South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT) Practitioner
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Job Opportunity: Specialist Psychotherapist
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.
About the Role
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.
About the Service
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
- Outpatient Tier 2 MBT service
- A community-based appraisal-based coping skills development group
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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.
About the Trust
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
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- 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 benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
- 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
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Simon Shaw
- Job title: Croydon Personality Disorder Service Lead
- Email address: simon.shaw@slam.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 02032288541
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