Job summary
Band 7 or 8a depending on experience.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and creative Psychotherapist to our team. The successful candidate will have a passion for working with people with complex mental health needs in a community setting, experience of working closely with MDT colleagues, and a drive for ongoing development of high quality services.

We are able to recruit to either a Band 7 or 8a position depending on your post qualification experience.

You will provide one to one therapeutic input for service use across the North East Essex area, as part of the Specialist Mental Health Team MDT. Your understanding of a person's presenting difficulties will be shared with the team in consultation, supervision and teaching activities which form essential aspects of this role. You will work alongside others trained in a range of models of understanding psychological distress and difficulties, and assist those who use our services to develop their strengths and to build resilience.

Main duties of the job
Working alongside other experienced psychologists and psychotherapists, the successful applicant will be responsible for assessing and formulating service users presenting with complex needs, and planning, delivering and evaluating interventions. You will also provide consultation and training for staff and others, and placements and supervision for trainees and assistants. We are integrated into the local MDTs and close working with colleagues from a range of disciplines is an essential aspect of this role.

This post holder will be based in Colchester however, flexibility is needed, as the team covers both Colchester and Tendring localities.

About us
The successful applicant will join our professional team of psychologists and psychotherapists working in Adult Community Mental Health Services in the North East Essex area of EPUT. The service currently comprises of Psychotherapists, Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychologists, trainees and assistants. We also have close links with colleagues locally working in the Urgent Care, Personality Disorder and Complex Needs, Specialist Dementia, Perinatal, Eating Disorders, Transitions, and Inpatient settings.

About us
Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a more detailed list of responsibilities.

The salary range on this advert displays the bottom of Band 7 to the top of Band 8a. If the successful candidate is appointed at Band 7, the salary scale will be £49,387 to £56,515 per annum. Appointment to Band 8a will hold a salary scale of £57,528 to £64,750 per annum.

Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential

• Recognised highly specialist formal applied psychotherapy training to Doctoral or Masters Level or equivalent.
• Registered or eligible for registration in UKCP, HCPC, BPC or equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing professional development in line with the requirements of professional registration

Desirable

• Further qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice e.g. MBT, EMDR, schema therapy, sensori-motor psychotherapy

Knowledge
Essential

• Doctoral or masters level knowledge & understanding of the theory and practice of specialised psychotherapy assessment, formulation, intervention and outcome evaluation in treating people with complex mental health presentations.
• Doctoral or masters level knowledge of mental health and psychological distress, including the theoretical and empirical evidence base and frameworks for conceptualising distress in context and working with complex needs.

Desirable

• Knowledge of policy and standards related to training in the psychological professions.

Skills and Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with highly complex service user need in a community setting, including working with and managing risk.

Desirable

• Experience of running psychotherapy supervision groups and/or supervising those in training.

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).
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