Psychotherapist

Are you an outstanding Psychotherapist with a passion for delivering high quality care?

Cygnet have been providing a national network of specialist mental health services for more than 30 years.

With us, you’ll have the chance to progress your career as part of a dynamic, supportive team.

We need a Psychotherapist who’s passionate about helping people with a range of complex mental health needs.

Maximising positive outcomes & recovery for our service users - it’s a challenging, satisfying vocation.

So if you care about making a difference - every day - we want to hear from you.

**Cygnet Hospital Woking**:
Cygnet Hospital Woking offers a range of mental health services for men and women. Cygnet Lodge Woking, our sister hospital close by, provides a high dependency inpatient rehabilitation service for men and extends our care pathway.

**Your Day-to-Day**
- Work as a team Psychotherapist within a multidisciplinary team (MDT)
- Carry out psychological assessments & provide therapy to individuals & groups
- Collaboratively develop care plans with the MDT
- Evaluate the service, contribute to its development & carry out clinical research
- Disseminate outcomes via conference presentations and publications.

**Job Purpose**:

- To provide a psychotherapeutic service to wards at Cygnet Woking including assessment and formulation, therapeutic intervention, implementation and monitoring of outcomes
- To offer a range of evidence based individual and group therapeutic interventions within the service
- To provide reflective practice to staff so as to support service users from diverse backgrounds in building the life worth living by working to create a psychologically safe and trusting environment
- To undertake service evaluation, audit and research as necessary
- To contribute to service development through new, evidence-based initiatives
- To work as an autonomous professional within (e.g. BPS/HCPC/BACP) guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies of the service, following and contributing to the development of service procedures.
- To work within NICE guidelines

**We are looking for someone who is...**
- Registered Psychotherapist - post graduate diploma level or equivalent
- Experience working in secure settings
- Experience of 1:1 work with individuals with complex needs
- Experience of carrying out risk assessments including the HCR-20
- Experience of delivering group based interventions
- Experience of MDT working
- Knowledge of therapeutic approaches e.g. ACT, Schema, CFT, attachment, CBT
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

**Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you**
- Strong career progression opportunities into management roles
- Monthly reflective practice, & support with CPD opportunities
- Expert clinical supervision & peer support
- Employee referral scheme
- Pension scheme
- “Cycle to work” scheme & employee discount saving.

Ready to make a positive change?

Join us

In this role you’ll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users & their families.