Highly Specialist Psychologist / Psychotherapist

The Trauma Team in the Southwark PCMHT Psychology and Psychotherapy Team are looking for a passionate socially aware, experiencedAdult Psychotherapist/Psychologist tojoin adynamic team for a 12 months fixed term post. As part of the Trauma Team you will be working with a stepped care model within the Trauma pathway. The team bases are the Maudsley Hospital in Denmark Hill, the Munro Centre near London Bridge, and local health centres.

The post holder will have the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of the Trauma pathway within the stepped care model. The Trauma team offers a range of interventions for patients: EMDR, Trauma Focus CBT and NET. There will be opportunities in the team to think with or help colleagues develop other models in response to the needs of our community.

The PCMHT P&P teamoffers a range of specialist psychological therapies . These includeCBT, Schema, Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), psychodynamic, a refugee-specific horticultural therapy project, systemic therapies, and group treatments such as Trauma Tree of Life and a Black Men's Group.

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. Excellent clinical supervision is provided by senior therapists. You will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience. We offer ongoing training and development in Trauma focused work.

Main duties of the job

Delivering Trauma Focus interventions

Where asked,supervision of trainees or other staff in Trauma Focused interventions

Assessments, formulation and writing assessment reports and communicating with referrers

Experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Desirable skills would include:

Experience in running psychoeducational or therapeutic groups

Experience in delivering therapy for patients who have experienced social discrimination or being under-represented in services.

Webenefitfrom good working relationships between our psychological therapists and our colleagues in the wider PCMHT team.Excellent clinical supervision is provided by senior therapists to help you develop your skills.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust(SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

Our bases in London Bridge and Denmark Hill offer good transport links, cafes, shops and restaurants.