Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Mental Health Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 346-NYA-110-24
- Employer
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Ellis Centre
- Town
- Scarborough
- Salary
- £35,392 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
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Trainee Psychological Therapist: Systemic Family Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job overview
The North Yorkshire and York Early Intervention for Psychosis Service is looking to recruit a full time Trainee Systemic Family Therapist. The post will be based in Scarborough, covering Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Early Intervention for Psychosis team in a therapy delivery role with training and development built in to the post.
Main duties of the job
Applicants will be required to have either RMN or equivalent mental health core qualification and be registered with a professional regulatory body, and to have completed and passed an Association of Family Therapy (AFT) accredited Systemic Family Therapy foundation course.
They will also have significant experience delivering psychological informed interventions to people experiencing severe mental health problems in a secondary care setting. Training and experience delivering behavioural family therapy for psychosis would be highly relevant experience.
In addition a strong demonstrable interest in Systemic Family Therapy and a willingness to engage in further study and practice towards eventual accreditation as a Systemic Family Therapist and competencies in Family Intervention for Psychosis is essential.
During the course of training study and placement outside the North Yorkshire locality may be required. There will be no costs for further training incurred by the individual however the offer of trainee post to the successful applicant will be contingent on acceptance (or working towards acceptance) onto the next level accredited training course.
On successfully achieving accreditation as a Systemic Family Psychotherapist with UK Council for Psychotherapy the post holder would be upgraded to a Band 7 Psychological Therapist job description, role and salary.
Working for our organisation
Tees, Esk & Wear Valley NHS Trust EIP service has an established, and growing, network of systemic family therapists who have a integral role to the leadership and delivery of EIP across both care groups. The service has strong active practice development connections with provider and HEI colleagues regionally and nationally.
The successful candidate will join an established multi-disciplinary Early Intervention for Psychosis Team. Their role in the team will be a focus on the family and carer centred approach and intervention.
The priority of their job plan will be to complete undertake a structured programme of learning including personal study, academic work, learning and assessment leading to a formal qualification and accreditable standard in a Systemic Family Therapy and competencies in Family Intervention for Psychosis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Additional contact details: Dr Anna Rowe, Principal Clinical Psychologist North Yorkshire & York EIP [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A qualification that leads to registration with a professional regulatory body (HCPC, GMC, NMC or Social Work England) AND current registration with this professional regulatory body.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Required to have a strong demonstrable interest in Systemic Family Therapy and to have completed and passed an AFT accredited Systemic Family Therapy foundation course
Experience
Essential criteria
- They will have experience of delivering psychological informed interventions to people experiencing severe mental health problems in a secondary care setting
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Required to have a strong demonstrable interest in Systemic Family Therapy
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alix Bowler
- Job title
- Systemic Family Therapist Lead for EIP
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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