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Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
About
We provide NHS care and treatment for people living in south east England. Our mental health services provide care and treatment for people with conditions such as psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia and personality disorder. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in.
Family Interventions for Psychosis (FIp) Practitioner
Closed for applications on: 4-Jul-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 4-Jul-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- The Bedale Centre/Swandean/New Park House
- Town
- Bognor Regis/Worthing/Horsham
- Postcode
- BN13 3EP
- Major / Minor Region
- West Sussex
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Mental Health
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
An excellent opportunity has become available for a highly motivated and passionate Family Interventions for Psychosis (FIp) Practitioner to join the West Sussex Enhanced Community Rehabilitation Service. This is an innovative service which specialises in supporting individuals experiencing complex psychosis and their families. Family Intervention are a core part of our delivery, as described within the NICE guidance for Rehabilitation in Complex Psychosis a key aspect of the national plan to increase access to psychological therapies for people with severe mental health problems.
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Candidates for this post will need to have already completed a HEE (Health Eductaion England) approved Family Interventions for Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder training, or be currently undertaking the course. The role is fully dedicated to family and carer interventions provision, and the post holder will be taking a lead in structuring the way in which support is offered to the families and loved ones of service users under the care of the service (providing groups and one to one support) and also working with other members of the team who are also trained to deliver family interventions. You will receive supervision from an appropriate qualified Clinical Psychologist, and have access to specialist FIp group-based supervision
Successful applicants will have the opportunity to contribute towards the further development of the service, and to take a leadership role specifically regarding the delivery of family intervention. You will also need to be able to demonstrate effective communication skills, be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and able to work as part of a team.
Working for our organisation
We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful at times so we prioritise staff welfare; providing regular supervision, reflective practice, mentoring, and any other support that our staff need to ensure their wellbeing.
We also encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, partial home-working, part-time hours, or flexible start/finish times. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment; the people that we employ are at the heart of making this vision a reality. If you've got the passion, the belief, the drive and the talent to help us achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role will involve delivering family interventions from the three hubs of the West Sussex Enhanced Community Rehabilitation Service; the Western Hub based in Bognor Regis, the Arun, Adur & Worthing Hub based in Worthing and the North West Sussex Hub in Horsham. You can choose any of these bases as your main office base.
We apply a 'whole-team' approach to delivering support to those using the service, their loved ones, and each other, including vibrant peer and experts by experience co-production within our multi-disciplinary team.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment; the people that we employ are at the heart of making this vision a reality. If you've got the passion, the belief, the drive and the talent to help us achieve our vision, then we want to hear from you.
In line with our Trust value of 'People First', evidence shows that people who are treated in the community and in the least restrictive manner have better outcomes. In this role you will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, to help us provide the opportunity for the residents of West Sussex in line with national agendas of The Getting It Right First Time, a whole system approach to recovery from mental ill health, and maximising an individual's quality of life and social inclusion.
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
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
- Recognised professional training in a psychological therapy as specified in the appendix
- Professionally registered as specified in the Appendix
Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria
- Qualified and accredited in delivery of a specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), across a range of presenting problems experienced by those with psychosis and their families, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Demonstrable competence in the delivery of a psychological therapy and a track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
- Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care and NHS settings
- Experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service (psychosis)
- Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group.
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nichola Eliades
- Job title
- Community Rehabilitation Lead for West Sussex
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07392197039
- Additional information
Dr Bree Macdonald, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Professional Lead for Psychology and Psychological Therapies West Sussex
07810 506729
No longer accepting applications
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