Job summary
This is an excellent opportunity for a clinician with an enthusiasm for working with this client group to join our busy community CAMHS Eating Disorders Service. We are a multidisciplinary team, and we work closely with our partner agencies, and there is excellent support within each professional group, and good opportunities for training and development in this specialist area.
The primary role will be to provide a child psychotherapy service and to participate in the delivery of FTAN, Anorexia Nervosa Focused Family Therapy (for which training will be given) in the Royal Free Eating Disorders Service. The role comprises providing specialist assessment and treatment, offering advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to non-psychotherapeutic colleagues and to other non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the Service's policies and procedures.
We have additional funding to expand our CAMHS Eating Disorders Intensive Service.
Successful candidates will work as part of our community team, and will also contribute to service development.
Main duties of the job
Providing a Child Psychotherapy Service, Family Therapy for Anorexia (FT-AN), and other therapeutic interventions, to children and young people with eating disorders and their carers as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Working with the professional network around a child.
Participating in the team's duty triage and assessment system.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities:
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
For further details / informal visits contact
Name: Elizabeth Anscombe
Job title: Lead Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist
Email address: elizabeth.anscombe@nhs.net
Telephone number: 020 7794 0500 extn 39930
Job description
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Jobdescription
Please see attachedjobdescriptionfor more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Jobdescription
Please see attachedjobdescriptionfor more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Please see attached person specification.
Person Specification
Education and Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level pre-clinical training at an Association of Child Psychotherapists recognised training school
- Postgraduate training (doctoral equivalent) in clinical child psychotherapy at a training school accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapy or Association of Child Psychotherapists Statement of Equivalence
Availability
Essential
- To be available to attend weekly Child Psychotherapy team meeting on Thursdays 12.30 - 13.30
- To be available to work on Wednesday mornings
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of children, adolescents and their parents across the whole age range and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity and complexity
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary / multiagency team.
- Experience of work with eating disorders with children and adolescents
Desirable
- Experience of work in a hospital
- Experience of providing case-based supervision and consultation to assistant child psychotherapists and other professionals within and without CAMHS
- Experience of the application of child psychotherapy in different cultural contexts
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- High level of knowledge, expertise, competence and skills in current models and methods of practice of Child Psychotherapy
- Knowledge of use of routine outcome measures used in CAMHS especially goal-based measures
- High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of short-term and long-term psychotherapy and its application to other settings
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to infants, children and adolescents including child protection procedures and policies
- Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education Structures
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the Association of Child Psychotherapists
- Basic IT skills including word processing, use of email and internet
Desirable
- High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychotherapies with eating disorders, particularly FT-AN
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others and to work with others in a multidisciplinary setting
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and to support others under stress including dealing with patients/carers with life threatening illness
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice
- Ability to articulate clearly the role of Child Psychotherapy in multi-professional services, based on a good understanding of NHS and national professional policies
Other
Essential
- Physical Effort; Confined Sitting Position (Therapy)
- Mental and Emotional Effort; Concentrating on therapeutic session. Ability to sustain mental, emotional demands of working with a potentially life threatening and clinically complex patient group and their families
RFL World Class Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust values and behaviours
Person Specification
Education and Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level pre-clinical training at an Association of Child Psychotherapists recognised training school
- Postgraduate training (doctoral equivalent) in clinical child psychotherapy at a training school accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapy or Association of Child Psychotherapists Statement of Equivalence
Availability
Essential
- To be available to attend weekly Child Psychotherapy team meeting on Thursdays 12.30 - 13.30
- To be available to work on Wednesday mornings
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of children, adolescents and their parents across the whole age range and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity and complexity
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary / multiagency team.
- Experience of work with eating disorders with children and adolescents
Desirable
- Experience of work in a hospital
- Experience of providing case-based supervision and consultation to assistant child psychotherapists and other professionals within and without CAMHS
- Experience of the application of child psychotherapy in different cultural contexts
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- High level of knowledge, expertise, competence and skills in current models and methods of practice of Child Psychotherapy
- Knowledge of use of routine outcome measures used in CAMHS especially goal-based measures
- High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of short-term and long-term psychotherapy and its application to other settings
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to infants, children and adolescents including child protection procedures and policies
- Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education Structures
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the Association of Child Psychotherapists
- Basic IT skills including word processing, use of email and internet
Desirable
- High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychotherapies with eating disorders, particularly FT-AN
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others and to work with others in a multidisciplinary setting
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and to support others under stress including dealing with patients/carers with life threatening illness
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice
- Ability to articulate clearly the role of Child Psychotherapy in multi-professional services, based on a good understanding of NHS and national professional policies
Other
Essential
- Physical Effort; Confined Sitting Position (Therapy)
- Mental and Emotional Effort; Concentrating on therapeutic session. Ability to sustain mental, emotional demands of working with a potentially life threatening and clinically complex patient group and their families
RFL World Class Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust values and behaviours
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).
