Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly skilled Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) Practitioner to join the Psychological Therapies Service (PTS) in South Glos.
The successful candidate will lead the MBT stream of interventions within the PTS and locality.
We welcome applications from Nurse Therapists, OT, social workers, psychologists, or other accredited professional qualifications with experience of MBT service development and delivery.
There will be opportunities for CPD to sustain high quality of care for the service user group.
The post holder will provide psychological assessment and treatment for people referred to South Glos.
PTS presenting with difficulties associated with a diagnosis of emotionally unstable personality difficulties, which adversely impact on relationships and emotional regulation abilities.
The successful applicant will be part of the MBT work stream within PTS and play a central role in the delivery of group and individual psychological interventions whilst sharing a passion for offering high quality, safe, and effective MBT treatment.
As a service, the South Glos.
PTS has a commitment to address issues of structural inequalities and oppression that often create barriers in the provision of equitable care for the service user groups in the locality.
Main duties of the job The main focus of the clinical work for this post will be the provision of leadership for delivering the Mentalization Based Treatment programme within PTS at Kingswood Civic Centre.
Day-to-day work involves: Psychological assessments, setting up and delivering therapy at individual and group levels.
Providing leadership for the MBT service within the PTS and locality.
Working closely with referrers, services, and colleagues to collaborate around the delivery of MBT interventions.
Providing specialist supervision for MBT practitioners, trainees, and other mental health practitioners working with people with emotionally unstable personality difficulties.
Opportunities for teaching, training, and service evaluation/audit.
Please see the attached job description and person spec for more information.
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