Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
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YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic Systemic Family Therapist to join our East Young Adult Mental Health Team (based in Ipswich) working with 18-25 years olds and their families.
We are seeking someone to join an experienced MDT including clinical psychology, OT, social work, nursing, and psychiatry colleagues. You will become a key senior clinician within the team, assessing and working with families and young adults with complex mental health needs. You will work alongside senior psychology and psychological therapy colleagues to provide a highly specialist systemic perspective to the broader work of the service.
Main duties of the job
If successful, you will be joining us at an exciting time as we continue our transformation work and strive to develop a model of care aligned with the specific needs of local communities, and specifically the unique developmental needs of young adults within the 18-25 year old age range.
Main direct clinical duties will include comprehensive mental health and systemic assessments and provision of specialist treatment to a complex caseload of young adults and their support networks;. Alongside direct clinical work, you would also be expected to provide systemic expertise, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals as part of the MDT. There will be opportunities to provide supervision, consultation, reflective practice, and to contribute to service development, implementation and evaluation of family therapy across the service.
There will be opportunities for training and ongoing CPD to support development and innovation as we strive to deliver high-quality mental health services.
Working for our organisation
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached letter for applicants, job description, and person specification for detail on how we are working towards excellence within our YAMHS service and what we seek in terms of our systemic family therapy roles.
* Previous applicants need not apply *
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Postgraduate qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession
* Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy
* Eligibility for UKCP registration
* Other related academic qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
* Evidence of continuing professional development as required by UKCP/AFT guidelines
Desirable criteria
* Specialist expertise in relevant area (CFYP age range/young adult mental health)
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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