ACAT Accredited Senior CAT Therapist and Supervisor

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

ACAT Accredited Senior Adult CAT Therapist and Supervisor
We are very pleased to open applications for the following post: Applications are sought for n ACAT Accredited Senior Adult CAT Therapist and CAT Supervisor- 8A post- 0.8wte [30 hours] commencing April 2024.

The post will involve running 2-4 CAT supervision groups, conducting complex assessments, clinical work, consultation, service development and participation in possible teaching within SLAM.

The applicant will need to be:
An accredited ACAT Therapist
An accredited ACAT supervisor
A current member of ACAT.

Main duties of the job

• To work autonomously as a Senior Adult Psychotherapist within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
• To provide CAT Clinical supervision and manage the clinical work of CAT Trainees and Honorary staff undertaking clinical placements within Lambeth SCPT holding to the training structures of the Association of Cognitive Analytic Therapy [ACAT] and in accordance with the service's policies and procedures.
• To deliver the systematic provision of a highly specialist CAT psychotherapy service to patients referred to the service.
• To undertake highly specialist assessments of referrals to CAT and refer appropriately to other interventions in the relational pathway
• To offer highly specialist advice and consultation to other mental health professionals.
• To undertake advanced and highly specialist continuing professional development in Cognitive Analytic Therapy and other psychotherapy methods as required.
• To contribute to the CAT training program as required
• To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development.

Working for our organisation

SLaM provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. SLaM delivered more than 14,000 training experiences in 2014; providing an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff at all levels. In addition, our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specifications. We're also happy to discuss in more detail, please get in touch for this.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• A recognised qualification in a core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, OT, medical Psychotherapy, social work, doctoral level clinical or counselling psychology, with demonstrable competence to practice in mental health in the NHS.
• Accreditation as an ACAT CAT clinical supervisor
• Current membership of ACAT

Desirable criteria

• Relevant specialist training in relation to working with mental health challenges, personality disorders, challenging behaviour, offending behaviour, culture & diversity needs or personality difficulties

Experience

Essential criteria

• A personal therapy experience of sufficient intensity, depth and duration to be able to work psychotherapeutically with difficult and demanding patients.
• Significant experience of delivering CAT and one other psychotherapeutic modality, including a range of presenting problems at secondary-care level.

Desirable criteria

• Clinical supervision of mental health clinicians (
• Active involvement and participation in EDI related issues organisationally and/or clinically. Experience working psychotherapeutically with Black and ethnic minority groups

Skills

Essential criteria

• Autonomously undertake CAT risk assessment and management with highly complex secondary care patients
• Communicate clearly, effectively and sensitively with patients, particularly when presenting highly complex and contentious issues in high risk situations, and with colleagues and managers, in written and verbal forms, including the clinical notes and reports.

Abiities

Essential criteria

• The capacities for organisation, management and self-management, including the ability to autonomously manage a clinical caseload
• Demonstrates ability to work effectively as a team member, co-operate and negotiate, accept constructive criticism and be appropriately assertive in a constructive manner.
• Ability to undertake clinical and other audits in order to monitor and improve the service.

Desirable criteria

• Work within a variety of multi-disciplinary team settings, which could include CMHT, inpatient, day patient and outpatient

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Spec (PDF, 480.6KB)
• SLaM Staff Benefits (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Happy to Talk Flexible Working (PDF, 680.1KB)