Job summary
This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Are
you looking for a new role that is different: for a challenge and opportunity
to grow? Are you interested in influencing the way systems work with children
and young people and are passionate about developing systemic practice within a
new team? Then this job is for you.
This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably
qualified Highly Specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to provide
highly specialist assessment and intervention to the most vulnerable young
people of the West Midlands region supported under IROC.
We
are a psychology led, multi-disciplinary team that supports young people aged
13 -18 as part of the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative (WMCPC). The
team includes psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, administrators and is
expanding to incorporate a family and systemic psychotherapist.
We
work with young people at the edge of Tier 4, or those stepping down from
hospital to support stability within the community. We work systemically with
residential homes, social care, families, CAMHS and schools.
The
team has a range of expertise in trauma, therapeutic parenting, systemic and
group work, DBT and more.
Instead of focusing on
offering individual therapy to the young person, this role focuses on systemic
interventions to empower professionals and families around the young person
Main duties of the job
Principal
duties will include:
Highly specialist systemic assessment
and intervention to families and systems of children and young people who have
experienced significant and complex trauma and mental health conditions as well
as offering indirect clinical services such as advice and consultation to
colleagues and other professionals.
Involvement in service planning and
development, this will include identifying need and participating in
development plan process.
Staff support and supervision, and
facilitation of client related work undertaken by other team members.
Applied research and development
related to the needs of the children and families served and the IROC and
Family Therapy Department as a whole.
Participation in Clinical Governance
activities including Continuing Professional Development.
Participation in the IROC team operational policy, service
planning and service review process at a level appropriate to the post-holders
grade and service responsibilities.
Subject to negotiation, the post-holder will be able to develop
and pursue a special clinical interest of relevance to the locality or the
Trust as a whole.
Contact details:
Dr Vicky Thakordas-Desai (Consultant Forensic
Psychologist and Service Lead: 07825 523955 or Vicky.Thakordas-Desai@nhs.net
Or Dr Anne Crawford-Docherty
(Divisional director of Psychological Therapies): 07385 950955
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the
first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive
forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and
mental health care for our women, children and families.
Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment
to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading
neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in
shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist
paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham
Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the
busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year
offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward
Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative
community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB
offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people
aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We
believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and
encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria
for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or
sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person
specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham
Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have
evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include
transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional
registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for
our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so
please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person
specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham
Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have
evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include
transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional
registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for
our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so
please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession and demonstrable practice over a minimum of four years.
- Masters/Diploma level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy.
- The Maintenance of UKCP Registration by attendance on short or long training courses to meet CPD requirements.
- Advanced skills in meeting the needs of children and adolescents within the context of their significant relationships
Desirable
- Registration as Clinical Supervisor by Assn for Family Therapy (AFT)
- Clinical Supervision training
- Training in teaching systemic psychotherapy
- Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialised areas of therapeutic practice (Trauma, NVR, EMDR)
Experience
Essential
- Minimum four years practice in relevant first profession
- Minimum three years experience of working with families in CAMHS or equivalent experience.
- Assessed experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for systemic care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience of working with a range of childhood disorders at the acute and chronic stage.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of self-harm assessment and intervention with both individuals and their families
- Experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Skills in the use of complex methods of systemic assessment and treatment of individuals, couples, family systems, groups and organisations, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration in the face of emotional intensity, and potential verbal and physical intimidation
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of and skill in using a wide variety of systemic theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting
- Skills in professional supervision to meet UKCP requirements; skills for offering live supervision of multi-disciplinary colleagues.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the AFT.
- Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients
- Ability to multi-task at different levels of context, while leading and supervising a systemic psychotherapy clinical/training practicum requiring intense concentration and skills for using a one-way screen , video equipment and involving members of from different professional background in service delivery simultaneously
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
- Masters or Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology consistent with systemic practice
- Well developed skills to communicate effectively, orally and in writing at an age appropriate level (including use of play, drawing and metaphor, stories) complex, highly technical and /or clinically sensitive information to children, adolescents, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS including reports for the Courts
- Knowledge of child development/ mental health issues
- Ability to work with a racially and culturally diverse community in a wide variety of contexts including highly specialist skills for working therapeutically in family homes
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation, ethical issues and strategic frameworks including The Children Act 1989, and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialised areas of therapeutic practice (Trauma, NVR, EMDR)
- Some experience of contributing to planning and evaluation of services
- Management and budgetary skills
- Experience of working with health problems
- Experience of teaching, training, staff support, research
- Some experience of contributing to planning and evaluation of services
- Experience of representing systemic psychotherapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of the application of systemic psychotherapy in different cultural contexts.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Personal Qualities/Disposition
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals, in accordance with professional ethics guidelines and Trust policies
- Ability to manage working in situations of multi-level stress, eg clients experience of physical, sexual and emotional abuse; colleagues, organisational transitions
- Advanced video skills and the ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to communicate well and to form good working relationships with professionals at all levels
Other
Essential
- Interest in developing skills in systemic psychotherapy. Well motivated to be part of the department. Enthusiasm
Desirable
- Flexibility regarding working hours, including the ability to work some evenings if necessary
- Car driver / car owner
- Likely to be committed to working within the department for at least two years
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession and demonstrable practice over a minimum of four years.
- Masters/Diploma level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy.
- The Maintenance of UKCP Registration by attendance on short or long training courses to meet CPD requirements.
- Advanced skills in meeting the needs of children and adolescents within the context of their significant relationships
Desirable
- Registration as Clinical Supervisor by Assn for Family Therapy (AFT)
- Clinical Supervision training
- Training in teaching systemic psychotherapy
- Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialised areas of therapeutic practice (Trauma, NVR, EMDR)
Experience
Essential
- Minimum four years practice in relevant first profession
- Minimum three years experience of working with families in CAMHS or equivalent experience.
- Assessed experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for systemic care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience of working with a range of childhood disorders at the acute and chronic stage.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of self-harm assessment and intervention with both individuals and their families
- Experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Skills in the use of complex methods of systemic assessment and treatment of individuals, couples, family systems, groups and organisations, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration in the face of emotional intensity, and potential verbal and physical intimidation
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of and skill in using a wide variety of systemic theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting
- Skills in professional supervision to meet UKCP requirements; skills for offering live supervision of multi-disciplinary colleagues.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the AFT.
- Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients
- Ability to multi-task at different levels of context, while leading and supervising a systemic psychotherapy clinical/training practicum requiring intense concentration and skills for using a one-way screen , video equipment and involving members of from different professional background in service delivery simultaneously
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
- Masters or Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology consistent with systemic practice
- Well developed skills to communicate effectively, orally and in writing at an age appropriate level (including use of play, drawing and metaphor, stories) complex, highly technical and /or clinically sensitive information to children, adolescents, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS including reports for the Courts
- Knowledge of child development/ mental health issues
- Ability to work with a racially and culturally diverse community in a wide variety of contexts including highly specialist skills for working therapeutically in family homes
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation, ethical issues and strategic frameworks including The Children Act 1989, and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialised areas of therapeutic practice (Trauma, NVR, EMDR)
- Some experience of contributing to planning and evaluation of services
- Management and budgetary skills
- Experience of working with health problems
- Experience of teaching, training, staff support, research
- Some experience of contributing to planning and evaluation of services
- Experience of representing systemic psychotherapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of the application of systemic psychotherapy in different cultural contexts.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Personal Qualities/Disposition
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals, in accordance with professional ethics guidelines and Trust policies
- Ability to manage working in situations of multi-level stress, eg clients experience of physical, sexual and emotional abuse; colleagues, organisational transitions
- Advanced video skills and the ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to communicate well and to form good working relationships with professionals at all levels
Other
Essential
- Interest in developing skills in systemic psychotherapy. Well motivated to be part of the department. Enthusiasm
Desirable
- Flexibility regarding working hours, including the ability to work some evenings if necessary
- Car driver / car owner
- Likely to be committed to working within the department for at least two years
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).
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