About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced High Intensity CBT therapist ready to take the next step in your career? Lambeth Talking Therapies, one of London's largest and most successful IAPT services, is seeking a passionate and skilled professional to join our management team as a Team Lead for the Step 2 service.
This is your chance to shape the future of mental health care in Lambeth, working alongside a dynamic and supportive team committed to excellence, equity, and innovation
The Role As Step 2 Team Lead, you'll:
Lead a key department within the service, helping shape its future direction and driving delivery. Provide clinical supervision to High Intensity Therapists and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners. Maintain a clinical caseload as a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist. Take ownership of a strategic area such as performance, training, or capacity planning. Collaborate with the Clinical Lead and fellow Team Leads to ensure high-quality care and meet national targets ? The Person We're looking for someone who:
Is a qualified and experienced High Intensity therapist. Has IAPT supervision credentials. Brings a proven track record of managing projects and improving services. Demonstrates energy, drive, and a commitment to delivering the best car
Main duties of the job
As Step 2 Team Lead, you'll:
Lead a key department within the service, helping shape its future direction and driving delivery. Provide clinical supervision to High Intensity Therapists and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners. Maintain a clinical caseload as a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist. Take ownership of a strategic area such as performance, training, or capacity planning. Collaborate with the Clinical Lead and fellow Team Leads to ensure high-quality care and meet national targets We're looking for someone who:
Is a qualified and experienced High Intensity therapist. Has IAPT supervision credentials. Brings a proven track record of managing projects and improving services. Demonstrates energy, drive, and a commitment to delivering the best care Lambeth Talking Therapies is a friendly, creative, social team. We support each other to work hard, and there are lots of opportunities to take on responsibilities and develop.
High-Intensity Therapists receive specialist CBT supervision and training delivered by senior staff as well as the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma - a national centre of clinical excellence and research innovation within SLaM.
This is a hybrid role with a requirement to work 1-2 days in the office and the rest of the time from home.It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date due to an exceptional response, so please apply as soon as possible.
About us
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
Generous pay, pensions and leave,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 Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars Accommodation,our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
Access to SLaM counselling services Wellbeing events Long service awards Cycle to work scheme Season ticket loan Staff restaurants
Job description Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
PLANNING, MANAGING AND EVALUATING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES WITHIN LAMBETH TALKING THERAPIES
Assessing the service need and current and future capacity requirements Planning and managing the recruitment process to meet this need Monitoring and evaluating service activity and outcomes Managing the induction, training and development of staff Developing and updating policies and procedures for the delivery of high-quality clinical services Commissioning and monitoring external provision of services as agreed TEAM MANAGEMENT
To agree job plans, performance targets and development goals with your team through the appraisal process, and monitor and support staff in their achievement To foster a supportive and performance focussed team ethos through your interaction and communication with the team, your own behaviour, team meetings and supervision To provide day to day line management for your team (annual leave, sickness etc) Ensuring good two-way communication between your staff and the service management, through monthly team meetings and informal links
SERVICE LEADERSHIP
To share responsibility for the direction and development of the service, taking an active role in the monthly service management meeting, leading team and whole team meetings To provide regular reports on the activity and performance of the team, and any issues that need attention To identify aspects of the service, which could be improved and initiate and implement service development projects To take the lead in agreed areas of development and service delivery To participate in the recruitment process of staff To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and developing services To listen and respond to, and appropriately manage patient complaints To participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the directorate clinical governance committee. Contribute to the development of a culture within the team that values the use of outcome measures and service user involvement as ways of improving clinical practice
CLINICAL
To provide expertise in a highly specialist clinical area which will contribute to the treatment of clients presenting with anxiety disorders or depression within a Talking Therapies framework To deliver NICE recommended, formulation driven psychological interventions for depression and anxiety disorders, adapting interventions for the specific needs and clinical setting. Assess and integrate issues surrounding social support, voluntary work and employment into therapy To provide highly specialist assessment and clinical formulation to clients with complex mental health needs, including personality disorders, addiction and trauma To provide psychological reports, including relevant formulation, opinion and interventions, in order to inform referrers and, where appropriate, service users To select and deliver highly specialist evidence based psychological treatments, monitoring outcomes and modifying and adapting interventions, drawing on a range of theoretical models To collect and enter clinical outcome data on a sessional basis; select and interpret outcome measures to inform treatment planning To work as an autonomous professional within BPS/BABCP/HCPC guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions To travel to community settings as appropriate and across the Trust when required To contribute to the effective working of the team and to a psychologically informed framework for the service area, taking on specific roles or duties as agreed To communicate skilfully and sensitively highly complex and sensitive information with clients, carers, colleagues and other professionals taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication To keep clear, accurate and up to date records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols To confidently assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans To confidently advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as distressed clients or abusive behaviour and to support others involved in such situations To provide services at various locations in the borough of Lambeth To provide information and signposting for patients who do not meet the services eligibility criteria, including referral tosecondary care psychological therapies service Work closely with other members of the Talking Therapies team to ensure that patients referred on to the Talking Therapies service have a clear referral pathway Maintain a clinical caseload in line with activity targets agreed with line manager TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist/psychotherapist according to BABCP/BPS/HCPC and Trust guidelines To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within Lambeth Talking Therapies by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology, CBT, Talking Therapies and by implementing knowledge gained in practice To provide professional managerial, and clinical supervision to HI CBT therapists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, trainees, assistant psychologist and other junior staff members for all aspects of their work. This must include live supervision of therapists work To deliver and promote outcome-focussed supervision, directly to supervised staff, and through participation in the LI and HI supervisors groups To provide service level risk management, taking part in the on-call risk rota, and developing and recording risk management plans To provide specialist training to other professions as appropriate To plan and undertake teaching and training of pre- and post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate RESEARCH AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
Assist in the development and maintenance of a strong research culture that values the use of outcome measures as a way of improving clinical practice Encourage the critical evaluation of practice, and undertake research Use theory and literature to support evidence-based practice in clinical work, supervision, teaching and consultations Communicate and disseminate research and service evaluation information so that clinical practice is appropriately informed To contribute to the development of services through initiating, undertaking and supervising service evaluation and audit To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles PROFESSIONAL
Work as an autonomous professional and maintain standards of practice adhering to HPC or BABCP guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions To ensure Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS/BABCP/UKCP and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements Be aware of advances in CBT, other psychological therapies and the Talking Therapies programme Work in accordance with the principles of CBT and within the parameters of good practice, in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Clinical Governance Framework GENERAL
To participate in business and professional meetings within the Talking Therapies service and Lambeth Directorate To travel to the GP practices, service meetings and other meetings as appropriate To regularly work one evening as required
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
Doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (and HCPC registration) and having completed an IAPT HI CBT course, OR, High intensity (HI) therapist, having completed an IAPT CBT course BABCP practitioner full accreditation
Desirable
Attended CBT supervisor course
Quality of application Essential
High standards of oral and written communication Ability to be self-reflective in clinical work, supervision, and professional development
Skills and Abilities Essential
Familiarity with Iaptus Experience of managing own CBT caseload and ability to meet agreed service targets around activity and therapy outcomes Ability to establish and maintain good professional relationships with staff and supervisees Well-developed IT skills including word processing and data entry Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
Management experience Essential
Significant experience of contributing to service development and improvements (managed service function, project) Experience of leading a team within Talking Therapies Line management of staff Experience of using data analysis and management to inform capacity and demand Experience of taking operational responsibility for a key element of service provision
Clinical Experience Essential
Experience of working within an IAPT service, as a qualified HI Experience of supervising high intensity therapists/CBT therapists/PWPs Specialist experience of assessing and delivering CBT to treat depression and a range of anxiety disorders in adults in a brief time limited format Specialist experience of delivering CBT in the context of complexity and comorbidity Experience of sessional outcome data collection to monitor client progress
Desirable
Training and experience in another IAPT therapy modality (1 point for each modality up to 2) Placement in a specialist CBT unit e.g. CADAT Working as a qualified clinician in secondary care mental health service Worked as a PWP in an IAPT service (1=PWP experience, 2= Senior PWP) Worked as a triage facilitator
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
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Employer details Employer name South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address Lambeth (various locations)
1a Dalbury House, Ferndale Rd
London
SW9 8AP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)