Young Adult Transition Practitioner

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust is seeking a Young Adult Transition Practitioner to provide specialized treatment within Wandsworth Complex Needs Service. This role involves using Mentalization Based Treatment to support young adults transitioning from CAMHS. The successful candidate will facilitate group and individual therapy sessions while being part of a collaborative team focused on improving care for young individuals with mental health issues.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Positive working environment

Qualifications

• Experience in providing assessments and therapies for young adults (aged 18-25).
• Knowledge of Emotional Unstable Personality Disorder treatment.
• Ability to facilitate group and individual therapy sessions.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive assessment of clients referred to the service.
• Facilitate Young Adult MBT Group and Individual MBT.
• Attend team meetings and contribute to service developments.

Skills

Mentalization Based Treatment

Clinical Assessment

Team Collaboration

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Psychology or equivalent

Job description

Young Adult Transition Practitioner -Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Highly Specialist MBT or DBT Therapist

We have a new and exciting vacancy for a Young Adult Transition Practitioner (YATP) to work within Wandsworth Complex Needs Service based in Trinity Building, Springfield Hospital. We are an experienced and well-established team providing Intensive Mentalization Based Treatment to people who have been or could be given a diagnosis of Emotional Unstable Personality Disorder. The role was created to enable the further development our work with young adults aged 18-25, to support the transition from CAMHS into the Young Adult treatment pathway within Wandsworth Complex Needs Service. We have a Young Adults Project which offers consultation with CAMHS, fast-track assessment and dual modality MBT which involves intensive treatment Young Adult Group (YAG) and Individual MBT Sessions.

Wandsworth Complex Needs Service provides full program MBT Treatment to adults and the YATP will be fully integrated within the team to receive supervision, be involved in team meetings, service developments and clinical discussions.

• Consultation and liaison with CAMHS, Integrated Recovery Hubs and other services within the Complex Emotional Needs Pathway in Wandsworth (Structured Clinical Management and DBT Skills Group) as well as some external agencies and partners.
• To provide comprehensive assessment of clients referred to the service.
• To manage the incoming referrals of the Young Person’s into the service.
• To be responsible for providing the treatment of Young Adults in the service in through facilitation of Young Adults MBT Group and Individual MBT.
• To work alongside a small group of team members/trainees to co-facilitate the weekly Young Adult Group.
• To attend post-group supervision and de-brief, address own supervision and provide supervision to members of the team.
• To attend team meetings, clinical discussions, team development, case presentations and reflective practice meetings.
• To maintain clinical records, manage Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), conduct audit and evaluations, and demonstrate clinical effectiveness/outcomes.
• To act as a Keyworker where appropriate managing the CPA, Care Plan and Risk Assessment according to Trust policy.
• To attend meetings external to the team including Complex Emotional Needs Pathway Interface Meetings and Daily Allocation Meetings (DIAM)
  
  

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.

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.

About our locations:

Springfield University Hospital, Tooting

Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are now opening. Springfield is close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lisa Stubbs Job title: Team Manager and MBT Therapist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 020 3513 4524