Job Description
Clinical Manager
Hours: Full-time post of 35 hours/week;would consider minimum of 3 days/week (21 hours/week) part-time; availability is essential on Wednesdays 10am-12pm to join weekly CDS UK Clinical Management Meetings
Salary: FTE from £53,600 p/a
Location: CDS UK London office, with remote working considered
OVERVIEW
This is an exciting developmental time in the life of the organisation and the post holder will play a key role in the ongoing clinical management and future direction of the CDS UK. The remit of the post will include case management for designated treatment packages, providing specialist psychotherapy and diagnostic assessments, clinical supervision, and acting as the key liaison point for enquiries by patients, referrers/potential referrers, and other professionals.
About CDS UK
CDS UK (Clinic for Dissociative Studies) is a specialist, national psychotherapy service and registered charity, offering outpatient psychotherapy and support to people with trauma-related dissociative disorders, including Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
CDS UK is a charity and an independent provider to the NHS, subcontracted by ICBs and Health Boards nationally on a discretionary per-patient basis, where local mental health services are unable to provide appropriately specialist treatment. The client population seen at CDS UK are, almost without exception, survivors of extreme and complex developmental trauma, often abuse within organised groups. This is challenging but often deeply rewarding work. Specialist supervision, case managerial support and CPD are an essential part of working with this population and are provided by CDS UK.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Therapeutic approach
CDS UK offer a trauma and dissociation informed psychotherapeutic approach, rooted in psychodynamic and attachment-based psychotherapeutic theory, adapted to meet the needs of people with complex traumatised and dissociative presentations. We also use thinking from other theoretical and clinical paradigms such as play and arts psychotherapies, trauma-focused CBT and body/sensorimotor psychotherapy, as well as developmental approaches to inform our clinical work.
A robust but flexible and open-minded clinical approach is essential in this work and is a good fit within the organisation.
We offer a team approach, as most of our clients require a greater degree of between-session support than in standard outpatient psychotherapy settings. We aim to create a small virtual therapeutic community around each client, and many have a secondary CDS UK support therapist or support worker, in addition to their main therapist, CDS UK case manager and local NHS support from Community Mental Health Teams. Good liaison between team members and services is considered a priority.
Key Duties
· Acting as a key point of contact for professional enquiries, including GPs and mental health service providers in close liaison with the other senior clinicians in the CDS UK core team, administrative team, and professional enquiries coordinator.
· Acting as a key point of contact for patient enquiries in close liaison with the administrative team and patient enquiries co-ordinator.
· Conducting assessments of new patients, including administering SCID-D diagnostic interviews (following relevant SCID-D training, which will be provided) and skilled psychotherapeutic assessments.
· Writing clear, professional, and effective assessment reports including formal diagnoses, risk assessment and treatment recommendations.
· To act as a Case Manager for several designated treatment packages, including holding case management meetings at an agreed interval per case with the designated therapist, co-therapist and support staff and being the point of contact for any issues arising with the package in liaison with the clinical supervisor(s).
· Helping develop CDS UK policies and procedures alongside the Clinical Director/CEO and Clinical Management Team.
· Taking responsibility for the administrative requirements of the role, including producing professional letters and reports of a good standard to professional referrers and others regarding CDS UK patients. Human Resources and Training
Essential Criteria:
· A professional qualification at post-graduate level in psychotherapy, clinical psychology or the equivalent with a minimum of five years post-qualification psychotherapeutic or clinical practise experience.
· Registration with a recognised psychotherapeutic national body e.g., UKCP/BACP/BPS/HCPC, or equivalent
· Experience of long-term therapeutic work with people with Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (OSDD) and/or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
· Experience and knowledge in how to support professionals in complex clinical work and people with childhood trauma including sexual abuse.
· An ability to communicate clearly and in a professionally appropriate manner with a range of patients and professionals in a variety of different circumstances.
· An ability to produce a range of high-quality written communication, including in reports, emails, and letters to support the clinical and other professional work of the organisation.
· An ability to liaise with a wide range of internal and external professionals in a way that supports the clinical needs of patients and the work of CDS UK.
· An ability to communicate and work with patients (including patients in distressed states).
How to apply
Please submit your CV and completed application form to [email protected]. For the application form, please click on our website link https://clinicds.org.uk/recruitment/
We look forward to hearing from you.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 21 per week
Salary: From £53,600.00 per year
Benefits:
Schedule:
Application question(s):
- Do you have a minimum of five years post-qualification psychotherapeutic or clinical practise experience.?
- Do you have therapeutic work experience with people with Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (OSDD) and/or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?
- Do you have experience and knowledge in how to support professionals in complex clinical work and people with childhood trauma including sexual abuse?
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London