Job summary
Please note that the take-home salary is for 0.8 FTE at£23407(4 days per week)
We
are looking for a Senior Assistant Psychologist to provide Phase 2 of Systemic
Integrative Treatment (SIT) in the community to families and carers who have a
child between 8 and 16 years old. Young people receiving SIT display moderate
to severe behavioural difficulties, including in some cases harmful sexual
behaviour. The post holder will be working primarily with the adults around a young person to sustain the progress made in Phase 1 of treatment, within a social-ecological model through modalities including pragmatic family therapies,
behavioural therapy, CBT and other therapies as appropriate.
Full training in the SIT
model will be provided to the successful candidate.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community, but particularly encourage applicants from Black and Global Majority backgrounds to apply.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities:
Maintain
progress that families have made in Phase 1 of treatment by providing families with up to 8 SIT sessions across the 6 months of Phase 2. These sessions will center on reviewing sustainability
plans, and managing relapses by identifying where families may be struggling, and providing booster sessions using a variety of therapeutic models.
To
deliver (at least) monthly booster sessions and phone check ins to up to 38 families a
year, provide ongoing consultation and attending professionals meetings as
required in Phase 2 of treatment as part of the SIT intervention.
Booster
sessions will include reviewing sustainability plans from Phase 1 of treatment
and using evidence based psychological interventions which may include
behavioural therapy, pragmatic family therapy, CBT, marital therapy and
interventions for substance misuse to prevent relapse.
Attend weekly team supervision to discuss and formulate cases and any blocks to progress. Monthly 2-1 supervision will also be provided with both team supervisors.
Maintain
clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts which demonstrate
compliance with the SIT Model.
Collaborate
with key participants within each system to help sustain positive
changes in behaviour, and support the system(s) to continue their efforts to overcome any setbacks in Phase 2 of treatment.
Provide
direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with SIT (as above).
About us
The principal objective of the
Brandon Centre has always been to provide a professional, accessible and
flexible service which responds to the psychological, and social needs of young
people age 8-25 yrs.
Services
include:
Individual counselling and psychotherapy for young people,
using a range of evidence-based therapies
Systemic Integrative Treatment (SIT) for families
Parenting programmes
Therapeutic
work in community settings (outreach)
Job description
Job responsibilities
About the Model
The Brandon Centre's Systemic Integrative Treatment (SIT) model has been developed in accordance with NICE guidelines for treating conduct disorder and harmful sexual behaviour. It is an intensive community based family treatment service, developed by the Brandon Centre to achieve lasting change in children and adolescence (age 8yrs-16yrs) with moderate to severe behavioural difficulties. The team works collaboratively with parents in a non-judgmental way to empower them to regain control of their childs difficult behaviour. This is achieved by building on their strengths and providing families with the tools and confidence to deal with current and future problems and reducing the risk of further harmful, antisocial and offending behaviours.
The service also works across multiple systems where the behaviour occurs including, schools, peer group and the community. There are two phases to the intervention. Phase 1: intensive treatment delivery, which will include 2 - 3 visits per week and can last up to 6 months. Phase 2 can extend total treatment time for up to one year, and includes a minimum of 8 booster sessions with the family to sustain progress (with the frequency of these sessions tapering off gradually over 6 months), phone/ video-call check ins, attendance at professional meetings, and ongoing consultation with referrers and key professionals in collaboration with the Phase 1 therapist.
Please note that we welcome applications from all sections of the community, but particularly encourage applicants from Black and Global Majority background to apply
Clinician Core Job Practices
Model Integrity
Implement
SIT Phase 2 treatment using evidence based models as guided by the SIT Clinical
Lead and SIT Supervisor with the ultimate goal of helping families and systems
to sustain positive outcomes for young people.
Team and Consultation
Complete
weekly written updates on all cases where contact has been made with either the
family or the family's ecology.
Attend
twice weekly half-day group supervision (one with each team). Absences should be rare such as in the instance
of competing court hearings, Child Protection Conferences, annual leave, or
illness.
Come
to group supervision and consultation prepared to review all current SIT cases
and actively participate in discussion of current cases.
Incorporate
feedback from supervision and consultation into the treatment process.
Work collaboratively with other services working to support the young person and family and where necessary attending and participating in meetings such as Child Protection Conferences, Core Group meetings, and CP and CIN plans with the support of the Phase 1 therapist and supervisor.
Undertake school observations or other occasional clinical tasks to support therapists providing Phase 1 of treatment.
Participate in all training, supervision and consultation activities.
Scheduling and Coverage
Work
a non-traditional schedule and be available to meet with families at times
convenient to them
Work
across London Boroughs
Training and Adherence Monitoring
Participate
with the supervisor in the creation of a written clinician development plan and
updates and annual appraisals.
Video
and audio tape sessions as requested by the Clinical Lead or Supervisor, to be used for supervision purposes
Incorporate
supervisor feedback from tapes, observations, role plays, etc., into
development plan and into treatment process.
Any other duty compatible with the post holders job
description and level that may be necessary from time to time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
About the Model
The Brandon Centre's Systemic Integrative Treatment (SIT) model has been developed in accordance with NICE guidelines for treating conduct disorder and harmful sexual behaviour. It is an intensive community based family treatment service, developed by the Brandon Centre to achieve lasting change in children and adolescence (age 8yrs-16yrs) with moderate to severe behavioural difficulties. The team works collaboratively with parents in a non-judgmental way to empower them to regain control of their childs difficult behaviour. This is achieved by building on their strengths and providing families with the tools and confidence to deal with current and future problems and reducing the risk of further harmful, antisocial and offending behaviours.
The service also works across multiple systems where the behaviour occurs including, schools, peer group and the community. There are two phases to the intervention. Phase 1: intensive treatment delivery, which will include 2 - 3 visits per week and can last up to 6 months. Phase 2 can extend total treatment time for up to one year, and includes a minimum of 8 booster sessions with the family to sustain progress (with the frequency of these sessions tapering off gradually over 6 months), phone/ video-call check ins, attendance at professional meetings, and ongoing consultation with referrers and key professionals in collaboration with the Phase 1 therapist.
Please note that we welcome applications from all sections of the community, but particularly encourage applicants from Black and Global Majority background to apply
Clinician Core Job Practices
Model Integrity
Implement
SIT Phase 2 treatment using evidence based models as guided by the SIT Clinical
Lead and SIT Supervisor with the ultimate goal of helping families and systems
to sustain positive outcomes for young people.
Team and Consultation
Complete
weekly written updates on all cases where contact has been made with either the
family or the family's ecology.
Attend
twice weekly half-day group supervision (one with each team). Absences should be rare such as in the instance
of competing court hearings, Child Protection Conferences, annual leave, or
illness.
Come
to group supervision and consultation prepared to review all current SIT cases
and actively participate in discussion of current cases.
Incorporate
feedback from supervision and consultation into the treatment process.
Work collaboratively with other services working to support the young person and family and where necessary attending and participating in meetings such as Child Protection Conferences, Core Group meetings, and CP and CIN plans with the support of the Phase 1 therapist and supervisor.
Undertake school observations or other occasional clinical tasks to support therapists providing Phase 1 of treatment.
Participate in all training, supervision and consultation activities.
Scheduling and Coverage
Work
a non-traditional schedule and be available to meet with families at times
convenient to them
Work
across London Boroughs
Training and Adherence Monitoring
Participate
with the supervisor in the creation of a written clinician development plan and
updates and annual appraisals.
Video
and audio tape sessions as requested by the Clinical Lead or Supervisor, to be used for supervision purposes
Incorporate
supervisor feedback from tapes, observations, role plays, etc., into
development plan and into treatment process.
Any other duty compatible with the post holders job
description and level that may be necessary from time to time.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BA or BSc 2:1 or 1st class honours degree or equivalent in psychology or an MSc/PGDip in Psychology (psychology conversion course) with Merit or Distinction.
- Eligibility for Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR) with the British Psychological Society (BPS)
Desirable
- Further postgraduate training in a relevant area of psychology, health and social care practice, and / or research design and analysis
Experience
Essential
- Prior experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist or in similar paid employment.
- Experience of working with families with antisocial young people, preferably across multiple systems in the young persons natural ecology, including family, peers, school and neighbourhood.
- Experience working with local authorities, health services, or the voluntary sector.
- Knowledge of child and adolescent development and its application in treatment.
Desirable
- Understanding and experience of safeguarding and managing clinical risk.
- Experience of working in emotive and challenging community settings.
- Experience in at least one of the following: direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic and functional) family therapies; delivering individual therapy using cognitive behavioural techniques; marital therapy using behaviourally-based approaches; delivering behavioural therapy for children and young people displaying challenging behaviour.
- Sound knowledge of at least one of the following: family systems theory and application; social ecological theory and application; behavioural therapies theory and application; cognitive-behavioural therapy theory and application; pragmatic family therapies theory and application.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- High level of communication skills (written and verbal).
- An ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be emotive.
- Ability to be comfortable working with harmful sexual behaviour and associated language
- Excellent organisation and time management skills
- Ability to lone work and manage own workload and time flexibly
- Willingness for clinical work to be closely monitored
- Sound ICT and Microsoft Office skills
- Willingness to travel and work out of hours
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BA or BSc 2:1 or 1st class honours degree or equivalent in psychology or an MSc/PGDip in Psychology (psychology conversion course) with Merit or Distinction.
- Eligibility for Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR) with the British Psychological Society (BPS)
Desirable
- Further postgraduate training in a relevant area of psychology, health and social care practice, and / or research design and analysis
Experience
Essential
- Prior experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist or in similar paid employment.
- Experience of working with families with antisocial young people, preferably across multiple systems in the young persons natural ecology, including family, peers, school and neighbourhood.
- Experience working with local authorities, health services, or the voluntary sector.
- Knowledge of child and adolescent development and its application in treatment.
Desirable
- Understanding and experience of safeguarding and managing clinical risk.
- Experience of working in emotive and challenging community settings.
- Experience in at least one of the following: direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic and functional) family therapies; delivering individual therapy using cognitive behavioural techniques; marital therapy using behaviourally-based approaches; delivering behavioural therapy for children and young people displaying challenging behaviour.
- Sound knowledge of at least one of the following: family systems theory and application; social ecological theory and application; behavioural therapies theory and application; cognitive-behavioural therapy theory and application; pragmatic family therapies theory and application.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- High level of communication skills (written and verbal).
- An ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be emotive.
- Ability to be comfortable working with harmful sexual behaviour and associated language
- Excellent organisation and time management skills
- Ability to lone work and manage own workload and time flexibly
- Willingness for clinical work to be closely monitored
- Sound ICT and Microsoft Office skills
- Willingness to travel and work out of hours
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.
