Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT) Practitioner

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Flexible working

Career development

Counselling services

Cycle to work

Season ticket loan

Staff restaurants

Job summary

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Specialist Psychotherapist via the Croydon Personality Disorder Service. The role involves facilitating MBT groups, delivering MBT individual treatment and SUN crisis/emotional support groups in Croydon and online, within a multidisciplinary team at The Touchstone Centre.

The post is a one-year contract to cover maternity leave, with training and supervision provided in evidence-based interventions for personality disorders and

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Psychologist/Psychotherapist
• Experience working with personality disorders
• Experience facilitating MBT groups
• Willingness to work in community and day hospital settings

Responsibilities

• Facilitate MBT groups and SUN groups in central Croydon and online
• Provide individual MBT treatment on MBT programmes
• Work within a multidisciplinary team at The Touchstone Centre
• Cover maternity leave for one year

Skills

MBT knowledge

Group facilitation

Therapeutic teamwork

Crisis support

Education

Qualified professional in relevant field

Job description

The Croydon Personality Disorder Service is looking to recruit a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Psychologist/Psychotherapist to the post of Specialist Psychotherapist. This is a one year contract providing cover for a member of the team whilst on maternity leave.

We are looking for staff with a commitment to working with people with personality disorders and experience working in therapeutic groups.

You will be trained to facilitate SUN groups, which are open-access crisis and emotional support groups in the community in central Croydon and online. You will offer individual MBT treatment to patients on the MBT treatment programmes, as well as facilitating MBT groups.

The Croydon Personality Disorder Service at the Touchstone Centre provides evidence-based interventions for people suffering difficulties associated with a diagnosis of moderate to severe personality disorder. Interventions offered include Tier 3 day hospital psychotherapy, and outpatient Tier 2 MBT service, and a community based appraisal based coping skills development group.

The team is based at The Touchstone Centre – a psychotherapy day hospital combining good psychiatric management, nursing and physical health care, structured clinical management (SCM) and Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) to people who might otherwise spend long periods of time in crisis and in and out of services.

We provide specialist, evidence-based, psychotherapeutic day hospital treatment for working-age people with moderate to severe personality disorders. We also run the SUN project, a coping skills development and crisis support group 3 times a week in central Croydon to people with or without a diagnosis of personality disorders. You will work within our team of psychotherapists, doctors, specialist community psychiatric nurses and Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners.

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.

Benefits

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance. Flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development. There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Care lease. Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
• Our staff benefit from keyworker housing which is available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts. With discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.

Other Benefits Include

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Staff restaurants

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Simon Shaw Job title: Croydon Personality Disorder Service Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02032288541