Senior DBT Practitioner

This role is part of an exciting expansion of the Barnet CEN Pathway. The remit of the new DBT Service is to offer Barnet residents referred into the service a consistent evidence-based therapeutic approach, to reduce inpatient admissions and to support the quick transitions of those in an inpatient service back into the community.

The post holder will be supporting the DBT Lead in setting up this new pathway and you will be working closely with the Barnet Younger Adult Psychological Service and Complex Emotional Needs pathway team.

The role will include supporting the service development, reporting on implementation and agreed outcomes, as well as to supervise and support the screening, referrals, assessments and group or individual therapy provided by other clinical members of the DBT team.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.

To formulate and implement DBT focused treatment plans, in particular identifying repeating patterns of crisis and advise ways of altering these, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems

To be responsible for implementing a range of DBT psychological interventions (group and individual)

To work closely with referrers, services and colleagues to collaborate around the delivery of DBT interventions.

To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.

The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.