Job summary
The North London Partners Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service is a community mental health service for pregnant and postnatal women with severe and complex mental illness. The aim of the team is to detect, prevent and treat perinatal mental health problems to improve the experience of pregnancy and the two years postpartum for women and their families. Camden & Islington Mental Health Foundation Trust jointly with Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust have developed perinatal mental health services across five boroughs in the North Central London area. The service has been running since 2017 and provides specialist perinatal mental health services across the boroughs of Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.
-West team (Barnet) based at N12 0DZ
-East team (Enfield & Haringey) based at N9 7HD &
-South team (Camden & Islington) based at NW1 0PE
The NLP SPMHS consist of full MDTs; consultant psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, nurses, occupational therapist, social worker, family therapist, nursery nurses, peer support workers and pharmacist. MDT sub-teams staff work closely with maternity sites in North Central London; Barnet Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital, University College Hospital and Whittington Hospital. Clinics normally run at team bases, maternity sites, children's centres and community centres across the boroughs as well as home visits. Some clinical work is additionally carried out via video call.
Main duties of the job
Services offered by the post holder will include providing family assessment and interventions in line with the evidence base and NICE guidelines and offering advice and consultation on family and systems work to referrers, staff of the North London Partners Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service and other professional and non-professional groups. The post holder will actively contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of perinatal mental health clinical services using leadership and knowledge to provide training and consultancy in Systemic Family Therapy within the specialty area of perinatal mental health and be involved in service audit and research relevant to family work within perinatal mental health. They are expected to hold a complex caseload.
About us
At Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.
We have 3 key priorities which are:
- Early and Effective Intervention
- Helping People to Live Well
- Research and Innovation
The cultural pillars that help us achieve our key priorities are:
- We value each other
- We are empowered
- We keep things simple
- We are connected
By coming to work at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be joining a Trust with a national reputation for research, where services recognise that research underpins its commitment to providing high quality and innovative clinical care.
As an applicant for this role, you are urged to demonstrate within your supporting statement a combination of evidence that reflects your competence to meet the job specification and provide examples of how C&I Cultural pillars are an integral part of the way you have and will continue to deliver service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification and or be in touch for a further conversation about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification and or be in touch for a further conversation about this role.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in social work, psychiatry, clinical or counselling psychology, nursing (mental health nursing and other nursing specialities which require a counselling role), occupational therapy, speech / language therapy or counselling, that meet AFT Training in Family Therapy Entry Requirements
- Further AFT-accredited qualification in family therapy / systemic psychotherapy, or an equivalent meeting the UKCP criteria for 'grandparent' and 'APEL' qualification as systemic psychotherapist
- Current membership / registration with UKCP as systemic family therapist / psychotherapist
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Significant post-qualification family work experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of family work in different cultural contexts
Skills
Essential
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Skills in the use of a range of methods of family assessment, intervention and management for the full range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health services, including challenging behaviours
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
Desirable
Desirable
- Previous work experience in Perinatal Mental health service
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in social work, psychiatry, clinical or counselling psychology, nursing (mental health nursing and other nursing specialities which require a counselling role), occupational therapy, speech / language therapy or counselling, that meet AFT Training in Family Therapy Entry Requirements
- Further AFT-accredited qualification in family therapy / systemic psychotherapy, or an equivalent meeting the UKCP criteria for 'grandparent' and 'APEL' qualification as systemic psychotherapist
- Current membership / registration with UKCP as systemic family therapist / psychotherapist
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Significant post-qualification family work experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of family work in different cultural contexts
Skills
Essential
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Skills in the use of a range of methods of family assessment, intervention and management for the full range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health services, including challenging behaviours
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
Desirable
Desirable
- Previous work experience in Perinatal Mental health service
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service, based across South and East Sub teams (Camden & Islington and Enfield & Haringey)
South team St Pancras Hospital, NW10PE, East team Forest Rd Primary Care, Ground Floor, 308A Hertford Road, London, N9 7HD
London
NW1 0PE
Employer's website
https://www.candi.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)
