Mental Health Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Mental Health Social Worker: Sponsorship Available

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

The Croydon Personality Disorder Service is looking to recruit a Registered MH Nurse, MH Social Worker, OT or equivalent to the post of Mental health nurse/Occupational Therapist/MH Social Worker – specialist in personality disorder. You will previously have worked in a multi-disciplinary mental health team.

We are looking for staff with a commitment to working with people with personality disorder along with the confidence and skill to work effectively in therapeutic groups.

This is an exciting job with great opportunities to learn a range of clinical skills working in therapeutic groups and with personality disordered patients. You will be trained in using Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) skills level A, the Structured Clinical Management (SCM) model, and in the competencies required to facilitate SUN groups, and become an accredited SUN group facilitator. You’ll also learn skills working individually with personality disordered patients, from an experienced and well-established team.

Our team is known as a very supportive team, and with an emphasis on regular supervision and weekly Reflective Practice, and on development of staff skills and knowledge.

You will be based in the psychotherapy day hospital, The Touchstone Centre, on the Bethlem Royal Hospital site and will go out into the Croydon community to facilitate our Sun Project and visit patients at home. At the Touchstone Centre you will lead on the facilitation of ourSCM-based Problem Solving Skills groups.

 

Main duties of the job

We provide specialist, evidence-based MBT, psychotherapeutic day hospital treatment for working-age people with moderate to severe personality disorder. We also run The Sun Project, a coping skills development and crisis support group three times a week in central Croydon for people with or without a diagnosis of personality disorder. You will work within our team of psychotherapists, doctors, specialist community practitioners, nurses, occupational therapists and social workers and care co-ordinators.

We offer a strong, supportive and cohesive team and this exciting post means that you get the opportunity to develop your clinical skills to attain accreditation from us in facilitation of appraisal based coping skills development groups (the SUN project), develop MBT skills in working with personality disordered patients, and SCM skills and will participate in learning identified in your appraisal and personal development plan.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered mental health nurse, occupational therapist or mental health social worker or equivalent. We are also open to applications from Band 5 staff with relevant qualifications and experience ie MHWP with registration, or Clinical Associate in Psychology with registration.

Desirable

  • Certified attendance at Personality Disorder Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) training
  • Certificate of group skills training

Experience

Essential

  • At least 1 year post qualifying mental health service work with people with a range of mental health problems.
  • Experience of facilitating groups in a mental health setting.
  • Experience of co-ordinating shifts where there is a need to assess, identify, communicate and manage patient risk issues to a range of professionals.
  • Experience of supervision and or mentoring students or junior colleagues

Desirable

  • Mentorship or supervision training

Knowledge

Essential

  • Demonstrable commitment to deliver accessible and acceptable care to people across cultural and other differences.
  • A working knowledge of the physical health vulnerabilities and needs of people with mental health problems.
  • Evidence of relevant continuing professional development required by professional registering body.

Ability

Essential

  • Ability to demonstrate commitment to working with people with personality disorder.
  • Ability to work on a Saturday morning on a rota basis (not needed currently but may be required in future).

Desirable

  • Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the resilience needed to work safely with this patient group.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 21 June 2026

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