ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
There is an opportunity for you to join our team at the Coborn Centre in East London. The Coborn Centre is located in well-resourced, purpose-built premises at Newham University Hospital. We currently work with 12-18-year-old young people and their families across the East London boroughs of Newham, Hackney & Tower Hamlets as well as Luton and Bedfordshire. The Centre which opened in 2006 comprises of 12 acute beds, 16 intensive care beds and up to 9-day patient places. The service has led the way in the design of adolescent mental health facilities nationally. We have been awarded an excellent by the QNIC accreditation process.
Young people present with eating disorders, psychosis, OCD, and emerging and emotional regulation difficulties. The young people are in varying stages of recovery and can be dynamic and resourceful. We actively encourage them to help us enhance their experience of care. We have an eclectic and energetic staff group and are seeking a candidate who has an interest in developing our current service and delivering our clinical care in new ways. We pride ourselves in being a learning centre and believe in the development of our staff team through fortnightly academic sessions, regular training, reflective practice and complex case discussions. This supports our strong team ethos on cross-discipline learning, evidence based practice and being reflexive practitioners.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Psychology Service provides neuropsychological assessments as well as formulation driven, therapeutic assessments in order to facilitate an understanding of the young person's strengths and needs. From the assessment, time limited interventions are offered both directly and through consultation with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team, i.e. medical, nursing, family therapy, occupational therapy, art therapies, social work and education. A range of therapeutic orientations is represented in the wider team including psychodynamic, systemic and cognitive behavioural perspectives. As a team, we are currently developing our skills in third-wave CBT areas of Mindfulness and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. The wider therapy team is also currently developing the family therapy clinic over the next 6 months to broaden opportunities for our young people and families, as well as developing the team's systemic thinking. Psychological input begins at admission and is focused on enabling young people to return to their community as soon as possible.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will join the psychology team which consists of one Senior Clinical Psychologist, two Specialist Clinical Psychologists and Two Assistant Psychologists. You will continue to develop the psychology provision through providing supervision to the wider MDT as well as hold a clinical case load. There will be considerable opportunities for developing your clinical leadership skills, sharing your clinical expertise and developing your capacity to enjoy multi-disciplinary team working. We would value your input to our quality improvement programme, and the development of psychological skills within the wider team. We are committed to staff development and reflective practice, with considerable resources in the Team and wider trust to support this.
You will have some experience of working with adolescents presenting with complex mental health presentations. We are seeking a candidate who is interested in neuropsychological assessment, multidisciplinary team working and targeted psychological interventions, especially third-wave CBT. We welcome informal enquiries and would enjoy showing you around The Coborn and talking to you about our work.
Person specification
Training Qualification
Essential criteria
1. Three year Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, covering all care groups. Training in at least two therapeutic approaches and basic neuropsychological training.
Desirable criteria
1. Relevant specialist training or demonstrable experience in CBT, Child Neuropsychology or Systemic Work.
2. Clinical supervision training for Doctoral trainees.
Experience
Essential criteria
1. At least one year post-qualification experience as a Clinical Psychologist which includes relevant experience in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
2. Experience of providing a direct clinical service with children, adolescents and their families with severe and complex mental health difficulties including specialist assessment, psychological formulation of problems and intervention.
3. Experience of completing neuropsychological assessments with adolescents with severe and complex mental health needs.
4. Experience of using a range of outcome measures within a CAMHS context that may aid assessment and formulation information for a young person.
5. Experience of developing and delivering specialist training programmes and/or supervision of other staff groups.
6. Experience of participating in audit, evaluation and quality improvement.
7. Experience of contributing to policy and service development.
8. Experience of clinically supervising the work of colleagues and managing a Clinical Caseload of direct and indirect work.
9. Experience in applying Leadership skills to drive forward individual clinical care plans and service projects.
Desirable criteria
1. Work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters.
2. Some knowledge of and experience in offering DBT with young people and/or their families.
3. Experience in clinically supervising junior psychologists.
4. Experience of delivering psychological group programs to young people in tier 4 settings.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
1. Able to supervise trainee and assistant psychologists and members of other staff groups.
2. Communication & Relationship skills: Able to provide & receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive and sometimes hostile atmosphere.
3. Analytical & judgemental skills: Able to draw upon a broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations.
4. Planning and organisational skills: Able to plan, organise and prioritise own workload.
5. Research & Guidance: Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis.
6. Cultural awareness: Aware of the potential impact of discrimination & disadvantage on mental health.
7. Flexibility: Able to be flexible and adapt approach according to need.
Desirable criteria
1. Physical skills: Driving.
2. Information resources: Competent use of other IT packages e.g. PowerPoint, Excel and Access.
3. Cultural competence: Able to provide a cultural competent service.
Personal
Essential criteria
1. Able to contain and work with organisational stress and able to hold the stress of others.
2. Able to apply reflective skills during exposure to distressing and highly emotional situations.
Other
Essential criteria
1. Able to work to professional guidelines. Must be capable of accountability for own work, of autonomous clinical practice.
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rated 'Outstanding' in 2021.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve.
Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.
What Next?
If you like the sound of ELFT, don't waste a moment. We sometimes close adverts early if there is a high response, so apply now!
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