Job summary
The Eating Disorder Service has a long history of thinking about and promoting family and carer involvement in treatment and are excited to offer this post in order for that work to continue across our inpatient and outpatient/day-care services.
The inpatient part of this post will initially be based at the Bethlem Hospital and this will move to the Maudsley in March 2023 when all ED services will be based at the Maudsley.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with advanced communication skills. who can work across services/teams and has experience of working with specialist services and complex families, preferably eating disorders.
Main duties of the job
The role involves embedding and maintaining a specialist carers support pathway through delivering ongoing skills-based carers workshops, providing specialist family interventions for complex patients, providing supervision in systemic and family therapy, delivering team training on supporting carers/families and bringing systemic/carer thinking into treatment planning.
We use the New Maudsley Model of collaborative care alongside systemic, emotion focused family therapy and motivational interviewing models.
The Eating Disorder Unit (EDU) is internationally renowned for providing best practice, evidence-based care for adults with the full range of eating disorder difficulties. Outpatient treatments include guided self-help, group and individual interventions. We are the developers of MANTRA, now recommended as part of NICE 2017 guidelines for the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa, of FREED (First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders) and the PEACE pathway for patients with ASD co-morbidity.
Inpatient treatments include Cognitive Remediation Therapy and CREST (emotional skills), both developed within the service, and offered individually and group formats. Ideas from both have been incorporated in family/carer support and there are opportunities to develop and research incorporating these ideas further in family/carer interventions.
About us
We are committed to getting the very best out of our staff and to support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties.
For this role, there will be opportunities to train and develop skills in FT-AN, and to attend the Eating Disorders Services for Adults Whole Team Training (EDSA WTT) programme, commissioned by Health Education England. Family therapists can also go on to be supported to develop skills in an ED focused model of psychological therapy such as MANTRA. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in house, weekly CPD sessions and supervision groups for specific therapy models,
In addition to individual supervision. We offer opportunities for ongoing training and collaboration with colleagues across the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences at King's College London. We offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are committed to getting the very best out of our staff and to support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties.
For this role, there will be opportunities to train and develop skills in FT-AN, and to attend the Eating Disorders Services for Adults Whole Team Training (EDSA WTT) programme, commissioned by Health Education England. Family therapists can also go on to be supported to develop skills in an ED focused model of psychological therapy such as MANTRA.
In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in house, weekly CPD sessions abd supervision groups for specific therapy models, in addition to individual supervision. We offer opportunities for ongoing training and collaboration with colleagues across the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences at Kings College London.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are committed to getting the very best out of our staff and to support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties.
For this role, there will be opportunities to train and develop skills in FT-AN, and to attend the Eating Disorders Services for Adults Whole Team Training (EDSA WTT) programme, commissioned by Health Education England. Family therapists can also go on to be supported to develop skills in an ED focused model of psychological therapy such as MANTRA.
In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in house, weekly CPD sessions abd supervision groups for specific therapy models, in addition to individual supervision. We offer opportunities for ongoing training and collaboration with colleagues across the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences at Kings College London.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification and current registration as a Systemic Family Psychotherapist or equivalent qualification, accredited by UKCP/BACP or Clinical Psychologist with specialist family/carer work experience/expertise, registered with the HCPC
- Post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession and demonstrable practice in this field
Knowledge
Essential
- Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for eating disorder treatment.
- Advanced knowledge of a range of a range of systemic models in assessment and treatment, including knowledge of specific family and systemic theories and evidence
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
- Post-graduate level knowledge of psychotherapeutic research methodology.
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.
- Knowledge of racial and other diversity issues and factors affecting access to mental health care.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of receiving professional supervision across a range of client needs.
- Experience of psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in eating disorders.
- Experience of delivering group work.
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience.
- Experience of developing and carrying out research projects.
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychotherapy across cultural and other differences.
- To select and administer specialist psychotherapeutic assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources.
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews.
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychotherapeutic interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.
- Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification and current registration as a Systemic Family Psychotherapist or equivalent qualification, accredited by UKCP/BACP or Clinical Psychologist with specialist family/carer work experience/expertise, registered with the HCPC
- Post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession and demonstrable practice in this field
Knowledge
Essential
- Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for eating disorder treatment.
- Advanced knowledge of a range of a range of systemic models in assessment and treatment, including knowledge of specific family and systemic theories and evidence
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
- Post-graduate level knowledge of psychotherapeutic research methodology.
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.
- Knowledge of racial and other diversity issues and factors affecting access to mental health care.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of receiving professional supervision across a range of client needs.
- Experience of psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in eating disorders.
- Experience of delivering group work.
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience.
- Experience of developing and carrying out research projects.
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychotherapy across cultural and other differences.
- To select and administer specialist psychotherapeutic assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources.
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews.
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychotherapeutic interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.
- Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Eating Disorders Inpatients & Eating Disorders Outpatients, Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill
London
SE5 8AZ
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
