Job summary
Children and Family
Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be!
We have developed an innovative, integrated model of
childrens community services and are now looking to appoint enthusiastic individuals
to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams. Come and join us in beautiful Devon!
As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of
professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your
inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration
at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and
your support network.
We are excited to be advertising for a full-time Principal Family and Systemic Psychotherapist (8b) to
work in our Managing Mood, Emotions and
Relationships Pathway in Exeter.
In addition to the Exeter multi-disciplinary team work, the
role will include cross-county responsibilities taking forward the clinical leadership of the pathway,
alongside Principal Psychological Therapy colleagues in the other two
localities and professional leadership
responsibilities for our strong and growing group of Family and Systemic
Psychotherapist across CFHD.
We would love to hear from experienced colleagues who can bring advanced level clinical thinking and formulation, skills in supervision and consultation and compassionate
leadership to this pathway and service at an exciting time of development.
Main duties of the job
As a Principal Family and Systemic Psychotherapist and Clinical Lead,
you will work jointly with Operational and Psychiatry Leads in your Pathway, as
well as providing professional leadership and lead contributions to service
developments across CFHD. Family and Systemic Psychotherapy is highly regarded
in CFHD and we are excited to bring an additional senior colleague into the
service.
You will bring advanced clinical skills to offer complex assessment,
formulation, intervention and consultation. You will bring strong clinical
supervision skills and leadership capabilities that enable you to support colleagues
as well as lead strategic development work. You will have proven experience
working positively with inter-agency colleagues. You will have a
have a vision for high quality clinical services and be able to enhance the
skills and practice of those around you.
There will be CPD opportunities specific to your pathway and to further
progress your leadership capabilities.
There is a strong and friendly network of Family and Systemic
Psychotherapists in CFHD and across Devon, enjoying shared CPD and professional
support. We also have excellent links with the University of Exeter who offer a range of systemic courses. We have
been an IAPT provider for many years.
We encourage interest from candidates with diverse backgrounds and
experiences.
We are able to consider applications for part time as well as full time
roles, please note this on your form.
About us
Successful
applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )
Children and Family Health Devon
(CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve
health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and
treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which
are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership
Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we
deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our
services, based on the i-Thrive Framework.
CFHD works closely with our local
universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we
support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our
own staff to undertake post graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment
has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and
their families/carers.
Our children
and young people say
We
would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be
understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us
feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and
experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way.
When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that
is informal and without pressure.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full
Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person
Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting
information from the role requirements or person specification.
In the Managing Mood, Emotions and Relationships Pathway
Family and Systemic Psychotherapists work within a strong multi-disciplinary
team, providing assessments and therapy to children with complex and enduring
mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety-based disorders and Trauma. The
multi-disciplinary teams are diverse including; Systemic Psychotherapists,
Clinical Psychologists, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists, CBT Therapists,
Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners
from a range of backgrounds including Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social
Work and Creative Therapies. This offers the opportunity for rich and
nourishing shared clinical thinking and support
You will be a qualified and registered Family and Systemic
Psychotherapist with notable post-qualifying experience, passion and strengths
for working with children, young people and their families. You will have
strong clinical leadership skills, bringing a compassionate framework to join
others in leading forward this pathway.
You would work with children, young people and families to
understand their experiences and presenting concerns in order to provide an
appropriate evidence-based intervention. You would provide consultation to
multi-disciplinary colleagues and work closely with inter-agency partners as
required.
You would provide supervision to Family and Systemic
Psychotherapists and other colleagues as appropriate as well as further support
the development of others through training. There will also be the opportunity
to engage with, and lead, areas of service development and research as well as
wider activities to support developing leadership skills.
You will be committed to service user participation and
collaborative working with children, young people, parents, carers and
families. You will have a good understanding of safeguarding across the
lifespan.
You will be a reflective practitioner with strengths to
bring to a multi-disciplinary team. You will have advanced skills and knowledge
to support the development of others through supervision, consultation and
training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full
Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person
Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting
information from the role requirements or person specification.
In the Managing Mood, Emotions and Relationships Pathway
Family and Systemic Psychotherapists work within a strong multi-disciplinary
team, providing assessments and therapy to children with complex and enduring
mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety-based disorders and Trauma. The
multi-disciplinary teams are diverse including; Systemic Psychotherapists,
Clinical Psychologists, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists, CBT Therapists,
Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners
from a range of backgrounds including Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social
Work and Creative Therapies. This offers the opportunity for rich and
nourishing shared clinical thinking and support
You will be a qualified and registered Family and Systemic
Psychotherapist with notable post-qualifying experience, passion and strengths
for working with children, young people and their families. You will have
strong clinical leadership skills, bringing a compassionate framework to join
others in leading forward this pathway.
You would work with children, young people and families to
understand their experiences and presenting concerns in order to provide an
appropriate evidence-based intervention. You would provide consultation to
multi-disciplinary colleagues and work closely with inter-agency partners as
required.
You would provide supervision to Family and Systemic
Psychotherapists and other colleagues as appropriate as well as further support
the development of others through training. There will also be the opportunity
to engage with, and lead, areas of service development and research as well as
wider activities to support developing leadership skills.
You will be committed to service user participation and
collaborative working with children, young people, parents, carers and
families. You will have a good understanding of safeguarding across the
lifespan.
You will be a reflective practitioner with strengths to
bring to a multi-disciplinary team. You will have advanced skills and knowledge
to support the development of others through supervision, consultation and
training.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy plus specialist post-qualification training to Doctorate level, or Professional Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
- Active registration with the UKCP as a Systemic and Family Therapist
- Post qualification training in supervision.
- Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people
- Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in leadership or management
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering effective evidence-based, outcomes-informed psychological therapy interventions with children, young people and families, including risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including shared decision making and the use of both clinician and patient rated outcome measures
- Experience of working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary services and across organisational boundaries
- Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of obtaining service user feedback and data to improve outcomes and services
- Experience in teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
- Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring the safety of young people in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
- Experience of using an equality and diversity framework in clinical, supervisory and leadership practice
- Experience of initiating, chairing, attending and contributing to multi-professional and inter-agency meetings.
- Experience of working as an autonomous individual, taking on responsibility, making decisions and seeking support as needed.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision, undertaking appraisals, developing job plans, recruitment, managing performance, absence and staff development.
- Experience of leadership in the context of multi-disciplinary services
- Experience of engaging a range of stakeholders, including service users in designing and delivering change and improving services
- Experience of developing and implementing strategies
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential
- Highly developed ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation and share this with others including service users and professionals
- The ability to work as an autonomous senior clinician, make decisions under pressure and seek support as appropriate.
- Ability to review, analyse and report on key data relating to the clinical performance, clinical outcomes, service evaluation, clinical capacity or activity
- Frequent requirement to travel across Devon
- Ability to deal with challenging and highly emotional clinical work, to contain emotions with resilience and self-awareness and support others to do likewise
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy plus specialist post-qualification training to Doctorate level, or Professional Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
- Active registration with the UKCP as a Systemic and Family Therapist
- Post qualification training in supervision.
- Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people
- Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in leadership or management
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering effective evidence-based, outcomes-informed psychological therapy interventions with children, young people and families, including risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including shared decision making and the use of both clinician and patient rated outcome measures
- Experience of working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary services and across organisational boundaries
- Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of obtaining service user feedback and data to improve outcomes and services
- Experience in teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
- Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring the safety of young people in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
- Experience of using an equality and diversity framework in clinical, supervisory and leadership practice
- Experience of initiating, chairing, attending and contributing to multi-professional and inter-agency meetings.
- Experience of working as an autonomous individual, taking on responsibility, making decisions and seeking support as needed.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision, undertaking appraisals, developing job plans, recruitment, managing performance, absence and staff development.
- Experience of leadership in the context of multi-disciplinary services
- Experience of engaging a range of stakeholders, including service users in designing and delivering change and improving services
- Experience of developing and implementing strategies
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential
- Highly developed ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation and share this with others including service users and professionals
- The ability to work as an autonomous senior clinician, make decisions under pressure and seek support as appropriate.
- Ability to review, analyse and report on key data relating to the clinical performance, clinical outcomes, service evaluation, clinical capacity or activity
- Frequent requirement to travel across Devon
- Ability to deal with challenging and highly emotional clinical work, to contain emotions with resilience and self-awareness and support others to do likewise
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.
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