A permanent part-time Suicide Prevention Therapist post at the Newcastle centre of James' Place, a charity offering clinical help to men in suicidal crisis. The role centres on assessing risk, delivering a brief intensive intervention and writing safety plans with men and their supporters. Hours are 22.5 a week across three days, with days negotiable within Monday to Friday, 09:30 to 17:30. Applicants need a clinical profession or accredited therapy registration and demonstrable interest in suicide prevention.
What the job involves
- Carry out Welcome Assessments with men in suicidal crisis, assessing risk and suitability for the intervention
- Deliver the therapeutic intervention, building trust and exploring the reasons for crisis
- Use the Lay Your Cards on the Table intervention to build coping strategies and co-produce safety plans
- Take full clinical responsibility for men in care, consulting senior therapists and the Head of Centre when needed
- Escalate care to emergency services and secondary mental health teams when necessary
- Coordinate comprehensive care with other professionals
- Deliver one-off guidance sessions to supporters of men in care
- Undergo clinical supervision, attend peer support, caseload discussions and reflective practice, and keep own wellbeing under review
- Maintain confidentiality, dignity and ethical standards, explain limits of confidentiality to clients, and complete timely session notes
- Keep up to date with law, theory and research, and complete internal and external CPD
- Build referral and move-on links with community organisations, supporting the local management team
- Support the clinical administration and fundraising teams, including facilitating events
Qualifications
- Core profession such as mental health nurse, occupational therapist, social worker, counsellor or practitioner psychologist, registered with NMC, HCPC or Social Work England
- Accreditation as a psychological therapist, psychotherapist or counsellor with BACP, UKCP, BABCP or equivalent, or completed training and awaiting accreditation
Experience
- Demonstrable experience working with adults in acute psychological distress
- Experience delivering therapeutic sessions in a therapeutic environment
- Demonstrable knowledge of social factors and factors specific to male suicide
Skills & knowledge
- Effective written and verbal communication and good interpersonal skills
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions, engaging clients despite communication barriers
- Risk assessment and collaborative safety planning for men at high risk, or willingness to learn
- Managing and prioritising own workload with strong time management and sound decision-making
- Knowledge of safeguarding procedures
- Maintaining up-to-date client records and personal safety and that of others in the centre
Other
- Recognising when the service cannot keep a man safe and arranging rapid transfer to the most appropriate service
- Keeping boundaries in a time-limited intervention and working as an effective team member
- Commitment to clinical supervision and to suicide prevention work with men in crisis
- Engaging with James Place values, promoting equality, diversity and rights, and co-production
- Transparency, honesty and discretion when needed
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
