The Relational Therapies Lead sits on the leadership team of Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies, run by East London NHS Foundation Trust, and oversees an established relational therapies pathway. The role combines clinical, professional and operational leadership: directing brief psychodynamic and systemic therapy, supervising therapists and meeting recovery targets, alongside a small caseload. The post sits in a multidisciplinary service spanning many modalities and includes one late evening a week. Applicants need a psychology or UKCP-accredited psychotherapy qualification plus leadership experience beyond clinical work.
What the job involves
- Lead and oversee the relational high-intensity therapies pathway, including waitlist management and care pathway development
- Provide clinical supervision in at least one relational modality, individually and in groups
- Provide line and case management supervision to High Intensity Therapists, Counsellors and PWPs, supporting performance and recovery targets
- Oversee duty management, recruitment, governance, service improvement and performance management for the pathway
- Support the service leadership team in meeting key performance indicators and operational objectives
- Contribute to service development and the interface with other providers, including psychology in secondary mental health services
- Maintain a small clinical caseload delivering high-intensity interventions to Step 3 and other appropriate clients
- Support workforce development, quality improvement and strategic planning for the service
- Help shape the future development of the relational therapies provision
What’s required
Qualifications
- Clinical or Counselling Psychologist qualification, or Masters-level psychodynamic or systemic psychotherapy qualification
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration as a Counselling or Clinical Psychologist, or UKCP registration and accreditation as a psychotherapist
Experience
- Working in primary care or NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) delivering evidence-based psychological interventions
- Advanced skills in at least one other therapy modality, and experience of brief psychotherapy
- Managing waiting lists
- Line management of staff
- Contributing to or overseeing delivery against service performance and recovery targets
Skills & knowledge
- Expertise in one or more therapeutic orientations or clinical areas, and formulation to select treatment options
- Working autonomously and managing conflicting demands across service users, the health system and wider context
- Clinical audit skills and excellent reporting and presentation
- Giving and receiving complex, sensitive or contentious information in emotive, sometimes hostile settings
- Specialist empathy to overcome barriers to understanding and acceptance
Other
- Understanding of, and commitment to, the supervision process
- Significant experience of clinical supervision of qualified and trainee clinicians
- Organising and delivering teaching and training
- Contributing a psychological perspective when working with other professional groups
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
