About this role
Job summary
The Community Living WellService(Kensington & ChelseaTalking Therapies)islooking for a qualified and experienced Senior CognitiveBehavioural Therapist or Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to take on the role ofLow Intensity/Step 2TeamLead.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to provide Clinical Supervisionand Line Management for a defined caseload of staff. In addition, they will oversee aspects ofauditing and reporting, and ongoing training and development ofStep 2work within the teams.The job will have a particular focus on the further development ofStep 2pathways in Kensington and Chelsea Talking Therapies and the development ofLow Intensitywork within the service, and the candidate should be passionate about the development ofStep 2workwithin IAPT services.
The service has close links with andprovides placements for trainees from all the regionaltraining courses and there would be opportunities tomanageand supervise PWP trainees,Trainee Clinical or Counselling Psychologists, High IntensityTraineesand others asappropriate.
About us
Community Living Well Talking Therapiesrunswithinthe nationalTalking Therapiesprogramandprovidesa range of CBT andcounselling-basedinterventions for people with common mental health problems.The service consists ofStep 2 and 3 CBT teams and Step 3 counselling.Kensington and Chelsea alsoworksin partnership with primary care well-being services (employment support,navigatorsand peer support). The service offers extendedhoursclinics (8am-8pm), and successful applicants would be expected to support this service provision.
The team hubs are based in North Kensington and South Chelsea. The service providesface-to-faceappointments,and all staffare required tospend a proportion of their working week on site.We are well-resourced withICTand the services promoteCPD and ongoing clinical learning opportunities. The staff team providesservices within primary health carecentresacross the Boroughas well as in other community and voluntary sectorsitesand the post holder will be expected to work across these sites when necessary.
Job description Job responsibilities
We are looking for someone who has enthusiasm for working in a primary care setting, is adaptable, enjoys variety, andis able towork both independently as well as within a team context.In order tobe shortlisted for this post, applicants must be BABCP accredited and HCPC registered (whereappropriate).
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience of working in an IAPT service. Experience of operational management and service development within an IAPT service. Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of physical and mental health conditions and across care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse. Experience of working in adult mental health services Experience of interdisciplinary working within the NHS. Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical or counselling psychologist / HI CBT Therapist, or an alternative agreed by the Chief Psychologist. Experience of supervising trainees within a clinical health service. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of staff from a range of clinical backgrounds.
Desirable
Experience of organizing services to meet commissioning targets and operational objectives. Experience of the application of CBT to different cultural contexts Experience of carrying out psychometric assessments Experience of working with people with long-term physical health conditions. Experience of working in peri-natal mental health. Experience of working with older adults.
Qualification Essential
Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BABCP, BPS, or Doctoral level training in counselling psychology (or equivalent - masters level plus completed post qualification training) Post-qualification training in Cognitive Behavioural Treatment (CBT) recognized as leading to accreditation HCPC registration, if a practitioner psychologist Fully or provisionally accredited with the BABCP
Desirable
Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology. Post-qualification training in specialized areas of CBT provision e.g working in perinatal mental health, with long-term medical conditions or with older adults
Others Essential
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings. Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. kills in providing consultation to other professional and non professional groups. Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology. Post-Qualification practice of, and skills in, CBT and full accreditation as a CBT Therapist Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS and BABCP. Formal training in supervision of other psychologists and IAPT practitioners. Proven ability in carrying out clinical audits
Desirable
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized Talking Therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc). High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised Talking Therapies. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health. Experience of leading and carrying out research projects and interpreting data using statistical analyses
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Community Living Well - Talking Therapies Kensington and Chelsea
St Charles Hospital, Exmoor Street
London
W10 6DZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)