Senior DBT Practitioner
hace 5 días
Radlett
Values Based ScreenerAt Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form. overviewWe are seeking an experienced DBT Practitioner in an established community DBT Service within CYPMHS. The remit of the CYP DBT Service is to offer young people referred into the service a consistent evidence-based therapeutic approach (DBT), to reduce inpatient admissions and to support the transitions of those in an inpatient service back into the community. The post holder will offer specialist DBT assessments and interventions to young people and their families who are referred by other CYPMHS services. The post holder will also be involved in liaising with other CYPMHS services to ensure clear transitions for young people entering or leaving the DBT Service and where appropriate supporting the transition to Adult Services.This is a post for someone with significant DBT experience/training who can provide this highly specialist service to young people and their families and includes supervision, consultation and training of others. The CYP DBT service is a multi-disciplinary team and the post holder would be expected to contribute to the clinical work of the team, take a role in the leadership structure, and be accountable to the Lead of the relevant professional group (CYPMHS).Main duties of the jobDBT team and will provide a high standard of service to children, adolescents and their families/carers and to professionals from other organisationsThey will be responsible for assessing and treating children, young people and their families/carers in relation to a range of highly complex emotional, psychological and behavioural problemsThe post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and under the supervision of a more senior clinician of their relevant disciplineThe post-holder will provide supervision to trainees of their relevant discipline on placement as well as offering supervision to trainees and multi-disciplinary colleagues for purposes of training and continuing professional development as agreed with the DBT Service Clinical Lead.The post-holder will undertake research, audit and evaluation for service developmentWorking for our organisationHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.Our family of over 4500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:Our Trust values are:Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesJob ResponsibilitiesTo formulate a range of treatment options within the context of a DBT service, based on an appropriate conceptual framework and employing methods based upon evidence e.g. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelinesTo be responsible for a substantial caseload of complex assessment, treatment and consultation work and to identify priorities of action in complex circumstances.To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. This includes abilities to understand and offer therapeutic interventions to a variety of family forms including single parents, same sex couples and their families, extended families and people with mental health difficultiesWorking Relationships and Communication Requirements of the JobWorking relationshipsTo have good working relationships with multi-disciplinary colleaguesTo maintain close working relationships with colleagues of their relevant discipline as well as and other Psychological Therapists both locally and CYPMHS-wideTo promote and maintain good working relationships with colleagues in all areas of The DBT Service as appropriateTo promote and maintain good working relationships with clients, their families, carers and other external agenciesTo have good working relationships within HPFTClinical ResponsibilitiesTo practice in a way which is inclusive and considerate of the needs of each individual in the system and their varying developmental stages and current emotional stateTo be responsible for ensuring that consultation, assessment and treatment interventions are provided in partnership with children, adolescents and their familiesTo be responsible for implementing DBT interventions, for individuals, carers, families and groups, including meetings with parents, family members and caring networksTo be responsible for organizing, attending and chairing professional meetings and reviews as appropriateTo provide specialist consultation to professionals and agencies outside of the Trust in relation to highly complex cases (for example, families with multi-agency involvement)This will include liaison and working with professional networks involved with complex, emotive and often conflictual issues such as those involving child protection, deliberate self-harm, violence, trauma and suicide riskTo evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account complex factors concerning historical, familial, social, educational and developmental processes which have impacted on the young person and their familyTo exercise autonomous professional responsibility under the supervision of the DBT Therapy Team Lead for the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients as appropriate. To be responsible for ensuring that referrals and discharges are made in accordance with relevant policy and procedures and the principles of good practiceTo manage complex clinical planning, and provide specialist consultation, advice and guidance to other professionals working with families both within the service and in partner agencies. This will include liaison and working with professional networks involved with complex, emotive and often conflicting issuesTo communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner information concerning assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patientsTo effectively communicate professional opinion, verbally and in writing to families, other professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies and to maintain close links with relevant clinicians and servicesTo provide reports for court and case conferences as appropriateTo work in partnership with other agencies to ensure that Child Protection issues are addressed effectively and within all local proceduresAt all times to be mindful of risk (suicidality, self-harm, violence, abuse), to carry out risk assessments when indicated and to intervene to minimize riskTo undertake urgent mental health assessments of overdose and serious self-harm and to advise staff on riskCommunication requirementsThe Trust is committed to providing services to both internal and external clients of the highest possible standards and each employee is required to reflect this in all aspects of their work. The service aims to be non-discriminatory on the grounds of race and gender, and staff are expected to be aware of, and respond to, the different cultures of clients and families using the serviceThe service aims to be non-discriminatory on the grounds of race and gender, and staff are expected to be aware of, and respond to, the different cultures of clients and families using the serviceTo maintain adequate clinical notes as well as reports for internal use and external agencies, as well as maintaining good communication with referrers and other professionals involved with young people attending the clinicTo maintain appropriate Professional RegistrationLeadership and Staff Management ResponsibilitiesTeaching, Training and SupervisionTo be responsible for assisting in the provision of DBT training and the promotion of DBT thinking and ideas as part of the continuing professional development of multidisciplinary team members and training to other agencies. To make a contribution to the team as a specialist team resource.To supervise trainees on placement with The DBT Service as agreed with DBT Lead Therapist and relevant Consultant Lead.To provide clinical/professional supervision to more junior child and adolescent clinicians within DBT Service as necessary and as agreed with appropriate operational mangers and professional/consultant leads including the Lead of the relevant professionTo provide clinical supervision to other disciplines within The DBT Service as agreed with Operational Managers and Professional Lead for Psychological Services (CAMHS)To act as a specialist resource through provision of consultation and training to the multidisciplinary team and to other health and social care agenciesTo contribute to in-service training days and training of staff from other agencies on issues of practice and complex mental health issuesTo develop skills, and undertake post-graduate training as appropriate, in the area of post-graduate teaching, training and supervisionAs agreed with the Operational Managers and Professional Leads (including Consultant Lead) to receive regular individual clinical and professional supervision from a more senior clinical supervision from other senior professional colleagues as appropriate and participate in regular peer supervision within the CAMHS team in accordance with Trust supervision policy and as required for RegistrationService Development and ImprovementTo contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of The DBT Service’s operational policies and services through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit. This will include, where required, assisting with the completion of statistical information to ensure quality and quantity of services available or highlight areas of deficitTo regularly promote, conduct and collaborate in such clinically relevant research projects as agreed and appropriateTo seek ways of involving children and families in the design of user-friendly research methods and create opportunities for feedback from service users and use this to enhance and develop service deliveryTo contribute to the supervision and organisation of research carried out by less experienced clinician and multi-disciplinary colleagues within The DBT Service, ensuring attention is paid to disseminating findings and that appropriate Trust Research and Development guidelines are followedTo advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where sand/or organisational matters need addressingTo propose and implement changes in the development of policies, procedures and plans in order to enhance and develop The DBT Service as part of a specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health ServiceTo maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the evidence base in relation to DBT and other related psychotherapies and to use such knowledge to develop The DBT Service, inform the post-holder’s own clinical practice, the supervision of trainees as appropriate and consultation to colleagues in other disciplinesTo attend and actively participate in team meetings to share, promote and integrate DBT thinking and practice in the work of the multidisciplinary teamPerson specificationEssential and desirableEssential criteria- Professional qualification (RMN, RGN or RSCN; Clinical/Counselling Psychologist; social worker)- DBT Trained (Intensive or Foundation) with experience of working within the model in an outpatient setting- Registered with the appropriate professional body such as the HCPC, UKCP; ACP- Substantial experience of working with children and/or adolescents and families in a relevant mental health or social welfare setting or equivalent, including experience within DBT modelDesirable criteria- Experience of supervising junior colleagues and traineesAbout usHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were “blown away” by our people’s achievements and that everything they saw “sings and hums”. This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.Additional InformationHPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community incl...