Family Therapist

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic 8a family therapist to join our developing CAMHS Intensive Outreach Team (IOT). To provide qualified systemic family therapy input within the CAMHS Intensive outreach team, including assessment, care planning and therapeutic intervention.

NHFT is excited to be piloting a CAMHS Intensive Outreach Service within Northamptonshire. Come and join us in developing this new team and enhancing the CQC Outstanding Services we offer. The CAMHS Intensive Outreach team, commissioned by the East Midlands Provider Collaborate, offers intensive home-based support and intervention for young people across Northamptonshire.

The team aims to prevent unnecessary or potentially unhelpful admissions to Inpatient CAMHS and will offer: MDT assessment and formulation; risk assessment, management, and stabilisation; intensive support in the home (including meal support for young people restricting their dietary intake) and close working with other parts of CAMHS and NCT to plan the longer-term care of young people and families. As well aiming to support admission avoidance, the team will offer step-down from CAMHS Inpatients, to reduce length of admission and/or to offer a more intensive approach on discharge if required.

Main duties of the job

The applicant should be passionate about working with young people and families with complex needs and working in an attachment and trauma informed way. The role will require flexible and creative ways of engaging families and working closely with clinical psychology to psychologically and therapeutically inform the wider care provided by the team. You will hold a caseload and provide formulation-driven and evidence-based interventions, offered face-to-face and online and with individuals, families and groups depending on your expertise. You will contribute to MDT case discussions, provide input into care plans and offer supervision to colleagues both within your profession and across the MDT.

You will be joining an established group of Clinical Psychologists and Family Therapists working across Inpatient CAMHS and IOT as well as other professional colleagues including a Consultant Psychiatrist, Physical Health Nurses, Dieticians, Nurse Therapists and Occupational Therapists.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.

Date posted

21 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£48,526 to £54,619 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TD613-ACS

Job locations

CAMHS Intensive outreach team, John Greenwood Shipman centre

Northampton

NN3 8UW

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Essential

relevant core profession within health and social care and a postgraduate masters degree in systemic family therapy
Evidence in application that they are self motivated and can work under pressure

Desirable

Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience within CAMHS services

Essential

Experience of working with a variety of client groups
good unpinning knowledge of systemic assessments used

Desirable

Experience in working with eating disorders
Good Knowledge of IT systems

Person Specification

Essential

relevant core profession within health and social care and a postgraduate masters degree in systemic family therapy
Evidence in application that they are self motivated and can work under pressure

Desirable

Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience within CAMHS services

Essential

Experience of working with a variety of client groups
good unpinning knowledge of systemic assessments used

Desirable

Experience in working with eating disorders
Good Knowledge of IT systems

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.