This post is part of NHS funded three-year Talking Therapies High Intensity Psychotherapeutic Counselling training programme in Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) delivered by University of Roehampton. Trainees will be attending their university course alongside their duties within NHS Richmond Talking Therapies.
The successful candidates will join NHS Richmond Talking Therapies service as a band 5, while undertaking a foundation year of their Psychotherapeutic Counselling training program. The trainee will move to Band 6 following completion of the foundation year of training. Following successful completion of the course the candidate will be offered a permanent band 7 position as a High Intensity Therapist in one of our SWLSTG NHS Talking Therapies.
Successful applicants will need to be able to begin their training in September 2025. You must be able to attend University, as required, which will include block teaching over several days at the start of the course. Subsequent teaching will be two days per week, in conjunction with a minimum period of high intensity psychodynamic counselling and later DIT clinical practice on three days a week in NHS Richmond Talking Therapies service.
Richmond is a diverse borough, and we would particularly welcome applications from clinicians who are able to deliver interventions in languages other than English.
You will be providing evidence-based relational therapy treatment on an individual basis to clients aged 18 and over presenting with depression. You may also be required to provide intake assessments and other more specialist suitability assessments to service users accessing RWS. Once qualified, you may also be offering DIT groups. There will be opportunities to develop areas of interest such as working with long term health conditions, working with clients with learning disabilities, working with perinatal clients, by contributing to project groups or taking a Champion role.
High quality supervision and CPD are a priority for the team. As a trainee you will receive regular weekly individual clinical supervision and weekly line management from one of our band 7 DIT Therapists working within the service. Upon qualification, your supervision may be in a group. You will also have the opportunity to attend training workshops led by highly respected clinicians in their field, as well as a regular in-house relational CPD program. We have also recently started developing secondment opportunities for clinicians interested in working in other teams in the Trust which has been positively received.
You will work clinically within primary care settings and be required to work flexible hours. The service operates from 9am to 8pm Monday - Thursday and 9am to 5pm on Friday. you will be required to work one day from 12-8pm.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Agnes Bassaly Job title: DIT therapist and supervisor Email address: agnes.bassaly@swlstg.nhs.uk Telephone number: 020 3513 4455
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