Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified systemic/family therapist to join Bradford CAMHS Psychological Therapies Team. As part of your role, you will be offering Psychological Consultation, Assessment and Therapy to Children, Young People and their Families. The role will be well-supported with clear clinical governance and supervision.
The post-holder will contribute extensively to consultations with a child's professional network, be involved in creative assessment of families and provide therapeutic interventions, including group work. The theoretical framework of the team is based on Attachment Theory, Child Development, Developmental Trauma and family relationships and dynamics. Systemic working is crucial to the role.
This is an exciting time to for work for BDCFT and for CAMHS, and we welcome innovative and enthusiastic applicants to join in our vision to provide high quality care and standards to connect people to the right care, when and where they need it, and to be the best place to work.
Closing Date- 27th January 2023
Shortlist Date- 31st January 2023
Interview Date- TBC
Main duties of the job
- Work as an effective member of the multi disciplinary team bringing psychological theory and knowledge to the wider team via joint work, consultation, reflective spaces, supervision and team formulations.
- Work with autonomous professional judgement, together with other psychological therapists, to deliver specialist evidence based assessment, formulation and therapy to individual and groups of patients.
- Manage a designated caseload of patients with responsibility for their assessment (including clinical risk), implementation and evaluation of therapy.
About us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for further details about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for further details about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist post graduate training to Masters level in Systemic Family Therapy (MSc) AND Accreditation from Association of Family Therapists (AFT)
Desirable
- Leadership training
- Teaching (clinical practice) qualification/certificate or equivalent experience
- Training in advanced clinical supervision
- Training in trauma informed care
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in mental health practise with children, young people and families
- Application of evidenced based specialist psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service
- Application of specialist psychological therapy within individual and group modality
- Clinical leadership experience
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience in working systemically
- Significant post qualification experience and training
- Experience delivering psychological therapies to patients with complex difficulties
- Experience of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Involvement in innovative clinical practice
- Involvement in clinical research programmes
- Involvement in the development and provision of clinical teaching programmes
- Experience of leading or participating in regular reflective practice around themes such as anti-racism in therapy, power in mental health, the impact of health inequality and cultural curiosity
- Experience working within a trauma informed framework
Knowledge
Essential
- A range of Evidenced based psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service
- Relevant specialist clinical courses/training
- Able to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress both directly with children and their families and indirectly via supervision or case reviews with other staff
- Evidence of a high level of understanding of systemic practise
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Doctoral / master's level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis
- Knowledge and understanding of wider cultural and religious models of mental health for example Islamic psychology, British South Asian communities, Roma communities or beliefs around Black Magic
Skills
Essential
- Be able to meet the service needs for mobility across the geographical area covered
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, psychological formulation, intervention and management
- Skills in individual and group work and in programme planning
- Able to make autonomous decisions using judgement
- Ability to supervise learners and other staff
- Competent clinical skills i.e. assessment, formulation and therapeutic.
Desirable
- Competent teaching skills.
- Fluency in one or more of Bradford's community languages
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist post graduate training to Masters level in Systemic Family Therapy (MSc) AND Accreditation from Association of Family Therapists (AFT)
Desirable
- Leadership training
- Teaching (clinical practice) qualification/certificate or equivalent experience
- Training in advanced clinical supervision
- Training in trauma informed care
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in mental health practise with children, young people and families
- Application of evidenced based specialist psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service
- Application of specialist psychological therapy within individual and group modality
- Clinical leadership experience
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience in working systemically
- Significant post qualification experience and training
- Experience delivering psychological therapies to patients with complex difficulties
- Experience of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Involvement in innovative clinical practice
- Involvement in clinical research programmes
- Involvement in the development and provision of clinical teaching programmes
- Experience of leading or participating in regular reflective practice around themes such as anti-racism in therapy, power in mental health, the impact of health inequality and cultural curiosity
- Experience working within a trauma informed framework
Knowledge
Essential
- A range of Evidenced based psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service
- Relevant specialist clinical courses/training
- Able to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress both directly with children and their families and indirectly via supervision or case reviews with other staff
- Evidence of a high level of understanding of systemic practise
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Doctoral / master's level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis
- Knowledge and understanding of wider cultural and religious models of mental health for example Islamic psychology, British South Asian communities, Roma communities or beliefs around Black Magic
Skills
Essential
- Be able to meet the service needs for mobility across the geographical area covered
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, psychological formulation, intervention and management
- Skills in individual and group work and in programme planning
- Able to make autonomous decisions using judgement
- Ability to supervise learners and other staff
- Competent clinical skills i.e. assessment, formulation and therapeutic.
Desirable
- Competent teaching skills.
- Fluency in one or more of Bradford's community languages
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).
