CAMHS Clinical Lead - Psychologist/Family Therapist/Psychotherapist
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
We are looking for dynamic psychological professionals who are passionate about helping young people and their families. We have several vacancies within our SETCAMHS Locality Teams across mid and South Essex and our Eating Disorder Service. Successful candidates will be joining a service that is well-established and innovative.
The role of the Clinical Lead is to develop and oversee the needs-led evidence-based clinical model based on the CYP IAPT principles and the iTHRIVE framework. This will include ensuring the delivery of co-produced, personalised, formulation-driven care, including its efficacy and effectiveness.
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will be interested in leading clinical improvements within the service and in co-working with operational managers and partner agencies to deliver the highest standards of care. Clinical Leads are expected to support and develop the workforce through supervision, consultation and training, as well as to share their expertise within MDT and leadership meetings and hold a small caseload of young people with more complex needs.
Significant knowledge and experience of the principal evidence-based psychological therapies within CAMHS, such as CBT, Family Therapy, DBT and other psychotherapeutic approaches is essential. An awareness of trauma and attachment presentations is also desirable.
For the Clinical Lead post within the Eating Disorder Service, significant knowledge and experience of the principal evidence-based psychological therapies for eating disorders, such as FT-AN, FT-BN and CBT-ED is essential. In addition, successful candidates will have experience of collaborative working across schools, hospitals, social care and other agencies to improve pathways for young people with eating disorders.
Successful candidates will belong to a supportive Directorate of Psychological Professions with a range of opportunities for leadership and career development and will receive clinical supervision.
About us
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID-19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Job responsibilities
SET CAMHS has adopted the iTHRIVE Framework, which provides a set of principles for improving mental health and wellbeing support for children, young people and families, with SET CAMHS working in partnership with HCRG Care Group to deliver service to children and young people. The THRIVE Framework is needs-led, which means that mental health needs are defined by the children, young people and their families, alongside professionals, through shared decision making.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification when completing your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist)
* To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, ACP, AFT)
Experience
* Extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with co-morbid difficulties and special needs (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma).
* Experience of using observation (e.g. in school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children.
Experience and Skills
* Experience with supervision, training and developing others
* Experience with quality and service improvement
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
£62,215 to £72,293 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
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