Dialectical Behavioural Therapist

**Dialectical Behavioural Therapist**

**Job Number**:WAI28177**

**Where you’ll be working**:Community Mental Health & Addictions Service

**The details**:Permanent - part time or full time

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

We in the Waikato DBT Service, established over 20 years ago, are a small multi-disciplinary team with a wealth of knowledge, experience and enthusiasm to grow new members of the team. We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. You will provide a meaningful contribution to the psychological needs of tāngata whaiora.

**Key responsibilities of the role**:

- DBT adherent clinical contact with tāngata whaiora and their whanau; providing assessment, individual therapy and consultation.
- Co-facilitation of DBT Skills Groups (psychoeducation specific) for tāngata whaiora of the DBT service.
- Liaison, advice and consultation with other multi-disciplinary teams, inpatient teams (medical and psychiatric) and primary health providers.
- Providing consultation, training and education programmes to kaimahi and tāngata whaiora, their whanau and wider community.

**To view the position description for Clinical Psychologist **click here**, for Social Worker **click here**, for Registered Nurse **click here** or for Occupational Therapist **click here**.**

**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**

The Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Service (DBT) provides DBT for tāngata whaiora who meet criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder and usually present with complex trauma experiences. The majority of our tāngata whaiora are young women. DBT is a principle driven therapy and these principles are integral to how the team operates with each other as well as how it provides therapy to tāngata whaiora.

**Mōu | About you**

Skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for the role:

- Bring experience in working with tāngata whaiora with Borderline Personality Disorder.
- Demonstrates advanced clinical care, utilizing evidence based best practice.
- Holds a robust understanding of risk factors and is open to positive risk taking.
- Has experience in working with tāngata whaiora with complex trauma history.
- Is a team player and can work collaboratively with a range of disciplines.
- Is compassionate, passionate and committed to this field of work.
- Has at least 5 years’ experience as a Registered Health Professional.
- An understanding of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy would be of benefit.

The work with this tāngata whaiora population can be challenging and frustrating (as well as very rewarding). Clinicians need to be able to sit with anxieties and be aware of potential boundary violations / issues, and transference / counter-transference issues. Clinicians should have the maturity and insight to recognise the limitation of their own knowledge and willingness to develop that where possible.

**Ko ngaa hua o te noho ki roto o Waikato, te mahi hoki ki Te Whatu Ora, Waikato | The Benefits of living in Waikato and working for Te Whatu Ora, Waikato**

Located in the heart of the mighty Waikato, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Waikato operates over a number of sites, Hamilton City our main campus and smaller community-based hospitals across our region. Hamilton City has easy access to beaches and mountains, so if your interests range from a host of water sports, mountain biking to vineyard lunches, the area has something for you right on your doorstep. To discover more about our stunning area, please **click here**.
- As part of our Health NZ, Waikato family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities alongside our Health NZ, Waikato benefits and staff discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

**Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion**

**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply**

**Closing date: 12 September 2024** (Interviews will occur between 13th to 27th September 2024)

**Nau mai haere mai - Come join the team