Job summary
Are you passionate about infant and pre-school child development and looking for something different?Then now is the time to come and work for NSFT Ages 0-4 Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) as aHighly Specialist Psychologist / Systemic Family Therapist.
Centralised funding has been awarded to Norfolk to develop Family Hub Services delivering a range of early years offers for 0-2s. This funding package includes a training offer for brief evidence-based interventions designed to target parent infant attachment difficulties at the mild-moderate level. These developments within the wider system provide an opportunity for Norfolk to strengthen its existing parent-infant offer and better align/integrate existing provision with the Family Hub networks and other services that support both parents and infants.
The post holder will maintain a presence within Hub sites, supporting staff in a variety of ways, e.g., by providing consultation and supervision to staff working within Family Hub Services whose role it is to provide parent infant relationship support, and by providing joint assessment and direct work with families where it is required. These practitioners will also maintain a presence within the PAIRS team, delivering interventions through a variety of mediums, and acting as liaison between the two services.
Main duties of the job
You 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. The role will include providing therapy for parents and babies and children under four years of age, providing clinical supervision to trainee psychotherapists and parent infant practitioners and providing consultation and training to a variety of professionals and agencies.
We are looking for a dynamic and solution-focused team player who is passionate about high quality care. You will be outcome driven and able to work collaboratively with our organisational partners across Family Hub Services, Perinatal Services, CAMHS, Healthy Child Programme, Early Childhood and Family Service, Adult Community Mental Health Services, Health Visiting, and other agencies to deliver a unified and safe service to babies, young children and their parents or carers.
The successful candidate will need to have professional training in clinical/ counselling psychology, systemic psychotherapy, or child or parent infant psychotherapy. The applicant must have a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in working with parents and children and have a significant experience working with families with child protection/contact with social services.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Don't just take our word for it, here's what our carers/service users have said about us.
"I felt truly understood and listened to her for the first time ever. My needs were met as well as the child which I didn't expect i.e., like that we were treated together rather than separately. The service has been amazing."
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 professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too
Job description
Job responsibilities
As part of the system wide parent infant strategy work, the PAIRS Service is now working more closely with perinatal and maternal mental health services under the specialist service parental umbrella, as well as with the newly developed Family Hub Services. This move hopes to nurture the workforce and scaffold the training and development needs of the staff across all parts of the system, improving access to robust specialist clinical supervision and training opportunities as well as giving us the opportunity for combined triage, regular interface meetings and co-facilitated groups.
As a Highly Specialist Psychologist/ Psychotherapist, youll be working alongside a Service Manager and clinicians including a Principal Clinical Psychologist, trainee psychotherapists, and parent infant practitioners.
We are at the forefront of Parent Infant 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 PAIRS team focus support on the development of healthy relationships which promote emotional health and resilience.
Youll work as part of our established team and will play a key role in ensuring the smooth delivery of our service including clinical supervision, therapeutic interventions that aim to improve the relationship between infant and main caregiver and consultation and training to other professionals as needed.
This an exciting time to join the team as we continue to grow and develop to deliver a high-quality mental health response to babies and young children. Your experience, compassion and enthusiasm could be just what we need.
We will consider applications from newly qualified clinicians for whom we could offer a preceptorship opportunity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As part of the system wide parent infant strategy work, the PAIRS Service is now working more closely with perinatal and maternal mental health services under the specialist service parental umbrella, as well as with the newly developed Family Hub Services. This move hopes to nurture the workforce and scaffold the training and development needs of the staff across all parts of the system, improving access to robust specialist clinical supervision and training opportunities as well as giving us the opportunity for combined triage, regular interface meetings and co-facilitated groups.
As a Highly Specialist Psychologist/ Psychotherapist, youll be working alongside a Service Manager and clinicians including a Principal Clinical Psychologist, trainee psychotherapists, and parent infant practitioners.
We are at the forefront of Parent Infant 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 PAIRS team focus support on the development of healthy relationships which promote emotional health and resilience.
Youll work as part of our established team and will play a key role in ensuring the smooth delivery of our service including clinical supervision, therapeutic interventions that aim to improve the relationship between infant and main caregiver and consultation and training to other professionals as needed.
This an exciting time to join the team as we continue to grow and develop to deliver a high-quality mental health response to babies and young children. Your experience, compassion and enthusiasm could be just what we need.
We will consider applications from newly qualified clinicians for whom we could offer a preceptorship opportunity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or Doctorate qualification in Child or Infant Psychotherapy, Systemic Psychotherapy or Clinical/Counselling Psychology
- Professional registration with HCPC, UKCP, ACP, BCP or BACP or other relevant professional organisations.
- 2 years post qualification experience in working with parents and children.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of infant mental health and attachment theories
- Knowledge of mental health practice from previous professional experience.
- Significant experience working in or with families with child protection/contact with social services.
- Experience and competence in the delivery of evidence-based interventions
- Experience and competence in completing mental health assessments including core assessments.
Knowledge
Essential
- Early childhood development and attachment.
- Evidence based interventions and models of parent infant mental health support.
- Models of assessment, screening and risk assessment and risk management.
- Outcome measures and their use for clinical and audit purposes
- NHS policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Other
Essential
- Able to travel independently.
- Good engagement skills. General IT and Administration skills including Word processing and database skills.
- Ability to reflect on clinical practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or Doctorate qualification in Child or Infant Psychotherapy, Systemic Psychotherapy or Clinical/Counselling Psychology
- Professional registration with HCPC, UKCP, ACP, BCP or BACP or other relevant professional organisations.
- 2 years post qualification experience in working with parents and children.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of infant mental health and attachment theories
- Knowledge of mental health practice from previous professional experience.
- Significant experience working in or with families with child protection/contact with social services.
- Experience and competence in the delivery of evidence-based interventions
- Experience and competence in completing mental health assessments including core assessments.
Knowledge
Essential
- Early childhood development and attachment.
- Evidence based interventions and models of parent infant mental health support.
- Models of assessment, screening and risk assessment and risk management.
- Outcome measures and their use for clinical and audit purposes
- NHS policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Other
Essential
- Able to travel independently.
- Good engagement skills. General IT and Administration skills including Word processing and database skills.
- Ability to reflect on clinical practice
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).
