Job summary
We are looking for a suicide prevention therapist to join the James' Place team in Newcastle. This appointment is part of our growth as a charity and is an additional role to enable us to continue to meet the demand of this new service.
The successful candidate will join an experienced supportive team and will be supported to gradually build a caseload supporting men in suicidal crisis, helping us to meet the growth in referrals to the service.
Our intervention has a high success rate, with over 2,300 men supported through our life saving intervention so far. The intervention is brief but intensive in a welcoming environment.
Main duties of the job
You must have a core profession such as: qualified Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker, be a registered therapist or a psychology graduate with experience. The postholder must have, or be eligible, a professional registration.
We're looking for someone who is passionate about supporting men that are in a suicidal crisis and able to work and manage therapeutic sessions within a time limited intervention.
It is important that the postholder works collaboratively with their clients and the team.
About us
Join our small supportive team of therapists in Newcastle to provide life saving therapy to men living in the North East who are in suicidal crisis.
James' Place is a charity, opening our first centre in Liverpool in 2018, the first of its kind in the UK, in 2022 our second centre opened in London and the Newcastle centre fully launched in January 2024. Men who walk through the door at James' Place are welcomed into a space where they feel valued and respected and our staff are just as valued.
Offering generous holidays, a generous pension scheme, family friendly policies and covering supervision costs, James' Place is a supportive employer, providing supportive and safe working environments for our teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential Skills
Commitment to working with men who are experiencing a suicidal crisis and their supporters
An ability to work in a therapeutic environment
An ability to manage therapeutic sessions
An ability to maintain boundaries within a time-limited intervention
An ability to maintain up to date service user records in line with James' Place standards
Able to conduct effective risk effectiveness and collaborative safety plans with men who are presenting with a high risk of suicide or be willing and able to learn how to do so
An ability to maintain own personal safety and the safety of others within the centre
An ability to manage an allocated caseload
An ability to identify if the service offered is not adequate to maintain the persons safety and facilitate a rapid transfer to the most appropriate service
An ability to collaborate with centre users in the development of a person centred, individual intervention plan
An ability to engage the service user in the intervention plan, overcoming barriers to communication.Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with adults experiencing acute psychological distress.
- Knowledge of the impact of suicide on communities and individuals.
- Knowledge of social and other factors which could lead to suicidal thinking and actions.
- Knowledge of the particular difficulties contributing to male suicide.
- Able to deliver a therapeutic session.
- Effective communication skills (written and verbal).
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult situations.
- Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions.
- Able to work as an effective team member.
- Able to prioritise own workload.
- Self-motivated, uses own initiative and will make decisions.
- Good time management.
- Promotes peoples equality, diversity and rights.
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding procedures.
- Knowledge of service governance and evaluation.
- Commitment to clinical supervision.
- Share James' Place values.
Qualifications
Essential
The postholder must be qualified and with a registered body of one of the following;
Mental health nurse,
Occupational Therapist,
Social Worker,
Therapist,
Psychology graduate.
