NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Join our Multi Disciplinary Teams as a Behavioural Analyst & Sensory Practitioner!
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young people in Kent and Medway, facing complex mental health and eating disorder challenges? We are looking for a dedicated Behavioural Analyst & Sensory Practitioner to join our dynamic teams, a 14-bed adolescent inpatient unit and an Intensive Home Treatment team. This is a unique opportunity to work in a specialist setting and in the community that supports young people with a range of mental health conditions, including those requiring Naso-gastric feeding. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and play a vital role in developing tailored behavioural and sensory strategies, helping young people regulate emotions, build coping skills, and engage in their recovery journey. If you are ready for a rewarding, challenging, and impactful role within a compassionate, multidisciplinary team, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide clinical expertise and specialist behavioral and sensory assessment and treatment within their professional sphere of expertise in the service. They will be responsible for assessment, formulation, treatment, and systematic outcome evaluation and clinical supervision of junior clinicians throughout the team.
The post-holder will offer consultations, assessment, and treatment across KMAH & IHT services. The post-holder will be accountable for their own professional actions and will work within professional ethics & Trust policies as a specialist.
They will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible, and evidence-based service is available to all service users who need it throughout the service.
The post-holder will establish and maintain excellent working relationships with wider mental health and wellbeing services and ensure adherence to evidence-based treatments by all clinical staff across the team.
The post-holder will be directly involved in delivering a range of therapeutic interventions, which may include parental work, group work, short term input, and specialist psychological behavioral and/or sensory assessments and treatments. They will be responsible for working with the KMAH & IHT MDTs and providing specialist behavioral and sensory assessments and treatments within their professional sphere of expertise.
Job responsibilities
The post-holder must have relevant clinical skills and experience outlined in the job description and relevant to the role. The key responsibilities are outlined within the job description attached. The post-holder will have relevant clinical, administration, communication, and training skills to be eligible for the post.
The post-holder will be responsible to the operation team leads, as well as the clinical lead for oversight.
Person Specification
Qualification
* Relevant qualification
Experience
* Experience (years)
* Experience working with children and young people
* Experience in robust assessments and formulation
Knowledge
* Knowledge of working with children and young people
* NHS priorities and legislation
* Skills in the use of complex methods of behavioural assessment, intervention, and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
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.
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