We are seeking to recruit a Psychotherapist for our residential therapeutic community in London. This is an exciting time to join us as we seek to expand our psychotherapy provision within the service. We are looking for a fully qualified clinician who can work with adults experiencing high levels of distress, often in highly charged situations, while maintaining the ability to think and support those around them. In return, you’ll receive a warm and friendly welcome into an organisation where your aptitude for formulation, reflection, and creativity can be utilised to their full potential. Your skills will be highly regarded, and you will be offered excellent continuous professional development opportunities.
About us:
We are a dynamic and creative organisation working with adults experiencing severe emotional distress, many with diagnoses of psychosis or personality disorder, and often with drug and/or alcohol dependency. Our model is based on housing, community, and psychotherapy, influenced by Psychologically Informed Environments (PIEs), Therapeutic Communities, recovery, and neuro-psychodynamic theory. The Community Psychotherapist/Psychologist is the clinical lead for the service, working alongside the Service Manager to develop, maintain, and lead a psychologically informed environment to high clinical standards. This is a busy, varied, and ultimately rewarding position. Daily activities include:
1. Facilitating formal reflective practice groups
2. Providing one-to-one psychodynamic psychotherapy sessions for residents
3. Facilitating case formulation meetings with staff and residents
4. Ensuring clinical practice is formulation-based and aligns with the CHT model
5. Offering advice and consultation to staff
6. Ensuring clinical outcome measures are collated
7. Assessing potential new residents into the community
About you:
We seek a fully qualified Psychodynamic Psychotherapist/Integrative Psychotherapist with a strong emphasis on psychodynamic thinking, or a Clinical Psychologist with additional psychodynamic or psychoanalytic training. Candidates should hold registration with UKCP, HCPC, or BPC, or be accredited by BACP. Clinical or Counselling Psychologists should hold BPS chartered status.
You should be accustomed to working with high levels of distress. Experience in a residential setting is not mandatory, but you should be a reflective, thoughtful, and resilient clinician, adaptable and able to handle changing priorities. We prefer full-time applicants, but part-time (four days a week) will be considered for the right candidate. For more details, please refer to the job description and person specification.
For informal inquiries, contact Andreas Constandinos, Head of Psychotherapy, via email at: [emailprotected]
For application details, visit our website: www.cht.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us
How to apply:
Send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are applying and how you meet the person specification to: [emailprotected]
Closing date: 9th May 2025. We reserve the right to close the application process early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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