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Community Housing and Therapy (CHT) is a leading provider of Psychologically Informed Recovery Communities – ‘where relationships are the treatment’. CHT works with adults and young people who have challenging and complex presentations, many of whom have diagnoses of personality disorders or psychoses, and who have experienced negative childhood experiences or trauma, within a psycho-developmental framework in order to create an environment where the individual needs are met to enhance development, health and wellbeing, with the aim of enabling them to lead successful and productive lives.
We offer a good working environment as part of a small organisation that is passionate about providing high quality developmental support to young persons and adults experiencing mental distress and complex psychosocial disorders. We have a strong sense of values, a clear treatment and support model based on relational psychology, client participation and recovery, a strong training programme and ethos, and a highly supportive clinical and management framework.
What our staff say
“I appreciate CHT’s dedication to regularly training staff and giving them space to openly reflect on their roles in a way that is realistic about the challenges of working in mental health. It is generally a welcoming environment that encourages staff’s personal and professional development.”
“I like the focus on formulation regarding our clients and staff reflecting on their practice weekly”
“We are making a real difference to people’s lives.”
We are currently recruiting for the following roles:
Lead Psychologist / Psychotherapist (two posts)
Location: Vauxhall (with travel accross London and Southern Home Counties)
Hours: Full-time (40 hours); Part-time (24-32 hours)
Starting Salary: £45-50k pa
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave, pension, life assurance, an employee assistance programme and support with CPD
CLOSING DATE 3RD NOVEMBER
This is an opportunity to become a crucial part of the leadership of a dynamic organization providing residential psychologically informed recovery communities ‘where relationships are the treatment’. You will provide psychodynamic leadership to a team of psychotherapists and, as part of the organisation’s senior team, clinical support to seven therapeutic communities (TC) providing psychologically informed environments (PIE) for young people and adults. We work with people aged 16+ experiencing severe mental distress with diagnoses of psychosis or personality disorders, and enactments including self-harm, suicidal behaviours, alcohol and drug use, self-neglect, etc., most of whom have histories of compound trauma and long or multiple hospitalisations and placement breakdowns. You will use your neuro-psychodynamic understanding, your capacity to work with and through high levels of anxiety, your ability to focus on and articulate complex interpersonal dynamics, and your wisdom, to enable staff and managers in our services to provide the most enabling interactions they can to support our residents in their journey of healthy re-development and growth into recovery – to ‘get a life worth living’.
We are looking for two part-time (24-32 hours pw) Lead Psychotherapists to work alongside our two Senior Managers; we anticipate the roles becoming full-time in the future as we expand. You will join a growing, committed and vibrant organization at the forefront of best practice in mental healthcare at an exciting period of our development. We offer strong clinical support and CPD, a great working ethos and atmosphere, a real sense of belonging in an organization that profoundly cares about what we’re doing and how we do it, and the best terms and conditions we can afford.
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Dr Holly North at hn@cht.org.uk to arrange a time for a phone conversation.
To view the job description click here: Lead Psychologist / Psychotherapist JD
Fundraiser
Location: Vauxhall
Hours: 20-24 hours per week (negotiable)
Starting Salary: £25-30k pa pro rata
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave, pension, life assurance, an employee assistance programme, a comprehensive training programme
CLOSING DATE 21st NOVEMBER / INTERVIEWS TBC
To view the job advert click here: Fundraiser job advert
To view the job description click here: Fundraiser Job Description
Recovery Practitioner (Young People 16-21 years old)
Location: South West London
Hours: 40 hours per week (shift work, inc. nights)
Starting Salary: Competitive (dependent on qualification and experience)
Benefits: 33 days’ annual leave, pension, life assurance, an employee assistance programme, a comprehensive training programme
CLOSING DATE 8th DECEMBER / INTERVIEWS TBC
To view the job advert click here: Young People Recovery Practitioner advert
To view the job description click here: Young People Recovery Practitioners JD
Waking Nights Recovery Practitioner (Young People 16-21 years old)
Location: South West London
Hours: 40 hours per week (shift work, inc. nights)
Starting Salary: Competitive (dependent on qualification and experience)
Benefits: 33 days’ annual leave, pension, life assurance, an employee assistance programme, a comprehensive training programme
CLOSING DATE 8th DECEMBER / INTERVIEWS TBC
To view the job advert click here: Waking Night Young People Recovery Practitioner advert
To view the job description click here: Waking Nights Young People Recovery Practitioners JD
Recovery Practitioner Day & Night positions (18+) – Lilias Gillies House
Location: Old Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon
Hours: 40 hours p.w. [roles for day and night shifts and just night shifts available please specify in application]
Salary: Competitive (dependent on qualification and experience)
Benefits: 33 days’ annual leave, pension, life assurance, an employee assistance programme.
CLOSING DATE 8th DECEMBER / INTERVIEWS TBC
To view the job advert click here: Recovery Practitioners day and night LGH – Job Advert
To view the job advert click here: Recovery Practitioners day and night LGH JD