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 overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic qualified Family Therapist to work in the West Norfolk Youth Service, based at Thurlow House in Kings Lynn. This is an innovative service offering assessment and treatment of young people aged between 14 and 25 years with a variety of complex mental health needs. Therapeutic modalities offered within the service include CBT, ACT, MBT, family therapy and EMDR.
The post holder will have experience in a CAMHS or related setting. You will have excellent therapeutic skills, cultural competency and be able to be responsive and flexible in working with young people. The majority of family work is likely to be with 14–18-year-olds and their families, but there may be cases above this age range where systemic factors are a key maintaining factor.
We have good links with other Child and Family teams based within West Norfolk and there would be opportunities for cross working and linking with other family therapists as part of the role.
Main duties of the job
You will be asked to undertake assessments of young people; evidence based systemic interventions and contribute to the wider multi-disciplinary team. Our hope would be that the post holder would contribute to development of a Family Therapy Reflecting Team.
You will provide systemic work within the team working with young people and their families and manage a complex caseload which will include care coordination and multiagency working. You will offer specialist consultation and support to professional colleagues, working as part of a diverse multi-disciplinary team including psychologists, mental health practitioners, psychological therapists, psychiatrists, and assistant practitioners.
Candidates will have completed an MA/MSc Systemic Family Therapy and have registration with UKCP as a Systemic & Family Psychotherapist.
Working for our organisation
As an employer Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust are particularly committed to enabling our staff to do the very best, they can through support and training, as well as opportunities for progression. We are confident, therefore, that the right candidate will have a real chance to make a positive impact to the lives of young people in Norfolk.
Within the West Youth team, you will find a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details before you apply.
We are looking for people to join us with enthusiasm, optimism, fresh ideas, and energy.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
* a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
* career progression
* starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* NHS discounts and many more.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Health or Social Care professional qualification RMN, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology, Diploma in Social Work or equivalent
* Postgraduate diploma in CBT or CAT or family therapy or equivalent
* Registration with appropriate professional body
Experience
* Documentary evidence of continuing professional development
* Training and ability to deliver other therapeutic approaches e.g. DBT, EMDR, IPT
Skills
* Treatment of complex disorders e.g. eating disorders
Other
* Accreditation with BABCP or ACAT
* Willingness to share skills, experience and thus promote patient care
* Able to travel independently
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.
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.
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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