Job summary
Child and adolescent Psychological Therapist for Looked After Children and their Foster Carers.
The advertised salary is for full time work. The position offered is part time. This role is 18 hours per week and the actual salary is £24,030 to £25,546 per annum.
2.5 days per week, Monday to Wednesday.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to recruit a 0.5 psychological therapist to join the specialist CAMHS team working with looked after children. This team forms part of the HEART service, a multi-agency service which supports the health and educational outcomes for looked after children. The post holder will develop and deliver the InStep scheme, which provides therapeutic support to foster carers with the aim of maintaining placement stability.
Foster carers are looking after children with increasingly complex needs, many of whom will have suffered significant pre care trauma. The InStep programme has been very successful in helping carers to understand and respond to the challenges the children can present and in preventing placement breakdown.
In addition to delivering the InStep interventions, the post holder will also have the opportunity to provide direct therapy to a small caseload of individual looked after children and support the group supervision of a social work team.
The HEART Service is based in Enfield and benefits from being co-located. Thomas Hardy House is a fun, friendly and supportive place to work, staff have high aspirations for looked after children and care leavers and feel proud to provide services of a high quality.
The successful applicant will be a qualified, professionally registered, psychological therapist with a professional background in child psychotherapy or systemic psychotherapy. Previous experience in an NHS setting would be an advantage.
About us
Enfield Council is a local authority in North London.
Enfield is a borough with much to offer. Our cultural diversity, heritage and tradition, closeness to central London and proximity to open countryside make Enfield an exciting place.
To provide excellent services to our residents, we want staff who are innovative and forward thinking with enthusiasm, skills and talent to share our vision in our drive for excellence.
Why it's great to work for Enfield Council
- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme(LGPS).
- Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
- A blend of remote and office based working.
- Interest-free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
- Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
- Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attachment for further details of the Job Description.
Contact Details -
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Songul Guler Tas, atsongul.gulertas@enfield.gov.uk for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the team.
If you have any difficultiesaccessing this information, please contact Andrea Walkerdine at andrea.walkerdine@enfield.gov.uk or on020 8132 1022.
Enfields Social Care Centre of Excellence confirms our commitment to creating and maintaining an environment for new and existing staff to be the best and deliver high quality social work to our most vulnerable children and young people. It brings our recruitment, professional development and support into the one portal for social care staff to see what we have to offer and how we are supporting them to continue to learn and develop on a professional basis. For more information please visithttps://new.enfield.gov.uk/centreofexcellence/about-us/
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria,as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attachment for further details of the Job Description.
Contact Details -
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Songul Guler Tas, atsongul.gulertas@enfield.gov.uk for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the team.
If you have any difficultiesaccessing this information, please contact Andrea Walkerdine at andrea.walkerdine@enfield.gov.uk or on020 8132 1022.
Enfields Social Care Centre of Excellence confirms our commitment to creating and maintaining an environment for new and existing staff to be the best and deliver high quality social work to our most vulnerable children and young people. It brings our recruitment, professional development and support into the one portal for social care staff to see what we have to offer and how we are supporting them to continue to learn and develop on a professional basis. For more information please visithttps://new.enfield.gov.uk/centreofexcellence/about-us/
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria,as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- As a regular and intrinsic part of this role requires you to speak to members of the public in English, the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential and consistent with the requirements of this role. This role also requires you to be polite and courteous when conversing with the public.
- A recognised CAMHS professional qualification (e.g. Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy or Family Therapy), and a Therapist accredited and registered by either BACP or UKCP
- Proven substantial experience of working within a CAMHS setting, including experience of working with children in care and their carers.
- Ability to take a leadership role in a project that involves working with a range of professionals from CAMHS, social care and other agencies.
- A clear understanding of and an ability to address the systemic issues that impact on family relationships and professional networks.
- An ability to analyse and address behaviour issues i.e. in terms of both their meaning/communication (e.g. from an attachment and/or psychodynamic perspective) and their maintenance/reinforcement (e.g. from a behaviourist and/or cognitive perspective).
- An ability to work flexibly, using both non-directive and more structured approaches, according to the needs of both the child and the carers.
Desirable
- A qualification and/or experience in systemic /family therapeutic work.
- Skills in group work.
Qualifications
Essential
- A recognised CAMHS professional qualification (e.g. Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy or Family Therapy).
- Therapist accredited and registered by either BACP or UKCP.
Desirable
- A qualification in systemic/family therapeutic work.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- As a regular and intrinsic part of this role requires you to speak to members of the public in English, the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential and consistent with the requirements of this role. This role also requires you to be polite and courteous when conversing with the public.
- A recognised CAMHS professional qualification (e.g. Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy or Family Therapy), and a Therapist accredited and registered by either BACP or UKCP
- Proven substantial experience of working within a CAMHS setting, including experience of working with children in care and their carers.
- Ability to take a leadership role in a project that involves working with a range of professionals from CAMHS, social care and other agencies.
- A clear understanding of and an ability to address the systemic issues that impact on family relationships and professional networks.
- An ability to analyse and address behaviour issues i.e. in terms of both their meaning/communication (e.g. from an attachment and/or psychodynamic perspective) and their maintenance/reinforcement (e.g. from a behaviourist and/or cognitive perspective).
- An ability to work flexibly, using both non-directive and more structured approaches, according to the needs of both the child and the carers.
Desirable
- A qualification and/or experience in systemic /family therapeutic work.
- Skills in group work.
Qualifications
Essential
- A recognised CAMHS professional qualification (e.g. Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy or Family Therapy).
- Therapist accredited and registered by either BACP or UKCP.
Desirable
- A qualification in systemic/family therapeutic 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
