We are seeking to appoint someone with a caring, compassionate nature, who are innovative, creative, flexible and highly motivated. You should be an excellent communicator and team player, with the successful applicant joining a dynamic multi-disciplinary team of professionals to provide assessment and treatment to children and adult service users and their families/carers. The team includes a range of other psychological professionals, nurses, dietitians. Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Lead and family therapists.
The successful candidate will be expected to deliver high quality systemic interventions to families, young people and adults as well as contributing to the broader aims of the service.
You will benefit from an enthusiastic and supportive peer group of existing Systemic Practitioners’ and a multi disciplinary team across the service.
This is an exciting time and a chance to work in this specialist all age service – if this sounds like something you wish to be involved in, please contact those highlighted below who will happily discuss this further.
We welcome application from those also wishing to work part time and flexible working.
Please note:This post is subject toan enhancedDBS Clearance. As part of the pre-employment checks, successful candidates willbe requiredto pay for their own DBS check at a cost of £50. Deductions will be taken from the first 3 months’ salary.
• To contribute to a high quality specialist family therapy service to service users and families with complex emotional and mental health needs as part of the All Age Eating Disorder Service.
• To provide specialist assessment, formulation and therapy within the service.
• To offer advice, consultancy and supervision, under supervision of the Senior Family Therapist, and support the work of colleagues providing care and treatment, according to expertise.
• To work with the Senior Family Therapist to provide training to a range of qualified and unqualified staff across mental health areas, as agreed.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• To be involved in service developments, as appropriate.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Feb 2025