Psychotherapist

Job summary
The Outreach Psychotherapist is part of a multi-disciplinary team approach to support the health and wellbeing of people rough sleeping or at risk of homelessness in Peterborough. This role will work directly with a GP specialising in Mental Health and a Service Lead who will provide management and admin support to the team, and will be based within Peterborough City.

The role will provide psychotherapeutic interventions to people rough sleeping or at risk of homelessness who have been referred to the service. Clients referred to the service will be rough sleepers with moderate mental health difficulties who also have problematic and interrelated health and social care needs, including substance misuse. These interventions could be delivered in a variety of settings including on the street on an outreach shift or attending a clients accommodation via telephone or virtual depending on the needs of the client as required.

This team is part of an integrated model of care for Rough Sleepers including housing, substance misuse and mental health outreach workers.

The Outreach Psychotherapist will provide partner outreach workers such as housing support workers and substance misuse staff with regular training from the psychotherapist to help them understand the psychological.

Main duties of the job
Overview of Role

• To provide therapeutic interventions for clients who are homeless or vulnerably housed and who have complex needs
• Provide clients with trauma-informed approaches, including psychological and therapeutic support
• To hold a caseload of clients, working flexibly to meet their needs
• Actively promote the service and trauma informed practices to external agencies and organisations and to attend Multiple Disciplinary Team Meetings (MDTs) for clients on the psychotherapy caseload
• Work in partnership with other agencies and organisations involved in supporting clients to stabilise their mental health and be supported to access and remain in accommodation
• Maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders including, GP surgeries and other key stakeholders and partner organisations
• Attend and actively participate in team, service and wider multi-disciplinary team meetings as required
• Create and maintain documentation as required for the role
• Supporting the service by providing strong governance processes through maintaining electronic files and storing associated documents within these

• Provide group training and one to one advice and guidance to housing, substance misuses and mental health outreach teams as part of a multi-disciplinary approach
• Provide monthly audit data to the GPN team as evidence of professional supervision

About us
Our vision: To provide the patients of Greater Peterborough with high quality, sustainable healthcare that supports them to stay well and at home for as long as possible.

We are an ambitious at scale primary care organisation with a passion for integration and innovation.

We provide:

• Enhanced evening and weekend access to General Practice.
• Deliver at scale services to improve the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve.
• Home visiting and community services.
• Virtual ward services.
• IV at Home Service.
• Advice to ambulance crews to help patients remain at home or to see the most appropriate secondary care team.
• Recruitment, induction and support of workforce through a team dedicated to supporting Primary Care Networks and hosting of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Training Hub.

Our principles

• To attract innovation and investment into primary care.
• To be dynamic always seeking out new opportunities.
• To be the primary care provider at scale -supporting delivery of services at place level that benefits our patients and members.
• To engage our clinical community identifying local clinical leaders to drive service redesign and delivery across our place.
• To face challenges head on, working collaboratively to deliver solutions.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for the role of Psychotherapist Counsellor. This also includes the job specification and additional detail required when considering this role.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• 1. UK recognised Psychotherapy or Counselling qualification
• 2. BACP and/or UKCP accredited
• 3. Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of UKCP/BACP Code of Ethics.

Desirable

• 1. Masters in counselling or Psychotherapy
• 2. Certificate or diploma in trauma therapy

Experience
Essential

• 1. Demonstrable experience as a counsellor or psychotherapist working with trauma.
• 2. Expertise in prevailing evidence-based protocols.
• 3. Proven track record of engaging with vulnerable adults with complex needs.
• 4. Capacity to work flexibly in both formal and informal settings to provide services tailored to individuals particular needs.
• 5. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's care and treatment, both as care co-ordinator and within the context of a multi-agency care plan.
• 6. Experience of motivating, empowering, and supporting people to achieve their goals.
• 7. Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.

Knowledge
Essential

• 1. Ability to assess the needs of the clients and provide appropriate service.
• 2. Ability to share expertise within the parameters of confidentiality.
• 3. Ability to manage and respond to demand pressures of the service.
• 4. Ability to lead and work as a team member.
• 5. Good IT skills and experience of using a database and accurately able to enter sensitive data.
• 6. Ability to promote the service, encouraging and influencing the use of the psychotherapy service.

Personal Attributes & Abilities
Essential

• 1. Flexible approach to working practice some weekends, or anti-social hours may be required
• 2. Seeks and uses professional support appropriately.
• 3. Demonstrable respect for the dignity of people who are currently vulnerable with the skills and sensitivity to empower individuals to address their challenges.
• 4. Outgoing, energetic, and positive about improving the wellbeing of others and their community.
• 5. Highly motivated and resourceful.
• 6. Adaptable, flexible with a can-do attitude.
• 7. Able to maintain high standards of diplomacy and understands the principle of confidentiality.
• 8. Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.
• 9. Able to establish positive relationships and mutual respect with people at all levels.
• 10. Ability to contribute effectively.
• 11. Can demonstrate a flexible approach.
• 12. Has realistic knowledge of personal strengths and areas for development.
• 13. The post-holder is required to travel independently across the county when required, to meet staff and attend meetings etc. a valid driving licence and own car is a must.
• 14. This post requires an Enhanced and satisfactory Disclosure and Barring check.

Communication & Skills
Essential

• 1. Excellent verbal and written skills and the capacity to report effectively on agreed impact measures, with highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients and families, carers and other professional colleagues.

Desirable

• 1. Ability to speak a more than one language.

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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