• Job Description

  Req#: C9334-25-0627?language=en&page=303&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Lambeth Talking Therapies is looking to recruit a new Step 3 Team Lead for a fixed term 8 month contract, and one for a permanent contract.

  You will work closely with the rest of the management team to promote and support the delivery of the service.

  We are a friendly, supportive and innovative team of individuals. We are committed to supporting the development of our staff who come and work for us by providing high quality supervision and opportunities for development.

  Main duties of the job

  The post:

  - Step 3 Team Lead

  - help set the future direction of the service, and lead on making it happen

  - clinically supervise HIs and PWPs

  - clinical caseload as senior therapist

  Band 8A + Inner London Weighting

  The people:

  - qualified and experienced HI therapist

  - IAPT supervisor

  - significant experience of managing projects and contributing to service development and improvements

  - energy, drive and a passion for providing the best care

  Lambeth Talking Therapies is a friendly, creative, social team. We support each other to work hard, and there are lots of opportunities to take on responsibilities and develop.

  High-Intensity Therapists receive specialist CBT supervision and training delivered by senior staff as well as the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma - a national centre of clinical excellence and research innovation within SLaM.

  There is the expectation that the Step 3 Team Lead will see clients face to face in the office one day / week, as well as attend monthly clinical lead meetings, team meetings and trainings face to face. Our team bases are in Brixton, Stockwell and Streatham.We may close this vacancy early once sufficient number of applications have been received.

  About us

  We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

  Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

  • Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
  • Work life balance,flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
  • Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
  • Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
  • Accommodation,our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
  • NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

  Other benefits include:

  • Access to SLaM counselling services
  • Wellbeing events
  • Long service awards
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Staff restaurants

  Details

  Date posted

  07 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £61,927 to £68,676 a year per annum inclusive of HCAs

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time

  Reference number

  334-CLI-7296364

  Job locations

  Lambeth (various locations)

  1a Dalbury House, Ferndale Rd

  London

  SW9 8AP

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  This post is the Team Lead for the Step 3 team with the following key responsibilities:

  • Contribute towards developing the strategy to enable the Step 3 team to meet the nationally set targets around reliable recovery and reliable improvement
  • Plan and manage treatment capacity to ensure that the nationally set targets around completed treatments and waiting times are met
  • To line manage the Step 3 team, supporting their well-being and development and managing their performance
  • Support the Step 3 Clinical Lead with the recruitment for qualified and trainee HIs
  • Co-lead with the support of the Step 3 Clinical Lead the monthly step 3 meetings and HI supervisors meetings
  • Oversee the step 3 waiting list and develop procedures to ensure appropriate client prioritisation
  • To work collaboratively with the service lead to plan the future development of the service, and to lead specific service developments and new initiatives
  • To work with service users, referrers and other providers to improve existing services to clients and to develop new care pathways and services
  • To support the service lead in maintaining a strong, committed and motivated team
  • To work autonomously as a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
  • To provide high quality specialist CBT supervision

  The team leads will also be expected to work autonomously as a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. They will provide high quality specialist CBT supervision. and support supervisees in meeting performance targets as defined by the service, as well as meeting personal performance targets set in agreement with service lead.

  Key Responsibilities:

  PLANNING, MANAGING AND EVALUATING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES WITHIN LAMBETH TALKING THERAPIES

  • Assessing the service need and current and future capacity requirements
  • Planning and managing the recruitment process to meet this need
  • Monitoring and evaluating service activity and outcomes
  • Managing the induction, training and development of staff
  • Developing and updating policies and procedures for the delivery of high quality clinical services
  • Commissioning and monitoring external provision of services as agreed

  TEAM MANAGEMENT

  • To agree job plans, performance targets and development goals with your team through the appraisal process, and monitor and support staff in their achievement
  • To foster a supportive and performance focussed team ethos through your interaction and communication with the team, your own behaviour, team meetings and supervision
  • To provide day to day line management for your team (annual leave, sickness etc)
  • Ensuring good two-way communication between your staff and the service management, through monthly team meetings and informal links

  SERVICE LEADERSHIP

  • To share responsibility for the direction and development of the service, taking an active role in the monthly service management meeting, leading team and whole team meetings
  • To provide regular reports on the activity and performance of the team, and any issues that need attention
  • To identify aspects of the service, which could be improved and initiate and implement service development projects
  • To take the lead in agreed areas of development and service delivery
  • To participate in the recruitment process of staff
  • To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and developing services
  • To listen and respond to, and appropriately manage patient complaints
  • To participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the directorate clinical governance committee.
  • Contribute to the development of a culture within the team that values the use of outcome measures and service user involvement as ways of improving clinical practice

  CLINICAL

  • To provide expertise in a highly specialist clinical area which will contribute to the treatment of clients presenting with anxiety disorders or depression within an IAPT framework
  • To deliver NICE recommended, formulation driven psychological interventions for depression and anxiety disorders, adapting interventions for the specific needs and clinical setting.
  • Assess and integrate issues surrounding social support, voluntary work and employment into therapy
  • To provide highly specialist assessment and clinical formulation to clients with complex mental health needs, including personality disorders, addiction and trauma
  • To provide psychological reports, including relevant formulation, opinion and interventions, in order to inform referrers and, where appropriate, service users
  • To select and deliver highly specialist evidence based psychological treatments, monitoring outcomes and modifying and adapting interventions, drawing on a range of theoretical models
  • To collect and enter clinical outcome data on a sessional basis; select and interpret outcome measures to inform treatment planning
  • To work as an autonomous professional within BPS/BABCP/HCPC guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions
  • To travel to community settings as appropriate and across the Trust when required
  • To contribute to the effective working of the team and to a psychologically informed framework for the service area, taking on specific roles or duties as agreed
  • To communicate skilfully and sensitively highly complex and sensitive information with clients, carers, colleagues and other professionals taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication
  • To keep clear, accurate and up to date records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols
  • To confidently assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans
  • To confidently advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients
  • To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as distressed clients or abusive behaviour and to support others involved in such situations
  • To provide services at various locations in the borough of Lambeth
  • To provide information and signposting for patients who do not meet the services eligibility criteria, including referral tosecondary care psychological therapies service
  • Work closely with other members of the IAPT team to ensure that patients referred on to the IAPT service have a clear referral pathway
  • Maintain a clinical caseload in line with activity targets agreed with line manager

  TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION

  • To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist/psychotherapist according to BABCP/BPS/HCPC and Trust guidelines
  • To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within Lambeth IAPT by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology, CBT, IAPT and by implementing knowledge gained in practice
  • To provide professional managerial, and clinical supervision to HI CBT therapists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, trainees, assistant psychologist and other junior staff members for all aspects of their work. This must include live supervision of therapists work
  • To deliver and promote outcome-focussed supervision, directly to supervised staff, and through participation in the LI and HI supervisors groups
  • To provide service level risk management, taking part in the on-call risk rota, and developing and recording risk management plans
  • To provide specialist training to other professions as appropriate
  • To plan and undertake teaching and training of pre and post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate
  • To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate

  RESEARCH AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

  • Assist in the development and maintenance of a strong research culture that values the use of outcome measures as a way of improving clinical practice
  • Encourage the critical evaluation of practice, and undertake research
  • Use theory and literature to support evidence-based practice in clinical work, supervision, teaching and consultations
  • Communicate and disseminate research and service evaluation information so that clinical practice is appropriately informed
  • To contribute to the development of services through initiating, undertaking and supervising service evaluation and audit
  • To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles

  PROFESSIONAL

  • Work as an autonomous professional and maintain standards of practice adhering to HPC or BABCP guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions
  • To ensure Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS/BABCP/UKCP and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements
  • Be aware of advances in CBT, other psychological therapies and the IAPT programme
  • Work in accordance with the principles of CBT and within the parameters of good practice, in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Clinical Governance Framework

  GENERAL

  • To participate in business and professional meetings within the IAPT service and Lambeth Directorate
  • To travel to the GP practices, service meetings and other meetings as appropriate
  • To regularly work one evening as required

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  This post is the Team Lead for the Step 3 team with the following key responsibilities:

  • Contribute towards developing the strategy to enable the Step 3 team to meet the nationally set targets around reliable recovery and reliable improvement
  • Plan and manage treatment capacity to ensure that the nationally set targets around completed treatments and waiting times are met
  • To line manage the Step 3 team, supporting their well-being and development and managing their performance
  • Support the Step 3 Clinical Lead with the recruitment for qualified and trainee HIs
  • Co-lead with the support of the Step 3 Clinical Lead the monthly step 3 meetings and HI supervisors meetings
  • Oversee the step 3 waiting list and develop procedures to ensure appropriate client prioritisation
  • To work collaboratively with the service lead to plan the future development of the service, and to lead specific service developments and new initiatives
  • To work with service users, referrers and other providers to improve existing services to clients and to develop new care pathways and services
  • To support the service lead in maintaining a strong, committed and motivated team
  • To work autonomously as a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
  • To provide high quality specialist CBT supervision

  The team leads will also be expected to work autonomously as a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. They will provide high quality specialist CBT supervision. and support supervisees in meeting performance targets as defined by the service, as well as meeting personal performance targets set in agreement with service lead.

  Key Responsibilities:

  PLANNING, MANAGING AND EVALUATING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES WITHIN LAMBETH TALKING THERAPIES

  • Assessing the service need and current and future capacity requirements
  • Planning and managing the recruitment process to meet this need
  • Monitoring and evaluating service activity and outcomes
  • Managing the induction, training and development of staff
  • Developing and updating policies and procedures for the delivery of high quality clinical services
  • Commissioning and monitoring external provision of services as agreed

  TEAM MANAGEMENT

  • To agree job plans, performance targets and development goals with your team through the appraisal process, and monitor and support staff in their achievement
  • To foster a supportive and performance focussed team ethos through your interaction and communication with the team, your own behaviour, team meetings and supervision
  • To provide day to day line management for your team (annual leave, sickness etc)
  • Ensuring good two-way communication between your staff and the service management, through monthly team meetings and informal links

  SERVICE LEADERSHIP

  • To share responsibility for the direction and development of the service, taking an active role in the monthly service management meeting, leading team and whole team meetings
  • To provide regular reports on the activity and performance of the team, and any issues that need attention
  • To identify aspects of the service, which could be improved and initiate and implement service development projects
  • To take the lead in agreed areas of development and service delivery
  • To participate in the recruitment process of staff
  • To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and developing services
  • To listen and respond to, and appropriately manage patient complaints
  • To participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the directorate clinical governance committee.
  • Contribute to the development of a culture within the team that values the use of outcome measures and service user involvement as ways of improving clinical practice

  CLINICAL

  • To provide expertise in a highly specialist clinical area which will contribute to the treatment of clients presenting with anxiety disorders or depression within an IAPT framework
  • To deliver NICE recommended, formulation driven psychological interventions for depression and anxiety disorders, adapting interventions for the specific needs and clinical setting.
  • Assess and integrate issues surrounding social support, voluntary work and employment into therapy
  • To provide highly specialist assessment and clinical formulation to clients with complex mental health needs, including personality disorders, addiction and trauma
  • To provide psychological reports, including relevant formulation, opinion and interventions, in order to inform referrers and, where appropriate, service users
  • To select and deliver highly specialist evidence based psychological treatments, monitoring outcomes and modifying and adapting interventions, drawing on a range of theoretical models
  • To collect and enter clinical outcome data on a sessional basis; select and interpret outcome measures to inform treatment planning
  • To work as an autonomous professional within BPS/BABCP/HCPC guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions
  • To travel to community settings as appropriate and across the Trust when required
  • To contribute to the effective working of the team and to a psychologically informed framework for the service area, taking on specific roles or duties as agreed
  • To communicate skilfully and sensitively highly complex and sensitive information with clients, carers, colleagues and other professionals taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication
  • To keep clear, accurate and up to date records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols
  • To confidently assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans
  • To confidently advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients
  • To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as distressed clients or abusive behaviour and to support others involved in such situations
  • To provide services at various locations in the borough of Lambeth
  • To provide information and signposting for patients who do not meet the services eligibility criteria, including referral tosecondary care psychological therapies service
  • Work closely with other members of the IAPT team to ensure that patients referred on to the IAPT service have a clear referral pathway
  • Maintain a clinical caseload in line with activity targets agreed with line manager

  TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION

  • To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist/psychotherapist according to BABCP/BPS/HCPC and Trust guidelines
  • To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within Lambeth IAPT by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology, CBT, IAPT and by implementing knowledge gained in practice
  • To provide professional managerial, and clinical supervision to HI CBT therapists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, trainees, assistant psychologist and other junior staff members for all aspects of their work. This must include live supervision of therapists work
  • To deliver and promote outcome-focussed supervision, directly to supervised staff, and through participation in the LI and HI supervisors groups
  • To provide service level risk management, taking part in the on-call risk rota, and developing and recording risk management plans
  • To provide specialist training to other professions as appropriate
  • To plan and undertake teaching and training of pre and post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate
  • To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate

  RESEARCH AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

  • Assist in the development and maintenance of a strong research culture that values the use of outcome measures as a way of improving clinical practice
  • Encourage the critical evaluation of practice, and undertake research
  • Use theory and literature to support evidence-based practice in clinical work, supervision, teaching and consultations
  • Communicate and disseminate research and service evaluation information so that clinical practice is appropriately informed
  • To contribute to the development of services through initiating, undertaking and supervising service evaluation and audit
  • To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles

  PROFESSIONAL

  • Work as an autonomous professional and maintain standards of practice adhering to HPC or BABCP guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions
  • To ensure Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS/BABCP/UKCP and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements
  • Be aware of advances in CBT, other psychological therapies and the IAPT programme
  • Work in accordance with the principles of CBT and within the parameters of good practice, in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Clinical Governance Framework

  GENERAL

  • To participate in business and professional meetings within the IAPT service and Lambeth Directorate
  • To travel to the GP practices, service meetings and other meetings as appropriate
  • To regularly work one evening as required

  Person Specification

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to meet agreed service targets around activity and therapy outcomes
  • Ability to both support and challenge a team to give of their best
  • Ability to think creatively and constructively about service improvement
  • Skills and ability to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals and with voluntary and statutory agencies

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of disorder-specific CBT formulations and treatment for all the common mental health problems
  • Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment
  • Knowledge of the relevant NICE guidelines
  • Familiarity with group and workshop programmes to be offered to depressed or anxious clients
  • Familiarity with group and workshop programmes to be offered to depressed or anxious clients

  Desirable

  • Familiarity with IAPTUS

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant experience of working within a NHS Talking Therapies service, as a qualified
  • Significant experience of contributing to service development and improvements
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision to High Intensity CBT Therapists

  Desirable

  • Experience of managing a service or a substantial service function

  Education and Qualifications

  Essential

  • Doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (and HCPC registration) and having completed an IAPT HI CBT course, OR, High intensity (HI) therapist, having completed an IAPT CBT course
  • BABCP practitioner full accreditation or provisional accreditation

  Desirable

  • Attended CBT supervisor course

  Person Specification

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to meet agreed service targets around activity and therapy outcomes
  • Ability to both support and challenge a team to give of their best
  • Ability to think creatively and constructively about service improvement
  • Skills and ability to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals and with voluntary and statutory agencies

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of disorder-specific CBT formulations and treatment for all the common mental health problems
  • Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment
  • Knowledge of the relevant NICE guidelines
  • Familiarity with group and workshop programmes to be offered to depressed or anxious clients
  • Familiarity with group and workshop programmes to be offered to depressed or anxious clients

  Desirable

  • Familiarity with IAPTUS

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant experience of working within a NHS Talking Therapies service, as a qualified
  • Significant experience of contributing to service development and improvements
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision to High Intensity CBT Therapists

  Desirable

  • Experience of managing a service or a substantial service function

  Education and Qualifications

  Essential

  • Doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (and HCPC registration) and having completed an IAPT HI CBT course, OR, High intensity (HI) therapist, having completed an IAPT CBT course
  • BABCP practitioner full accreditation or provisional accreditation

  Desirable

  • Attended CBT supervisor course

  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).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Lambeth (various locations)

  1a Dalbury House, Ferndale Rd

  London

  SW9 8AP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Lambeth (various locations)

  1a Dalbury House, Ferndale Rd

  London

  SW9 8AP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

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