Job summary
- Main area
- Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Nurses, Social Workers, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 395-KM665-24
- Employer
- NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Seashells Family Centre
- Town
- Sheerness
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Therapist
Band 7
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
A position for a Band 7 Senior Therapist has arisen in our clinic in Sheerness. This post would suit newly qualified Psychologists or Psychotherapists, or an experienced clinician with a professional qualification such as Nurse or Social Worker with some additional recognised training such as CBT or DBT.
Main duties of the job
We offer assessment and treatment to children and young people aged 0-18 years with a wide range of presentations, mental health disorders, complexity and risk. You need to have experience working within a CAMHS service and be able to cope with a fast paced, ever changing environment, whilst responding appropriately to the young people and their families.
As a band 7 you will be expected to offer specific clinical supervision to junior staff, consultations to the wider team and provide specialist interventions to our clients.
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Offering Assessment and Evidence Based Treatment for young people up to age 18yrs with a range of Complex Mental Health presentations.
Skills in Risk Management, multi-professional and multi-agency working are essential.
We are a friendly, innovative team who encourage further training, development of your skills and knowledge to benefit the service and NELFT as a whole.
If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit; https://www.capitalnurselondon.co.uk/how-to-apply/. Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group.
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Successful completion of a post-graduate training (e.g. arts psychotherapy, clinical psychology, family therapy, child and adolescent psychotherapy)
- To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, BACP, UKCP AFT, ACP)
- Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems
- Experience of providing specialist individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old - presenting problems at the most severe end of the spectrum
Skills
Essential criteria
- Successful completion of a post-graduate training (e.g. arts psychotherapy, clinical psychology, family therapy, child and adolescent psychotherapy)
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, BACP, UKCP AFT, ACP)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing specialist individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old - presenting problems at the most severe end of the spectrum
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
- Wendy Goodban
- Job title
- Integrated Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 300 1991
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