Job summary
Band 8A Family Therapist/Child Psychotherapist
30 hours, 12 months fixed term post
Service - Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (TH CAMHS)
East London NHS Foundation Trust - This is an exciting time for ELFT. Our vision is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
We want to improve the health of the populations we serve, improve their experience of care, improve staff experience and improve value. Working with our communities and partners is to key to achieving this
TH CAMHS is based at Greatorex Street, with nearby underground and overground stations.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for family therapists/child psychotherapists who are passionate about working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties. We would welcome applications from clinicians with clear transferable skills from working within Adult Intellectual Disability and/or ASD services.
The role would entail a clinical caseload, as well as opportunity to contribute to ASD assessment clinics. Whilst the role is based within the Neurodevelopmental pathway there is also the possibility to join another pathway (Emotional & Behavioural - mood/anxiety difficulties, Emotional & Behavioural - conduct difficulties, Bipolar & Psychosis, Front Door) to align with the successful candidate's interests. In addition there would be the opportunity to join with Family Therapy clinics or link in with other Child Psychotherapists within the service.
Quality Improvement is a cornerstone of ELFT and there would be opportunity to join in with wider service development initiatives.
People Participation is an integral part of our co-production work with young people and parents, and there are various possibilities to engage with this work if this is of interest.
About us
TH CAMHS provides flexible, evidence-based service providing episodes of care, assessments and treatments to a wide variety of clinical presentations
The service includes professionals from various disciplines including psychiatry, nursing, social workers, psychology, occupational therapy, psychotherapy and family therapy, who come together to provide high quality holistic care for young people and their families.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.
For contact information please see below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.
For contact information please see below.
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) & Registration with HCPC
Desirable
- Qualifications/ training in specialist skills relevant to post (e.g ADOS, 3di, systemic therapy, CBT, Training in Positive Behaviour Support or Applied Behavioural Analysis etc)
- Breakaway training
Experience & Training
Essential
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS And/or experience in Adult Services for Autism/ Learning Disability with clear evidence of transferable skills
- Experience of specialist assessments and treatments for LD/ ASD and behaviours that challenge
- Experience of risk assessment and risk management.
- Experience of working with children, young people and families in emotional crisis
- Experience of working with complex networks
- Experience of outcome measures
Desirable
- Experience of quality improvement and innovative projects
- Supervision training and/or experience of supervising others
- Project management or service development
- Experience of group-work
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) & Registration with HCPC
Desirable
- Qualifications/ training in specialist skills relevant to post (e.g ADOS, 3di, systemic therapy, CBT, Training in Positive Behaviour Support or Applied Behavioural Analysis etc)
- Breakaway training
Experience & Training
Essential
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS And/or experience in Adult Services for Autism/ Learning Disability with clear evidence of transferable skills
- Experience of specialist assessments and treatments for LD/ ASD and behaviours that challenge
- Experience of risk assessment and risk management.
- Experience of working with children, young people and families in emotional crisis
- Experience of working with complex networks
- Experience of outcome measures
Desirable
- Experience of quality improvement and innovative projects
- Supervision training and/or experience of supervising others
- Project management or service development
- Experience of group-work
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
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).
