Psychological Therapist
Psychological Therapist
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Job Description
Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity to use your experience as a Psychological Therapist to support vulnerable adults in Bristol
We have an exciting opportunity to join the team in Bristol as a Psychological Therapist. This post is offered as a fixed term contract until 31 March 2026 with possibility of extension or as a secondment for internal applicants.
St Mungos Assertive Contact and Engagement (ACE) Service works with people with mental health needs who face barriers to support and are not actively engaged with other mental health services. We operate across Bristol running a variety of services including therapeutic groups and dropins as well as community outreach. The project reflects the diversity of Bristol and reaches people and communities that may have had difficulty accessing services that fully meet their needs in the past.
As a Psychological Therapist you will join the North Star team who sit within the ACE service providing dual diagnosis support for people experiencing homelessness substance misuse and mental health challenges. Your role involves offering therapeutic interventions to those who struggle to access mainstream psychological services focusing on relationship building psychoeducation individual therapy and traumainformed care. North Star also supports clients in forming connections and making referrals to specialist services for longterm care when theyre ready. Key responsibilities will include:
- Manage a complex client caseload offering weekly 11 therapeutic sessions group therapy and dropin clinics at partner hostels.
- Collaborate with clients to identify goals for recovery and create person centred plans to support selfmanagement clinical progress and social inclusion.
- Provide traumainformed mental health care with a creative and flexible approach fostering community connections and working alongside multiple agencies for holistic support.
- Work parttime for 30 hours per week across 34 days including required Tuesday and Friday availability with flexibility for additional days.
About you
Thiscould be an interesting role for someone looking to develop their practice and provide help to people who face barriers to support if this interests you we encourage you to apply. you will:
- Demonstrate a flexible and creative approach to engage with marginalised clients who may have multiple needs.
- Have experience of delivering therapy to people with multiple disadvantage complex trauma and substance use.
- Have a sound understanding of the issues faced by people experiencing homelessness along with an understanding of the difficulties they can experience in accessing services that are fully responsive to their needs. This may include personal lived experience of homelessness or accessing mental health services yourself.
- Demonstrate the ability to provide psychological guidance to colleagues provide formulations and facilitate group supervisions and reflective practice sessions.
- Hold high level of specialist theory and practice knowledge of psychological therapy and an understanding of the psychological impact of social exclusion.
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills of at least one core therapeutic model (e.g. CBT psychodynamic).
For this role it is a requirement that you have Masters level training or equivalent in clinical or counselling psychology accredited by the BPS. You will also need training in models of developmental lifespan psychology psychopathology clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and two or more distinct psychological therapies. You will also be HCPC Registered or a BACP / UKCP Registered Psychotherapist or BABCP registered CBT Therapist.
How to apply
To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form please click on the document tab on the advert page on our website.
When youre ready to apply click the Apply Now Button to submit your CV and Supporting Statement.
Closing date: 10am on 22 April 2025
Interview and assessments on: 67 May 2025
St Mungos are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all underrepresented groups.
About Us
Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years we have been on the ground every day and every night supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28000 people each year and our work means that more than 2700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.
What We Offer
We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued and we welcome applications from all underrepresented groups. We believe that equity diversity and inclusion improves the health wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity inclusion and wellbeing are prioritisedwe are happier healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients.
Below are some of our key focus areas to improve both our candidate and colleague experience:
- A growing number of diversity networks including LGBTQ Womens Action Lived Experience and AntiRacist networks.
- Increasing visibility by ensuring that all interview panels across the organisation are diversely represented to ensure fair and balanced decision making during the recruitment process.
- A safe and supportive working environment championing positive action via various internal schemes such as upward mentoring and a Steps into Management programme.
- Mandatory Diversity & Inclusion training for all staff unconscious bias training for managers and a range of other courses such as Trans awareness and Autism Awareness.
- In recognition of the importance of transparency we publish our employee diversity statistics and pay gap reports on our website.
Want to find out more Click here to visit our Equality Diversity & Inclusion page.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky but with family friendly policies flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them.
These include:
- Agile working model for suitable roles.
- Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements.
- 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years service.
- Family friendly leave policies including maternity adoption and parental leave. Carers leave and fertility treatment leave.
- Financial wellbeing platform offering loans advances and saving options.
- Autoenrolment to pension scheme after six months service with an employer contribution of 6.
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to SmartHealth app 24/7 GP appointments health checks and nutrition advice.
- Cycle to Work scheme and interest free season ticket loans.
- Discount vouchers including gym retail food & drink travel electricals and more.
Want to find out more Want to find out moreClick here to visit our Work For Us page.
At St Mungos we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. Thats why we have a robust induction training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungos.
These include:
- Highly praised internal training courses and access to external learning to build your skills and meet your professional development goals.
- Steps into Management programme to support colleague progression.
- Commitment to continued professional development with access to career development forums internal mentoring and internal secondment opportunities.
A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungos current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
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