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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

About

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff who provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.

As a Foundation Trust we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and our future development. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visit: www.cnwl.nhs.uk

(source: Central and North West London NHS Foundation NHS Trust website)

Contact

Address: 350 Euston Road; Regent's Place; London; London; NW1 3AX
Contact Number: 02032145700

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Ref: 333-G-CA-1326 Vacancy ID: 5879217

Senior Family Therapist

Closed for applications on: 27-Dec-2023 00:00

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 27-Dec-2023 00:00

Location

Site: Ash Tree Clinic
Address: Northolt Road
Town: Harrow
Postcode: HA2 8EQ
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £56,388 - £62,785 per annum incl HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Main area: Family therapy

Interview date: 09/01/2024

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Doing generic CAMHS assessments of children and young people referred to the Emotional and Behavioral team within a time frame
Formulate and implement care plan for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person’s problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
Be responsible for implementing a range of family therapy interventions for individuals, careers, families and groups, within and across teams. These will include long and short-term interventions as appropriate to need.
Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people.
Provide specialist expertise, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to children and young people’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
Contribute directly and indirectly to a framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all children and young people of the service, across all settings and agencies.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management
Act as care coordinator/lead professional taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans.

Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people.
Be part of Community duty Rota in the clinic.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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

Qaulification

Essential criteria

Post-graduate family therapy training to MSc level or equivalent.
UKCP registration as family therapist

Desirable criteria

CYP IAPT training/Supervisor training
Qualification in core mental health or social welfare profession (e.g. social work, mental health nursing, psychology, occupational therapy) and significant post qualification experience
Post-qualification training in additional CAMHS related specialised areas
Post-qualification training in teaching and supervision of child family therapy
Recent Safeguarding children training

Experience

Essential criteria

Relevant years post qualifying experience of working within a multidisciplinary CAMHS Team
Experience in supervising as Family Therapist
Experience of developing and delivering bespoke CAMHS training to non CAMHS professionals
Experience of developing and delivering clinical training to colleagues

Desirable criteria

Experience of developing bespoke training packages
Fluent in an additional language
Experience of managing and supervising others in a clinical and performance management context including appraisal

Core Competencies

Essential criteria

Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and emergency CAMHS assessment Understands developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly
Understands the need for and able to competently assess risk Understands individual and service safeguarding responsibilities, policy and procedure
Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication Able to foster strong therapeutic alliances Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices of CYP IAT Understanding of and commitment to service user involvement, patient led care and choice
Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support
Understands the importance of assessment that explores and considers individual cultural identity and associated support needs
Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting duty and emergency Rota, peer support, training and skills development

• Specialist Competencies

Essential criteria

Experience of undertaking and supervising specialist family therapy assessment Experience of undertaking assessment of parenting capacity as part of court directed parenting assessments • Family Therapy, Group Therapy Experience, knowledge and skills in the use of and supervision of family therapy intervention and management of children, adolescents and their

Desirable criteria

Webster Stratton, etc) and other types of group work group such as multi- family group

Attitude, Aptitude and Personal Characteristics

Essential criteria

• Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills • Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times • Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working • Able to prioritise own workload • Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change • Honesty, enthusiasm and a sense of loyalty • Conducts self in a professional, courteous manner at all times and able to maintain professionalism in an often emotionally challenging environment