Job summary
- Main area
- Psychotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 382-FICC172-24
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- YoutherapY, Connect Young People's Centre
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £28,407 - £42,618 Band 5 non accredited, Band 6 Accredited practitioner
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
CYP Therapist/Counsellor
NHS AfC: Band 6
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
The YoutherapY team (Part of Options4CYP) is continuing to expand. We now have opportunities for qualified therapists (accredited and non-accredited), with experience of providing therapy to children and young people, to become part of an innovative Young People’s team based across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.
You will be joining a well-established team of young people’s therapists and assistant practitioners. You will be providing assessment and therapy for young people aged 11-25 who have psychological and emotional difficulties. There are opportunities to provide therapy in community settings.
The successful candidate will have completed a psychotherapy/counselling/CBT qualification to at least Level 4 Diploma level, and will be a member of a professional body (i.e. BACP/BABCP/NCPS or equivalent).
Accredited counsellors (BACP/BABCP/NCPS) will be paid NHS Agenda for Change Band 6, non-accredited will be paid at Band 5.
Informal enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Odette Crompton 0800 121 7762 - Option 3.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high-quality therapy service to children and young people referred with a range of generic issues and mild to moderate mental health problems.
To formulate and implement therapy normally within a brief structured time frame or a contracted number of sessions.
Working autonomously within professional guidelines; the overall framework of the NHS; team policies and procedures; and the Thrive Framework.
To provide advice and consultation on client’s care to professionals and non-counselling colleagues including school staff and other referrers.
You may be required to work evenings and weekends.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a high-quality psychotherapy service to children and young people aged 11-25. Referred with a range of generic issues and mild to moderate mental health problems, working autonomously within professional guidelines; the overall framework of the NHS; team policies and procedures; and the Thrive Framework.
To provide advice and consultation on client’s care to professionals and non-counselling colleagues including school staff and other referrers.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical
To manage own clinical caseload within guidelines provided by the team leaders and professional guidelines and ethical frameworks (i.e. BACP/BABCP/NCPS, or equivalent).
To exercise professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients who self-refer or are referred by school staff, families/carers, GPs and other appropriate health and social care professional.
To assess clients presenting with complex personal difficulties including those arising from mild to moderate mental health difficulties, based on accurate understanding and utilising a conceptual framework of the clients’ difficulties.
To make decisions regarding suitability for therapy, with particular regard to issues of risk, and onward referral to other specialist services.
To formulate and implement psychotherapy and treatment plans with clients, normally within a brief structured time frame or a contracted number of sessions.
To exercise sound theoretical knowledge of the processes of therapy, based on evidence of efficacy, to employ a range of short-term therapy interventions to meet the needs of the referred client.
To understand and work within Child Protection protocols and guidelines.
To be able to work with a range of client presentations, including ambivalence and resistance, in order to facilitate clients’ ability to explore a range of life issues which are frequently of a distressing emotional nature.
To provide regular information to referrers, about the treatment process and outcome, initial and ongoing risk assessments, making appropriate disclosure and referral onward where necessary.
To collaborate, where appropriate, with a range of other professionals involved in clients treatment, ongoing emotional wellbeing and mental health care.
To provide such information reports as are required in order to facilitate effective communication with referring agencies and commissioners.
To work in the context of an equal opportunities framework and to promote equality in all areas of work.
Professional
To maintain the highest professional standards of practice by undertaking regular external professional supervision and internal peer supervision.
Fully participate in appraisals and personal development review process.
Ensure professional registration is current.
To contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of the team’s operations policies.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and responsible exercise of professional self-governance.
To comply with the Trust information governance and record keeping policies and guidelines.
To continue to develop the skills of a reflexive practitioner by conducting regular personal audit and evaluation of clinical work and by maintaining an active engagement with current development in the field of psychotherapy and related disciplines.
To have good keyboard skills and be able to use Microsoft office applications such as Word and Excel.
To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both a specific group and primary care adult mental health services.
KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
Internal
- CAMHS/YoutherapY Service Manager
- YoutherapY Team
- Administration Team
- CAMHS Staff
- CASHER Staff
- MHST Staff
- Families and Integrated Community Care Division staff
External
- Local Authority
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Schools
- GPs
- Other healthcare and non-healthcare organisations
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Minimum Level 4 Diploma Qualification in Psychotherapy/Counselling/CBT from an accredited course or equivalent.
- Current Professional Accreditation (BACP/NCPS/BABCP or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in delivering psychotherapy/counselling/CBT to children and young people.
- Qualification in clinical supervision
- Qualification in EMDR
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of relevant, substantial post qualification clinical work with children and young people.
- Evidence of experience conducting comprehensive assessments.
- Evidence of experience delivering short-term, time-limited psychotherapy/counselling.
- Evidence of experience collaborating with a diverse client group with a wide range of presenting problems and significant level of distress.
- Evidence of collaborative work with other services.
- Evidence of regular supervised practice.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of experience delivering therapy/counselling in the NHS.
- Evidence of CPD meeting minimum requirements for continued accreditation.
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
- Evidence of highly developed interpersonal skills and communication skills, both oral and written.
- Evidence of ability to work as an effective member of at team.
- Evidence of ability to work under pressure.
- Evidence of ability to exercise a high level of judgement and decision-making.
- Evidence of ability to prioritise work appropriately.
- Evidence of ability to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required.
- Evidence of ability to cope and deal with highly distressing emotional circumstances.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of extensive clinical and theoretical knowledge of more than one model of psychotherapy.
- Specialist skills, e.g. trauma-informed work.
Management
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ability to manage own time effectively.
- Evidence of ability to self-reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
- Evidence of ability to keep clear, accurate records and use basic IT systems.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Odette Crompton
- Job title
- YoutherapY Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0800 121 7762
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