Senior Structured Clinical Management (SCM) practitioner

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Relationships/Communications

The post holder is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterised by trust, mutual respect, and open, honest communication.

Internal Relationships

Colleagues and Co- workers within the three pathways within the Complex Emotional Needs team (Personality Disorder, cPTSD, Mood, Anxiety and Personality)

Colleagues within other Boroughwide services and the core teams.

External Relationships

External Agencies within service user network, eg. GP, housing, social care, VSE.

Key Responsibilities

Financial responsibility

N/A

Responsibility for Human Resources

Alongside other SCM practitioners to support training of SCM when required.

Responsibility for Administration

To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the regulating body and Organisation.

Responsibility for IT and Digital Systems/Services

Alongside others to maintain digital systems related to the smooth running of SCM.

Clinical Responsibilities

To use a high level of interpersonal skills, reasoning and negotiation skills to establish a therapeutic relationship with people with complex emotional difficulties managing barriers to communication.

To provide SCM supervision to clinicians individually and in groups

To provide in house SCM training

To collaborate with the service user to enable the individual to be a partner in care.

To undertake SCM assessment to include, mental health and risk assessments, psychological formulation and care planning.

To provide SCM in both 1-1 sessions and group sessions in conjunction with other practitioners

To act as a named worker for the service users allocated to your care practising without direct supervision and with a degree of autonomy.

To make onward referrals and signpost to other services including VCSE and neighbourhood services to enable wrap around, holistic support for service users undergoing treatment to meet a broad range of need.

To participate in MDT discussions

To liaise with and develop relationships with other agencies involved in the service users care to ensure consistent multi agency approach and maintain effective communication.

Provide advice and guidance to other members of the team in relation to SCM.

To attend and participate in SCM supervision and individual clinical supervision.

To participate in other clinical duties as appropriate.

Operational Responsibilities

Contribute to the operations within the team

Policy / Service Development

N/A

Research And Development
• Alongside other SCM practitioners and under supervision to monitor, evaluate and modify all individual and group-work interventions/treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
• To participate in data collection, audit and research as required

General

All staff are responsible for the continual compliance with CQC standards and outcomes.

The postholder must be aware of, and work in line with, the Trust's Safeguarding Adults and Children procedures.

Personal Development

All staff are required to be appraised by their line managers at least once a year at a personal development review meeting where progress made over the last year is discussed and agreed. Focus on the following year's departmental and personal objectives will be identified, discussed and agreed. Where necessary, help and support will be provided and development opportunities agreed in line with service provision and knowledge and skills competency framework.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RMN/ Occupational Therapy/Social work/ Clinical or Counselling Psychology Doctorate BCP, BACP, UKCP registered Psychotherapist
• Undertaking / undertaken a qualification in SCM
• Experience of supervising
• Interest / willingness to pursue SCM supervisor training / accreditation

Desirable criteria

• Teaching/ Mentorship qualification
• SCM supervisor training
• Completion of training in one or more models of psychological therapies for individuals with complex emotional needs for example SCM, MBT, schema therapy or CAT
• Supervisor accreditation achieved or in process for example in SCM or MBT or other relevant psychological models

Skills

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of the process necessary for effective risk assessment and management
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care plans to meet needs of clients.
• Ability to set, monitor and evaluate standards for quality within the service.
• Ability to undertake evidence based interventions with people suffering from a range of mental health problems
• Ability to work effectively in crisis situations in order to maintain the safety of both staff and client.
• Ability to teach staff and provide advice and support to other agencies / professionals.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues within a highly emotive and unpredictable environment
• Capacity to work collaboratively in a therapeutic and multi-professional environment within and outside the NHS
• To be able to assess the mental state and risk for a wide range of patients with mental health problems and specifically for patients with personality disorder

Desirable criteria

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of one or more psychological models for working with service users with complex emotional needs for example, SCM, MBT, schema therapy or CAT

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable experience at Band 6 or equivalent.
• Knowledge of and ability to work as part of a multi-professional team as a lead clinician and role model.
• Experience of effective communication with other key stakeholders at a variety of levels.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues within a highly emotive and unpredictable environment
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Capacity to work calmly and thoughtfully when addressing traumatic psychological issues, demonstrating an awareness of the sensitivity and unpredictability of Personality Disorder patients, and a capacity to tolerate the strong emotions evoked by such work
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others
• Capacity to manage frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotive situations and disclosures

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of and interest in working with complex PTSD and complex trauma
• Interest in supporting core and other teams/pathways to develop skills/knowledge in working with complex emotional needs including cPTSD

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
• Ability to work within multidisciplinary team and autonomously

Other

Essential criteria

• The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job

Desirable criteria

• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• JD senior SCM practitioner post (PDF, 248.4KB)
• PS senior SCM practitioner post (PDF, 368.4KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 258.0KB)
• Advert senior SCM practitioner post (PDF, 144.6KB)
• Applicant Information Pack (PDF, 1.6MB)