Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
About
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
Key details
Location
Site: Rikenel/ Children's Homes
Address: Montpelier, Gloucester, GL1 1LY
Major / Minor Region: Gloucestershire
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8a)
Specialty
Main area: Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidate's knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC.
Job overview
The Fostering Developments Team was set up in 2019 to provide containment and digestion to new Foster Carers and Social Workers in GCC. It includes consultation, a training package and clinical group supervision to staff in the GCC Fostering Resource. These new posts are an opportunity to expand this provision to provide organisational consultancy support to the new residential homes in Gloucestershire, in order to add a therapeutic aspect to the care of the children and young people.
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The post holder will work with the Residential Manager to embed a culture of containment and digestion of the emotional life of the children and staff.
Provide highly specialist clinical leadership regarding ongoing service improvement initiatives which are in line with the current Service Plan or other service priorities. This may include identifying and leading clinical case reviews, routine audit, evaluating outcome measures and other research methodology.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey, just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Provide an element of clinical leadership for the Children in Care Service.
2. Provide highly specialist monthly clinical supervision to the child’s support network, including social workers, residential support workers and Team and Deputy team managers.
3. Provide Consultation to Foster Carers and residential home support staff, whilst maintaining close links with the Fostering Teams within Social Care.
4. Deliver the ‘Emotional World of the Child’ training, a training package written by Child Psychotherapists, to all newly approved Foster Carers and residential home support staff.
5. Contribute to clinical leadership within the team alongside undertaking clinical responsibility for a caseload involving complex needs.
6. Demonstrate highly specialist skills and competency regarding complex clinical decision making, assessment, clinical formulation and management of clinical needs.
7. Ensure regular attendance at service wide and other CPD/core competency training.
8. Provide high quality and specialist clinical reasoning as well as specific consultation, training and advice to professionals.
9. Ensure local lone working arrangements are considered and adhered to when delivering interventions.
10. Demonstrate commitment to working effectively with team colleagues.
11. Provide high quality and specialist written clinical/professional reports.
12. Ensure sound knowledge and adherence of the CYPS Operational Policy.
13. Implement and evaluate routine outcome measures as part of CAMHS Care Coordinator responsibilities.
14. Change work base as requested by the CYPS Service Director.
15. Teach a range of CYPS qualified and unqualified staff on a routine basis.
16. Be accessible to deliver specialist consultation and supervision to CAMHS staff regarding urgent high-risk needs.
17. Ensure high quality, accurate and contemporaneous clinical record keeping is maintained.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours.
* Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities.
* Recognition and long service awards.
* Fast Track physiotherapy.
* Our Wellbeing line.
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
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.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
* Professional Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist Qualification
* Demonstrate current registration with a regulated professional body/organisation: ACP
Desirable criteria
* Profession specific additional qualifications
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
* Specialist clinical skills, competency and knowledge base related to post qualification clinical experience
* Demonstrate extensive post qualification experience of providing highly specialist and profession-based as well as evidence-based interventions within a clinical/therapeutic setting
Documents
* CYPS Children in Care Service Highly Specialist Practitioner (Psychotherapist) JD/PS
* Staff Benefits - GHC
* Additional information for applicants
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Holly Dowsing
Job title: Operational Lead for Children in Care Service
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07824 866465
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