implement care plans for the formal treatment of MBT and the management of a patient’s presenting mental health needs and identifiable social care needs, with full involvement with the patient. This includes MBT Formulations (known as ‘My Relational Passport’), Genograms, and Collaborative Crisis and Contingency Planning.

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Person specification

Training and Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Core Mental Health Profession registered with an appropriate professional body (NMC, UKCP, HCPC, SWE)
• Accreditation in supervision in MBT (Anna Freud Centre)
• Formal Accreditation in MBT with the Anna Freud Centre, with a minimum of 2 years of supervised MBT clinical practice
• Post registration qualification in group work

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working with adults with mental health problems in a variety of community settings
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
• Experience of inter-agency working
• Experience of working with clients with a diagnosis of personality disorder
• Experience of the use of a variety of therapeutic tools
• Experience and skills in risk assessment and management
• Experience of working with diverse communities

Knowledge & Skill;s

• Good knowledge of Risk Assessment procedures and skills to make significant clinical decisions based on this knowledge.
• Ability to undertake complex assessments and develop comprehensive clinical formulations
• Ability to reflect on personal experience. Demonstrates capacity and willingness to use clinical supervision.
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice, clinical governance and related knowledge for research and audit.
• Good knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to relevant fields.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
• Ability to consider differences and equalities both in therapy and professional relationships. This includes age, disability, culture and race, sexual orientation and religion/belief systems.

At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.

As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:

• BME (Evolve) Staff Network
• DiverseAbility
• Mental Health Staff Forum
• Women's Staff Network
• LGBTQIA+

We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and has signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.

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• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received
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• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles)
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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