Job summary
If you are passionate about parent infant relationships, then now is the time to come and work for NSFT 0-4 Parent Infant Mental Health service.
We are at the forefront of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services transformation in Norfolk and Waveney. With the National conversation increasingly focussed on infant mental health this is a hugely exciting time to be working in these services. With community awareness about the challenges families of infants and young children face, the 0-4 Parent Infant Mental Health team focus support on the development of healthy relationships which promote emotional health and resilience.
The 0-4 Parent Infant Mental Health team are currently redesigning treatment pathways and provision and are seeking a highly motivated and skilled psychotherapist to complement the team as we progress through the Children's Mental Health Transformation Strategy.
The post holder will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and partner organisations to improve the emotional health and development of infants and pre-school children who are experiencing emotional difficulties, through dyadic or family-based interventions.
Main duties of the job
- Providing therapy for parents and babies and children under four years of age.
- Providing consultation and training to a variety of professionals and agencies.
About us
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- Career progression
- Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- Staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Provide therapeutic interventions that aim to improve the relationship between infant and main caregiver.
- Maintain clinical records of assessment and interventions, details of support provided, and evidence related to targets and produce reports as necessary.
- Take responsibility for the general administration to support clinical matters.
- Participate in the agreed performance management systems for a Clinical Therapist including appropriate clinical supervision.
- Ensure that professional development needs are identified and that activities are undertaken including appropriate clinical supervision.
- Liaison and consultation with professional colleagues both within and outside of NSFT.
- Ensuring safeguarding of children and implement Local Safeguarding Board (LSCB) procedures where a child may be at risk.
- Supporting and promoting the service aims and objectives, in particular an awareness of parent infant mental health.
- Shared responsibility as member of the clinical team to develop training materials and resources.
- Providing consultation and training to professional groups as needed.
- Participate actively in regular supervision and clinical meetings.
- Attend NSFT meetings as required.
- To ensure that reasonable care is always taken for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and to comply with policies and procedures relating to health and safety within NSFT.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Provide therapeutic interventions that aim to improve the relationship between infant and main caregiver.
- Maintain clinical records of assessment and interventions, details of support provided, and evidence related to targets and produce reports as necessary.
- Take responsibility for the general administration to support clinical matters.
- Participate in the agreed performance management systems for a Clinical Therapist including appropriate clinical supervision.
- Ensure that professional development needs are identified and that activities are undertaken including appropriate clinical supervision.
- Liaison and consultation with professional colleagues both within and outside of NSFT.
- Ensuring safeguarding of children and implement Local Safeguarding Board (LSCB) procedures where a child may be at risk.
- Supporting and promoting the service aims and objectives, in particular an awareness of parent infant mental health.
- Shared responsibility as member of the clinical team to develop training materials and resources.
- Providing consultation and training to professional groups as needed.
- Participate actively in regular supervision and clinical meetings.
- Attend NSFT meetings as required.
- To ensure that reasonable care is always taken for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and to comply with policies and procedures relating to health and safety within NSFT.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate qualification in a relevant field of mental health or social care
- To be registered with either UKCP/HPC/BABCP or an equivalent body.
- minimum of four years or equivalent with respective discipline
- Post graduate qualification in psychotherapy or equivalent
Desirable
- Doctoral degree in psychotherapy or closely related subject.
- Masters level Qualification or working towards this.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience post qualification in Child & Family service
- Experience of teaching and training in Family Therapy
- Extensive experience of multi agency work
- Extensive experience of delivering training, supervision and consultation.
Desirable
- Experience of other treatment approaches.
- Experience of Research & Audit
Skills
Essential
- Skills of working with children and families with mental health and social problems
- using a variety of approaches coherent with a psychotherapy perspective. Ability to apply analytical skills to multi -layered complex cases
- Ability to provide on going treatment in complex, often unstable and frequently changing circumstances..
- Advanced communication skills, including ability to write high quality clinical reports for a variety of purposes.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- IT skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the legislation relevant to children and young people and Mental Health
- Knowledge of safeguarding children policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of current evidence base relating to child and adolescent Mental Health.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
- Personal resilience as dealing with highly complex casework
- Ability to act independently
- Good awareness of quality and diversity issues and the ability to work with a culturally diverse service user group
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate qualification in a relevant field of mental health or social care
- To be registered with either UKCP/HPC/BABCP or an equivalent body.
- minimum of four years or equivalent with respective discipline
- Post graduate qualification in psychotherapy or equivalent
Desirable
- Doctoral degree in psychotherapy or closely related subject.
- Masters level Qualification or working towards this.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience post qualification in Child & Family service
- Experience of teaching and training in Family Therapy
- Extensive experience of multi agency work
- Extensive experience of delivering training, supervision and consultation.
Desirable
- Experience of other treatment approaches.
- Experience of Research & Audit
Skills
Essential
- Skills of working with children and families with mental health and social problems
- using a variety of approaches coherent with a psychotherapy perspective. Ability to apply analytical skills to multi -layered complex cases
- Ability to provide on going treatment in complex, often unstable and frequently changing circumstances..
- Advanced communication skills, including ability to write high quality clinical reports for a variety of purposes.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- IT skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the legislation relevant to children and young people and Mental Health
- Knowledge of safeguarding children policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of current evidence base relating to child and adolescent Mental Health.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
- Personal resilience as dealing with highly complex casework
- Ability to act independently
- Good awareness of quality and diversity issues and the ability to work with a culturally diverse service user group
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.
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.
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).
