Young Adult Transition Practitioner

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health Trust located in London is seeking a Young Adult Transition Practitioner to enhance their service for young adults aged 18-25 with Emotional Unstable Personality Disorder. This role involves providing intensive therapeutic interventions and assessments, with the opportunity for personal development within a supportive team. Join an organization committed to making a positive impact in mental health care across communities.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Core Mental Health Profession registered with an appropriate professional body.
• 2 years of supervised experience in DBT or MBT.
• Experience in working with adults with mental health problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessments of clients and manage referrals.
• Facilitate therapy groups and individual sessions.
• Attend team meetings and contribute to care planning.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Therapeutic interventions

Risk assessment and management

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in relevant mental health profession

Formal training in DBT or MBT

Job description

Site Springfield University Hospital Town London Salary £61,927 - £68,676 per annum inclusive of inner London HCAs Salary period Yearly Closing 17/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 07/07/2025

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

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.

Main duties of the job

• 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)

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.

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 ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide specialist assessments of clients referred based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complexdata from a variety of sources, as required including, as appropriate, clinical history taking, psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care where necessary.
• Assessment should gather information about psychopharmacological treatment and liaise with senior medical clinician to formulate a plan to review and manage.
• To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems using NICE Compliant Treatment for EUPD, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of therapeutic interventions employed individually and in synthesis, maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses, adjusting and refining formulations or understandings, drawing upon different explanatory models and employing methods of intervention that are based upon evidence of efficacy.
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options in line with the theoretical and therapeutic models and the highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual.
• To manage an individual case load that includes individual and group-based therapy
• To provide highly specialist clinical advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan, drawing on expertise in MBT and/or DBT.
• To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other services across service lines on specialist risk assessment and risk management for this client group.
• To act as keyworker where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care. To prepare reports for, attend and contribute to CPA meetings. To be responsible for the flexible management of a defined caseload designed to meet the individual needs of the client and the carers within the trusts CPA policy and Mental Health Act frameworks.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress.
• To ensure effective communication and share relevant information as required.
• To implement and/or participate in crisis intervention measures with the client/family or in conjunction with other agencies.
• To supervise MBT/DBT therapists.

Person specification

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Core Mental Health Profession registered with an appropriate professional body (e.g., NMC, UKCP, HCPC)
• Formal training in DBT (to intensive/upgrade level) or MBT (basic and practitioner certificate training) with 2 years of supervised experience
• Qualification in supervision of other clinicians in MBT/DBT (Band 8a Requirement)
• Post registration qualification in group work eg Group Analytic training or working toward such
• Accreditation or working towards accreditation in supervision in MBT or DBT (eligible to be appointed to Band 7 Preceptorship)
• Generic Supervision training
• Trust training in medications: medication awareness and medication management. Ongoing experience of delivering supervision in MBT o DBT as qualified supervisor

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
• Experience of considering the management of psychopharmacology in partnership with senior medical colleagues
• Experience of working in CAMHS

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.

Please note:

• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3 rd party e-recruitment system
• 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)
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

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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.