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CAT Therapist / Practitioner - London

CAT Therapist/CAT Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area: Lewisham Directorate
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 334-LEW-2866537-GB-A
Salary: £38,890 - £44,503 pa inc plus Inner London HCAS
Closing date: 13th May 2021

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 and Greenwich.

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’.

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 an Trust we are happy to talk flexible working

About the team:

Lewisham is offering an exciting opportunity to be part of a transformation of psychological therapies services.  This is a newly created post for a CAT Practitioner/ Therapist to be involved in integrating psychological therapies for complex needs into the step 4 services, as well as maintain links with community teams and PD services.  This greater integration between services has fostered new partnerships between psychological therapists and community mental health services, as well as strengthen existing relationships with GPs and non-statutory services. 

Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), has a long-standing history and active presence in Lewisham and SLAM.  It is a valued and respected model of therapy and there is a commitment to continued investment into CAT as part of our growing therapies provision.  The successful candidate will be supervised and managed by the CAT lead and will benefit from being part of a close and active local and trust wide CAT network.   Also have close links with ACAT SIGs.   

About the role:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated CAT therapist/practitioner, who is committed to delivering a high standard of therapy, assessments, promoting CAT in the service, and working with a diverse community.   The post holder will work closely with the CAT lead to put together a long-term strategy for service delivery/development, research and training to community teams.  

Step 4 IAPT psychological therapies are focused on the needs of service users presenting with complex needs such as pertaining to a personality disorder,  chronic and severe mood and anxiety disorders.  It comprises of a multidisciplinary team which include psychologists, counsellors, and psychotherapists. 

Lewisham is a diverse and culturally vibrant borough.  The service provides psychological care to an ethnically diverse group of clients, where English may not be their first language. Many clients present with multiple problems including social, housing and employment issues. We have close links with our sister IAPT services within SLaM, sharing good practice and training opportunities.  We are involved in initiatives to engage different groups within our community, such as people with long term health conditions, perinatal difficulties, student population at Goldsmiths University, men’s groups, BAME communities, to name a few.    

We are a diverse, friendly service that aims to listen to and value our staff and aims to promote opportunities to progress people in terms of their continued professional development when these arise. We work closely with GPs, primary care mental health services (PCMHS), and secondary care services where skills can be developed in the experience of liaising with professionals from a variety of settings.  

The post-holder will work in the service for 5 days, there is a need to be able to work flexibly, with face-to-face session currently available at The Lind Clinic in Deptford, SE8 as well as remote/online therapy, to provide a service which is accessible to our clients.  

Benefits:

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefit from keyworker housing which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust encourages and welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges.  We see this as valuable and recognise the positive impact this experience can have on the work we do.

We look forward to receiving your application.

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’

http://jobs.slam.nhs.uk/job/v3122822

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