Job summary
This role will require you to:
Complete mental health assessments and review calls
Support the development and delivery of psychoeducational groups/workshops
Support with audits/other service development projects
Build relationships with partner organisations/other community groups
Gathering information relating to local/national services that our clients can access and being able to communicate information regarding these services to the wider team
You will have excellent communication skills and a real interest in and knowledge of working with adults experiencing a range of mental health struggles and psychosocial problems in a primary care setting. Enthusiasm, confidence and the ability to work flexibly and without close direction are essential.
Our NHS TT Team is based at Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield. You may be required to work from GP practices and community settings as needed. Currently we are working in a hybrid manner. Requirements: on site 2 days per week & will be required to work a Tuesday evening shift (12pm-8pm).
We will ensure you have a committed team to work with, including a peer group of Assistant Psychologists, PWPs, CBT Therapists and Counsellors, with the opportunity to help us shape and develop the service as it expands. You will be able to access training and staff development, as well as our robust supervision and governance systems. The postholder will report to and be supported by a Senior CBT Therapist.
Main duties of the job
Completing assessments for clients seeking therapeutic support
Completing review calls with clients who are waiting to access therapy
Facilitating psychoeducational groups and workshops
Supporting with audits and other service development projects where needed
Supporting with service outreach initiatives where needed
Keeping up to date with local and national services that clients can be referred to/accessed and communicating this information to the wider team
Attending weekly group and individual supervision
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
- We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
- We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
- Excellent internal staff network
The post holder will be aligned with our values:
- We Are Kind
- We Are Respectful
- We Work Together
- We Keep Things Simple
- We Empower
- We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Completing assessments for clients seeking therapeutic support
Completing review calls with clients who are waiting to access therapy
Facilitating psychoeducational groups and workshops
Supporting with audits and other service development projects where needed
Supporting with service outreach initiatives where needed
Keeping up to date with local and national services that clients can be referred to/accessed and communicating this information to the wider team
Attending weekly group and individual supervision
Ad will be closed once 50 applications have been received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Completing assessments for clients seeking therapeutic support
Completing review calls with clients who are waiting to access therapy
Facilitating psychoeducational groups and workshops
Supporting with audits and other service development projects where needed
Supporting with service outreach initiatives where needed
Keeping up to date with local and national services that clients can be referred to/accessed and communicating this information to the wider team
Attending weekly group and individual supervision
Ad will be closed once 50 applications have been received.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Registrations
Essential
- An upper class honours degree or higher in psychology
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Experience of delivering 1:1 clinical contacts
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems
Desirable
- Further postgraduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
- Experience using databases or data- analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- High level communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
- High level of proficiency in working with databases such as Excel and designing spreadsheets and other tools for analysing and reviewing data.
Desirable
- Experience of using IAPTus.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities in a clinical setting.
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
- Experience of working within an NHS Talking Therapies service.
- Experience of working within diverse cultural contexts.
- Experience of delivering psychoeducational groups and/or guided-self help interventions
- Experience of managing risk in a client facing role
- Experience of using supervision
Personal Qualities
Essential
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to interact with people with mental health problems disabilities.
- Ability to work reliably and consistently with work agreed and supervised at regular intervals.
Desirable
- An interest in working with people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
Desirable
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
Person Specification
Qualifications/Registrations
Essential
- An upper class honours degree or higher in psychology
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Experience of delivering 1:1 clinical contacts
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems
Desirable
- Further postgraduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
- Experience using databases or data- analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- High level communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
- High level of proficiency in working with databases such as Excel and designing spreadsheets and other tools for analysing and reviewing data.
Desirable
- Experience of using IAPTus.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities in a clinical setting.
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
- Experience of working within an NHS Talking Therapies service.
- Experience of working within diverse cultural contexts.
- Experience of delivering psychoeducational groups and/or guided-self help interventions
- Experience of managing risk in a client facing role
- Experience of using supervision
Personal Qualities
Essential
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to interact with people with mental health problems disabilities.
- Ability to work reliably and consistently with work agreed and supervised at regular intervals.
Desirable
- An interest in working with people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
Desirable
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
