An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Complex Anxiety Disorders and Depression pathway within the newly formed Enfield Integrated Core Teams, to offer individual and group interventions. The CADD stream offers specialised therapy for complex presentations such as chronic and severe depression and anxiety disorders. Clients often present with trauma histories, personality disorder traits and may also have a dual diagnosis presentation. The Enfield Integrated Core Teams are comprised of several different care pathways (Psychosis, Personality Disorder, Complex PTSD, Complex Anxiety Disorders and Depression, 18-25 Service, Step & Thrive, Dual Diagnosis, Voluntary Services, etc). The development of the Integrated Core Teams is in response to the NHS 10-year plan to develop mental health services around the Primary Care Networks and provides new opportunities which include developing partnership working with the voluntary sector, working more closely with GP practices and developing more innovative, community based and holistic ways of working.
The CADD pathway offers a range of individual therapies including CBT, psychodynamic, third wave CBT and others. In addition to individual sessions, all clinicians are expected to co-facilitate our Moving Forward group within the pathway. We encourage staff to specialise and develop in their particular model of therapy as well as being able to learn about other models from colleagues.
Main duties of the job
- Psychological assessments and psychological therapy for clients with complex emotional presentations in line with qualifications in the person specification.
- Taking a central role within the CADD pathway, both supporting and developing the efficient running of the integrated treatment programme for CADD clients.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
- Supervision and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychological therapist colleagues, assistant psychologists and to other staff in the team as appropriate.
- To be involved in new service developments within the area served by the Integrated Core Teams.
- Liaising with the voluntary sector, PCNs and other parts of the new transformation structure to offer specialist psychological consultation and input.
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including self-report measures, direct observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within the existing team as well as across other teams in the adult care pathway.
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
To be noted:
- This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the postholder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.
- This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.
- The post holder is expected to comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information.
Person Specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, including at least two distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS,
- Registration with HCPC, UKCP or other relevant accreditation body.
- Training and qualifications in other fields of applied psychology or related fields.
- Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status.
EXPERIENCE
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community/teams, primary care and in patient and day settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Multi-disciplinary team working and involvement in developing risk management plans and supporting care of service users.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- At least 18 months working in a qualified post.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team setting to promote quality and better outcomes for service users.
- Experience of running a range of groups/workshops /courses for service users.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS/HCPC/other relevant accreditation body.
- Experience of providing supervision.
- High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies, one being CBT.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Competency in neuropsychological assessments.
- Formal training in supervision of clinical psychologists.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
OTHER
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- IT skills including e-mail, word processing and basic data base.
- Personal experience of mental health problems and/or personal therapy.
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.
£63,665 to £70,887 a year Per annum inclusive of HCAS
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