Sequoia is a brand new service that is co-produced with people with lived experience and co-delivered with our partner agency Rethink. Sequoia provides primary care level interventions for people with complex emotional needs.

The service covers the whole of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Interventions are delivered both online and in person. More information on the service is contained in the service summary attached.

We are looking for an experienced mental health professional and welcome applications from any of the registered professions. We value diversity and lived experience. Our service will represent the people that we serve. This post is specifically to lead on the MBT offer within Sequoia. You will be skilled in MBT, both group and individual, you will have experience of setting up services. You will be forward thinking and want to do things differently.

We can offer up to 2.5 days and between 10-12 months contract. You will work in a hybrid way between home and locations within our communities. We can offer good quality supervision both within AWP and from external MBT experts.

Main duties of the job

You will design and deliver MBT in a short format. You will setup care pathways and referral routes. You will review referrals and facilitate groups. You will use a test and learn approach to evaluate and improve the MBT offer over the course of the 12 months. You will supervise other staff in Sequoia. You will be comfortable with technology and able to deliver interventions online.

You will also contribute to the day to day running of Sequoia in general. You will be collaborating with Rethink staff to deliver the service as one team.

By the end of the contract you will have setup several MBT groups both online and in person. These groups will then be continued to be overseen by our MBT senior specialist band 7.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B& NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:1. As a member of the AWP BNSSG Sequoia Tree Service, the post holder will provide a high quality service to people suffering from complex mental health problems, in particular people with complex emotional needs (CEN) associated with the diagnosis of Personality Disorder, such as attachment, interpersonal difficulties and emotional intensity. This will include highly specialist assessment to determine the most appropriate treatment.

2. To offer a highly specialist and entirely autonomous systemic complex psychological intervention service as a designated lead in MBT.

3. The post-holder will work closely with both internal and external stakeholders in the ongoing development of the service.

4. The delivery of group and individual treatments. The caseload will include people with significant complexity and risk.

5. Provide specialist clinical supervision and consultancy within the MBT Sequoia offer and for mental health professionals more broadly working with people with CEN as required. This will cover problem assessment, formulation, and therapy interventions.

6. To participate in clinical supervision and caseload supervision arrangements provided by Sequoia.

7. To provide an advanced and specialist treatment role in the sector, using appropriate specialist interventions with patients presenting with complex needs, including (but not exclusively) provision of MBT.

8. To provide an advanced and specialist psychological assessment (including risk assessment) and treatment service to service-users in the sector.

Professional:1. Comply with their professions regulatory requirements, ethics and code of conduct.

2. Work within AWPs policies to manage care pathways and risk.

3. Work within AWPs procedures for Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults.

4. To participate in Sequoia business and professional meetings where agreed.

5. Participate in regular clinical supervision both giving and receiving.

6. To provide management supervision to band 7 Sequoia staff, as well as other staff in Sequoia, including both AWP and Rethink staff.

7. To maintain and further develop high standards of Sequoia practice, through co-operativework with other Sequoia members and peer supervision, as well as linking in with wider AWP and key stakeholders.

8. Demonstrate in clinical practice their respect for the experience of the people accessing our service.

9. Contribute towards the local clinical framework e.g. care programme approach (CPA), including taking on care coordination responsibilities as needed.

Clinical Administrative Responsibilities:1. To support the Clinical Lead of Sequoia in the development and implementation of effective Clinical Governance across the Sequoia service.

2. Keep appropriate electronic records of clinical interventions.

3. Provide appropriate data reporting on clinical activity.

4. To support and participate in multidisciplinary clinical audit in the service.

5. To promote the use of effective interventions in the service.

6. Complete clinical administrative responsibilities needed for the appropriate clinical frameworks e.g. CP

Training/Education:1. Provide training around working with people with CEN to a range of mental health professionals from a range of backgrounds (including experienced clinicians as well as unqualified staff). Provide training to professionals from other agencies as requested (e.g. housing). Lead on the MBT aspects of this training.

2. To supervise trainees, staff and associate Sequoia workers, including VCSE partner staff in providing group and individual assessment and therapy.

3. Contribute to the learning and skills development of pre and post registration/qualification students, trainees, novice practitioners and new team members.

4. Maintain awareness of relevant developments in MBT and in thinking about working with people with CEN, including research, theory and best practice guidelines. Dissemination to clinical andmanagement colleagues as needed.

5. The post-holder will lead on the evaluation of MBT aspects of the service. This will include agreeing and using appropriate outcome measures, data input and analysis with appropriate supervision.

6. Keep up to date with statutory and mandatory training and maintain appropriate continuing professional development activities.

7. To agree a plan for personal development with the Sequoia manager and participate in an annual review.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree and Masters level qualification, or equivalent experience
• Registered mental health professional or Doctoral Clinical/ Counselling Psychology qualification, qualification as a Psychotherapist or Arts Psychotherapist at an accredited training institution or equivalent professional qualification.
• HCPC Registration, professional registration as an adult Psychotherapist, Arts Psychotherapist or Clinical Psychologist with UKCP, or other relevant body.
• Post qualification specialist training in MBT. Completion of the MBT 3 day Post Graduate Introductory training in MBT and working towards MBT practitioner status

Experience

Essential

• Substantial Experience of delivering MBT to people with Complex Mental Health Difficulties.
• Substantial experience of working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues
• Clinical supervision/ consultation with other professionals.
• Experience of working with other staff to develop skills in working with people with Complex Emotional needs and/or Personality Disorder
• Evidence based highly specialist therapeutic interventions with client group and in particular people who might attract the diagnosis of Personality Disorder.
• Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in working with people with a personality disorder diagnosis. Ability to use this knowledge to think systemically/organisationally
• Experience of risk assessment and management
• Experience of delivery of training
• Service development/project work

Desirable

• Experience of working with a diverse population and the ability to consider issues of diversity, accessibility and equality of access to services.
• Completion of Relevant postgraduate training in working with people with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder and/or Complex Emotional Needs.
• Experience of service Development or Leadership in an NHS context.
• Relevant R& D or clinical audit work post qualification

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work effectively and flexibly as an integral member of a team.
• Excellent communication and liaison skills.
• Well organised with good administration skills.
• Empathy/engagement skills with the client group.
• Well developed IT skills
• Ability to provide interventions online
• Experience of running therapeutic groups

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Callington Road Hospital

Marmalade Lane

Bristol

BS4 5BJ

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