Highly Specialist MBT Therapist and Supervisor

South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Teddington; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is recruiting for a post within the Richmond MBT Intensive Treatment Service. The role involves managing a caseload, co-facilitating MBT groups and leading pathway processes for referrals, while ensuring high standards of care and governance.

You will provide specialised MBT interventions, support assessments, and supervise colleagues within a multidisciplinary team in a Trust striving for outstanding care.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Core Mental Health Profession registered with an appropriate professional body (NMC, UKCP, HCPC, SWE).
• Accreditation 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.
• Desirable: Post registration qualification in group work.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate group and individual clinical supervision for MBT provision and modality.
• Provide highly specialised MBT interventions to patients in Personality Disorder Teams.
• Co-facilitate MBT groups and hold a caseload of weekly patients.
• Lead on Richmond CEN Referrals Pathway processes.
• Provide specialist MBT assessments for patients screened for MBT.
• Supervise and support psychological assessment and therapy within teams and governance of MBT provision.
• Work with the team to ensure MBT programme delivery, monitoring and evaluation.

Skills

Risk assessment

Clinical formulation

MBT knowledge

Supervision

Team working

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Professional registration (NMC/UKCP/HCPC/SWE)

MBT accreditation (Anna Freud Centre)

MBT accreditation with Anna Freud Centre (2+ years supervised)

Tools

SCID-II

DIALOG

DERS

Job description

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.

• 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.

About our location

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.

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Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• 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

Desirable criteria

• Post registration qualification in group work

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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

Desirable criteria

• 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

Essential criteria

• 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.

Desirable criteria

• 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
• Christian Staff Network
• DiverseAbility
• Deaf Staff Network
• 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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