Job summary
We are looking to recruit an experienced mental health professional to join our team. The post is in Dechrau Newydd Complex Needs Service based in Tonna Hospital, Neath.
This post offers Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) to adults with complex needs and a diagnosis of Emotionally unstable personality disorder across the Swansea Bay University Health Board locality and Bridgend.
The successful candidate will provide assessment and intensive DBT in the form of individual sessions and group work. The post includes contributing to broader aims of the service and joint working to offer consultation to services working with individuals with complex needs.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join an established service which includes a Clinical Psychologist, Team Manager and Psychological Therapists. We are a tertiary service and sit under the Mental Health and Learning Disability Directorate. We have close links with inpatient services and Community Mental Health teams across Swansea Bay University Health Board.
The Service is dynamic and supportive service with a range of clinical interests and developments. We are committed to CPD, supervision and we encourage innovation and development.
To provide psychological treatment to clients with complex mental health needs within the Dechrau Newydd Complex Needs Service, working as part of the team delivering a high quality, specialist service.
The scope of the job is to manage a complex caseload and deliver high fidelity high intensity psychological therapy (DBT), in accordance with Matrics Cymru, NHS protocols and the professional, ethical framework of relevant professional bodies e.g. United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), British Council for Psychotherapy (BCP), British Association of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (BABCP), or other relevant professional bodies as designated within Matrics Cymru (e.g., HCPC, NMC)
About us
We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the post are to deliver high intensity psychological therapy as designated by Matrics Cymru and within the scope of work with service users who have complex mental health needs. To attend regular supervision for this work and working as part of a team.
Interventions will be on an individual and group basis and requires a very high level of communication and therapeutic skill and a capacity to interact sensitively with users of the service.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.
To plan, facilitate and evaluate group and individual therapeutic interventions and contribute to the evaluation of the service as a whole.
To be part of the team that provides a highly specialist consultation service, including complication of summaries and formal reports to other mental health professionals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the post are to deliver high intensity psychological therapy as designated by Matrics Cymru and within the scope of work with service users who have complex mental health needs. To attend regular supervision for this work and working as part of a team.
Interventions will be on an individual and group basis and requires a very high level of communication and therapeutic skill and a capacity to interact sensitively with users of the service.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.
To plan, facilitate and evaluate group and individual therapeutic interventions and contribute to the evaluation of the service as a whole.
To be part of the team that provides a highly specialist consultation service, including complication of summaries and formal reports to other mental health professionals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To have completed one year of recognised full-time (or equivalent part-time) psychotherapy or counselling training, leading to a qualification, certification or accreditation recognised by a relevant professional or regulatory body e.g. UKCP, BABCP, BACP, HCPC, NMC
Desirable
- Mental Health professional background. Bachelors degree in a relevant discipline, e.g. Psychology.
Qualifications
Essential
- To be a member of a relevant professional or regulatory body, and continue to fulfil any of its accreditation or membership criteria.
Experience
Essential
- To demonstrate experience of psychological therapy services within the NHS or in the private or voluntary sectors
Desirable
- Experience in working in a relevant NHS context and working well with teams.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and severely challenging behaviours etc.)
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of the therapeutic approach to be practised.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To have completed one year of recognised full-time (or equivalent part-time) psychotherapy or counselling training, leading to a qualification, certification or accreditation recognised by a relevant professional or regulatory body e.g. UKCP, BABCP, BACP, HCPC, NMC
Desirable
- Mental Health professional background. Bachelors degree in a relevant discipline, e.g. Psychology.
Qualifications
Essential
- To be a member of a relevant professional or regulatory body, and continue to fulfil any of its accreditation or membership criteria.
Experience
Essential
- To demonstrate experience of psychological therapy services within the NHS or in the private or voluntary sectors
Desirable
- Experience in working in a relevant NHS context and working well with teams.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and severely challenging behaviours etc.)
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of the therapeutic approach to be practised.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
