MBT Practitioner / Community Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
Lewisham Personality Disorder Service is seeking a Band 6 or 7 MBT Practitioner for a one-year fixed-term, part-time post. The role involves delivering individual Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) to reduce patient waiting lists and contributing to a well-established MBT team. Training and specialist supervision in MBT will be provided, making it suitable for qualified clinical/counselling psychologists or mental health workers with relevant NHS experience. This position offers an opportunity to enhance therapeutic intervention skills within a supportive team environment.
Essential criteria
- Hold a valid Professional Registration either as a Registered Mental Nurse, Mental Health Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Practitioner Psychologist. Registered with NMC, HCPC or Social Work England.
- Willingness to develop mental health practice skills including undertaking MBT training.
Desirable criteria
- Basic Level Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) accredited by the Anna Freud Centre.
- Working towards completion of MBT Practitioner status accredited by the Anna Freud Centre and the BPS.
- Working towards completion of specialist post graduate training.
- Substantial mental health service work with people with a range of mental health problems.
- Experience of facilitating groups in a mental health setting.
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments and communicating to others, ensuring outcomes. (A&I)
- Experience of supervision and or mentoring students or junior colleagues.
- Comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses/conditions and their recommended treatments.
- Demonstrable commitment to working with people with personality disorders.
- An ability to tolerate difficult and at times unpredictable working conditions which can include risky behaviour, acts of self-harm and high levels of distress by service users
- A commitment to working compassionately and reflectively with a team which includes holding high levels of emotion and includes peer support.
- Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the resilience needed to work safely with this patient group
- Hold a valid Professional Registration either as a Registered Mental Nurse, Mental Health Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Practitioner Psychologist. Registered with NMC, HCPC or Social Work England.
- Willingness to develop mental health practice skills including undertaking MBT training.
- Basic Level Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) accredited by the Anna Freud Centre.
- Working towards completion of MBT Practitioner status accredited by the Anna Freud Centre and the BPS.
- Working towards completion of specialist post graduate training.
- Substantial mental health service work with people with a range of mental health problems.
- Experience of facilitating groups in a mental health setting.
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments and communicating to others, ensuring outcomes. (A&I)
- Experience of supervision and or mentoring students or junior colleagues.
- Comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses/conditions and their recommended treatments.
- Demonstrable commitment to working with people with personality disorders.
- An ability to tolerate difficult and at times unpredictable working conditions which can include risky behaviour, acts of self-harm and high levels of distress by service users
- A commitment to working compassionately and reflectively with a team which includes holding high levels of emotion and includes peer support.
- Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the resilience needed to work safely with this patient group
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
MBT Practitioner / Community Practitioner
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
Lewisham Personality Disorder Service (LPDS) is looking to recruit a Band 7 or Band 6 MBT practitioner for a one-year fixed term post. This may be a secondment from elsewhere in the NHS. The aim of the post is to deliver individual MBT in order to reduce a long waiting list of assessed patient. It is an opportunity to join a well-established and effective MBT team of MBT therapists, contributing towards a treatment programme consisting of individual and group MBT.
Specialist supervision is provided, and the role would suitsomeone with an interest in this patient group who likes working as part of a team and is wants to practice MBT. Support for MBT in the wider organisation is excellent with Trust wide special interest groups and strong links to the Anna Freud Centre.
In terms of career progression, it will enhance your intervention skills working therapeutically with personality disorder or other mental health difficulties in collaboration with other team members. You will either by MBT trained, or training will be provided during supervision to enable you to pursue MBT after this initial experience.
The post is suitable for a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist, or a mental health worker (eg CPN, OT, practitioner ps
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