Trainee Psychological Therapist

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us

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JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

YOUR APPLICATION

**Job overview**:
**Are you interested in an exciting opportunity to develop your skills and to be part of a dynamic and multi-disciplinary team which contributes to a pathway aimed at supporting people with difficulties associated with diagnoses of Personality Disorders and Complex Emotional Needs?**

We are delighted to offer a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic practitioner to train in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) with a view to transitioning to band 7 upon completing their training and accreditation in DBT.

We are seeking to recruit 4 x Band 6 Trainee Psychological Therapists, who will be supported to complete a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in DBT.
- West Suffolk Adult Community Services
- Suffolk Children & Families Services
- Gt Yarmouth & Waveney Adult Services
- North Norfolk & Norwich Older People’s Services

This is an exciting opportunity to receive specialist training in a psychological therapy, whilst also being involved in service development, evaluation and innovative approaches. You will also be a key player in supporting co-produced visions of service development.

**Main duties of the job**:
We are looking for motivated, compassionate team players, who are passionate about further developing and improving services.

Alongside this education and training, the trainees will work within the growing team of Psychological Professionals in their services to contribute to all aspects of the Personality Disorder & Complex Emotional Needs pathway. This will include playing a part in leading the delivery of the DBT programme. Other aspects of the role will include supporting staff within teams to work in a DBT-informed way, developing and delivering training for staff, supporting with the collection and analysis of outcome measures, and developing further aspects of the pathway within the broader care group.

We already have several practitioners, from diverse professional backgrounds, who have trained in DBT and are running programmes throughout the service. We are fully committed to further developing the pathway for people with Personality Disorders and Complex Emotional Needs, to consistently deliver high quality, evidence-based interventions.

You will link in with the wider psychological professions network within the Care Group.

**Working for our organisation**:
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

**Why work for us? **We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

**Why Norfolk and Suffolk? **The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Please see attached job description for full details of responsibilities and person specification. You will also find the course brochure attached.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- A recorded/registered qualification in one of the f