Job summary
We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Principal Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join our East Sussex CAMHS Team based in Hailsham. The Team is multi-disciplinary and includes Psychiatry, Psychology, Nursing and Arts Therapists. The Family / Systemic Psychotherapists provide brief and medium/long term interventions, within the broad range of intervention packages.
We pride ourselves on delivering high quality evidenced based treatment in accordance with NICE Guidelines and National Access and Waiting Time Standards.
The current post-holder is retiring and so we are recruiting aPrincipal Family and Systemic Psychotherapist (8b) to work 0.6 wte., based at Highmore, Hailsham, East Sussex.
The role will entail being a core member of the leadership team contributing to service development as well as offering assessments/treatments and holding a complex caseload. The role will work closely with the Clinical and Service Managers for each locality within East Sussex and also more widely with the Consultant Family/Systemic Psychotherapist based at Chalkhill, the Inpatient Unit and the Principal Family / Systemic Psychotherapist based in West Sussex.
Main duties of the job
- To work as a senior member of East Sussex CAMHS providing a high quality, specialist applied systemic family therapy service to clients, their families or carers, where there are highly complex presentations.
- To be responsible for the supervision and governance of a defined group of systemic family therapists in the specified service and to support systemic practice within the team and other agencies through consultation, supervision, formulation and training.
- To support Family/Systemic Trainees, as required.
- To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the team/service
- To work alongside other members of the leadership team to develop and promote best practice within allocated resources and to guide the team around any future developments related to wider CAMHS.
- To contribute to Risk Panels.
- To participate in Serious Incident reports and Complaints procedures.
- To attend Local Leadership Team meetings and Trust wide Psychology and Psychological Therapy Forum meetings.
The post will also include specific duties including developing Reflective Practise in East Sussex and coordinating the Critical Incident rota for the CAMHS Service.
The post is embedded within a strong Family / Systemic Psychotherapy community which offers regular group meetings and CPD opportunities. There is also a local Sussex Association of Family Therapy (SAFT) which offers further workshop opportunities.
About us
- With a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed
- Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
- Easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK
We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other key staff survey results include:
- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
In order to be a successful Principal Family and Systemic Psychotherapist in our team you will be:
- A qualified and experienced Family and Systemic Therapist
- A registered Family/Systemic Supervisor.
- Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience and passion in relation to Leadership and Clinical development.
SPFT staff have the capacity to work from home remotely where applicable and in agreement with your line manager.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:
Viki Ashby - General Manager
Email:viki.ashby@spft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
In order to be a successful Principal Family and Systemic Psychotherapist in our team you will be:
- A qualified and experienced Family and Systemic Therapist
- A registered Family/Systemic Supervisor.
- Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience and passion in relation to Leadership and Clinical development.
SPFT staff have the capacity to work from home remotely where applicable and in agreement with your line manager.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:
Viki Ashby - General Manager
Email:viki.ashby@spft.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Criteria
Essential
- oAn approved post graduate / Masters level qualification (or equivalent) in a recognised psychological therapy, leading to recognised professional accreditation in Systemic Family Therapy (AFT or UKCP)
- oProfessionally registered as a psychological therapist with relevant registration body ie. UKCP.
- oHigh level knowledge of the theory and practice of specified psychological therapy.
- oSignificant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist.
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- oExperience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group
- oWell-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
- oEvidence of continuing professional development as required relevant registration body.
- oFormal training in supervision
- oExperience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- oExperience of representing specified psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care. Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings relevant to their needs and age.
- oExperience of working with specified client group
- oExperience of working within a multicultural framework. Experience of working together with service users to ensure that they are equal partners in service design, evaluation, research and training.
- oWell-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- oSkills in planning and organisation of complex activities and programmes.
- oSkills in modifying and reshaping programmes
- oSkills in clinical project management and resource allocation.
- oAbility to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- oPMVA and de-escalation skills.
- oExperience of managing conflicting demands and deadlines
- oAbility to manage complex and demanding situations.
- oAbility to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- oAbility 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.
- oWillingness to work occasional weekends and evenings.
Person Specification
Criteria
Essential
- oAn approved post graduate / Masters level qualification (or equivalent) in a recognised psychological therapy, leading to recognised professional accreditation in Systemic Family Therapy (AFT or UKCP)
- oProfessionally registered as a psychological therapist with relevant registration body ie. UKCP.
- oHigh level knowledge of the theory and practice of specified psychological therapy.
- oSignificant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist.
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- oExperience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group
- oWell-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
- oEvidence of continuing professional development as required relevant registration body.
- oFormal training in supervision
- oExperience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- oExperience of representing specified psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care. Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings relevant to their needs and age.
- oExperience of working with specified client group
- oExperience of working within a multicultural framework. Experience of working together with service users to ensure that they are equal partners in service design, evaluation, research and training.
- oWell-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- oSkills in planning and organisation of complex activities and programmes.
- oSkills in modifying and reshaping programmes
- oSkills in clinical project management and resource allocation.
- oAbility to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- oPMVA and de-escalation skills.
- oExperience of managing conflicting demands and deadlines
- oAbility to manage complex and demanding situations.
- oAbility to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- oAbility 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.
- oWillingness to work occasional weekends and evenings.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
