Job overview
The Fen’s is an innovative and challenging service for individuals with chronic histories of trauma who are located in a male high-risk prison. The service is run jointly by NHS and HMPPS. You would be employed by CPFT NHS Trust and enjoy the full NHS employee benefits.
Our treatment draws on attachment theory and incorporates schema focused therapy and sensorimotor psychotherapy (SPI), along with a range of short-term interventions such as EMDR, CBT, CAT etc. Through a combination of individual and group therapies, patients are given opportunities to heal from trauma and neglect, improve wellbeing and reduce risk.
We will support and fund training and accreditation in one of our core treatment models (Schema/EMDR/SPI). There are opportunities for service development, development of managerial and leadership skills as well as opportunities to further your research interests through our links withUniversities.
You will join our diverse, clinical team with a rich range of clinical and forensic experience.
The role is a permanent, full-time position with scope to complete some work from home .
“I wanted to change…. You know, it was a trust element.…letting them see me warts and all….and that was the hard thing. Breaking down crying…getting the stuff out I needed to. I grew from that…if I don’t like myself, how can anyone else like myself. How can I move on if I don’t forgive myself… I’ve got to give myself a chance.” Current service use r
Main duties of the job
To act as a treatment lead for the Fens Therapeutic Climate, including ongoing development of the core treatment. Taking a lead for responsibility for complex cases and another specialist are related to strategic treatment delivery. This work requires you to be able to work using the evidence base and NICE guidelines to develop innovative treatment for those with personality disorder and complex trauma.
You will be expected to demonstrate compassionate leadership in developing and supporting a large multidisciplinary clinical and operational (HMPPS) team working towards an agreed NHS contract. You will be an active member of the Fens senior management team and work collaboratively with the wider prison agencies and external stakeholders within HMPPS and NHS.
You will be expected to take the lead role for a residential setting of beds, providing direction, guidance, supervision and support to the multidisciplinary team. You will also be responsible for co-leading the delivery of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights (including discrimination) strategy within the Fens services in joint partnership with staff teams and service user representatives, and how this threads into the therapeutic culture.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
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