Adolescent Outreach Case Worker and DBT Practitioner
London, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 5 days ago
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner with a specialist interest in delivering Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. It is essential for applicants to be willing to complete or to have undertaken intensive training in DBT.
The successful applicant will be part of the DBT pathway within AOT and will attend weekly Consult, as well as running the weekly DBT group and having a caseload of individual DBT clients. They will also be expected to work with the families of young people within the DBT programme to disseminate understanding of DBT using specific DBT training skills. The successful applicant will be expected to promote the ethos of DBT across Tier 4 CAMHS.
The Adolescent Outreach Team provides an acute Tier 4 community service to 12 to 18 year olds experiencing a range of significant and multiple mental health difficulties including depression, anxiety, psychosis, self-harm and emerging personality disorder. These young people experience multi-layered difficulties at a level which considerably interferes with day to day life and is usually associated with high levels of risk. AOT aims to prevent admission to an in-patient unit and providing a supportive discharge package to optimise length of stay where admission cannot be avoided, supporting one of the lowest acute inpatient stays in the country.
This post will be centred on the delivery of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) pathway for adolescents who are already under the care of Tier 4 CAMHS but will also include Care Coordination and assessment of other AOT clients.
The primary aim of the Adolescent Outreach Team (AOT) is to contain and treat high-risk young people in the community to avoid inpatient care. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is provided, according to need, as a treatment pathway within AOT.
Generic clinical sessions, individual DBT sessions, and other relevant clinical review meetings are delivered flexibly according to client need and can take place in the young person’s home, local clinic bases, an inpatient unit, or in schools. The post-holder’s administrative base will be AOT offices.
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.
About our location:
This post will be based at Springfield Hospital
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: kay haynes Job title: Service Manager Email address: kay.haynes@swlstg.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0203 513 6609
The successful applicant will be part of the DBT pathway within AOT and will attend weekly Consult, as well as running the weekly DBT group and having a caseload of individual DBT clients. They will also be expected to work with the families of young people within the DBT programme to disseminate understanding of DBT using specific DBT training skills. The successful applicant will be expected to promote the ethos of DBT across Tier 4 CAMHS.
The Adolescent Outreach Team provides an acute Tier 4 community service to 12 to 18 year olds experiencing a range of significant and multiple mental health difficulties including depression, anxiety, psychosis, self-harm and emerging personality disorder. These young people experience multi-layered difficulties at a level which considerably interferes with day to day life and is usually associated with high levels of risk. AOT aims to prevent admission to an in-patient unit and providing a supportive discharge package to optimise length of stay where admission cannot be avoided, supporting one of the lowest acute inpatient stays in the country.
This post will be centred on the delivery of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) pathway for adolescents who are already under the care of Tier 4 CAMHS but will also include Care Coordination and assessment of other AOT clients.
The primary aim of the Adolescent Outreach Team (AOT) is to contain and treat high-risk young people in the community to avoid inpatient care. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is provided, according to need, as a treatment pathway within AOT.
Generic clinical sessions, individual DBT sessions, and other relevant clinical review meetings are delivered flexibly according to client need and can take place in the young person’s home, local clinic bases, an inpatient unit, or in schools. The post-holder’s administrative base will be AOT offices.
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.
About our location:
This post will be based at Springfield Hospital
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: kay haynes Job title: Service Manager Email address: kay.haynes@swlstg.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0203 513 6609
