The Nottinghamshire Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) Service is a community-based service based at the Mandala Centre in Nottingham and is a service managed as a part of the Low Secure and Community Forensic Care Unit. The Notts MBT Service delivers assessment, advice, consultation, training, and the delivery of a range of specialized Personality Disorder psychotherapeutic interventions, in group and individual programmes to individuals with highly complex personality disorders across Nottinghamshire, utilizing other community bases to deliver interventions where appropriate.
The post holder will work as a member of an integrated multi-disciplinary team that provides/delivers intensive psychological and psychosocial treatment to service users with severe and enduring psychological problems. The role will include supporting and working alongside service users in a collaborative, therapeutic partnership and participation in the development and provision of social/therapeutic activities, psycho-educational programmes for service users (and their family and friends) and facilitation of group therapy programmes (Mentalization Based Treatment and Cognitive Analytic Therapy informed).
Main duties of the job include:
* Assess service users referred with severe personality disorder to Notts MBT Service.
* Deliver highly specialized psychological group and individual treatments for people with severe personality disorder across Nottinghamshire.
* Provision of teaching, training programmes, and consultation as required to staff across multi-agencies.
* Operational supervision of peers and provide mentorship, preceptorship, supervision, and support of students/newly appointed staff.
The post holder will have access to robust supervision offers and will be expected to work across the Service.
Person Specification:
Essential:
* Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions to Degree level.
* Substantial post-registration experience in mental health to include post-graduate experience in delivering psychological interventions.
* Understanding of risk assessment and management.
* Introductory level knowledge of therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Mentalization Based Treatment.
Desirable:
* Post-basic qualification in working with people with a Personality Disorder.
* Post-basic training in working with people with a Personality Disorder.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance environmental performance, and achieve net-zero commitment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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