Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AFC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-CS-21630
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chalkhill
- Town
- Haywards Heath
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Family Principal Psychotherapist or Psychological Therapist
NHS AFC: Band 8b
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
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
Are you a senior/ highly specialist or Principal family & systemic psychotherapist, currently working in CAMHS or Acute Adult Services, and looking for a challenge in working in a new intensive support specialist service, inpatient and community, based at Chalkhill.
We are seeking to recruit an experienced and creative Principal family & systemic psychotherapist (8B) to work within the CAMHS Acute Care pathway. You will be providing interventions for young people and families needing an inpatient admission and be involved in an exciting new development of the intensive support specialist 7 day a week service, as an alternative to inpatient admission for Children and Young People experiencing acute mental health difficulties.
You will be part of developing the service to give children and young people living in Sussex a more appropriate and integrated range of services to meet their clinical needs. As the Principal family & systemic psychotherapist you will be part of the leadership and clinical team to ensure that young people and their families receive timely, targeted assessment and effective family & systemic interventions.
You will be a member of the leadership team and ensure service delivery and evaluation and will be working closely and supporting the Psychological Professions staff, as well as nursing, psychiatry, occupational therapy, psychologists, social worker and mental health practitioners.
Main duties of the job
Working within the Leadership Team for the service you will also be responsible for offering family & systemic psychotherapy, assessments, formulations and evidence based interventions. You will be joining a team which currently includes a Principal Psychologist, and a range of Psychological Professions. You will be supporting the professional and clinical supervision of these colleagues, and CAMHS colleagues as appropriate.
You will use your extensive clinical experience to assess and support the young person, alongside their parent and carer in order to enhance their clinical outcomes and quality of life.
The post is at band 8B and is 1 whole time, (5 days) and covers Chalkhill and the Sussex-wide intensive support specialist service.
We would consider flexible working patterns and job sharing opportunities for the ideal candidate(s).
Working for our organisation
You will receive supervision from the CAMHS Consultant family & systemic psychotherapists whose role covers the wider CAMHS services. You will have opportunities to network with Psychological Professionals across Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Perinatal and Early Intervention services in Sussex, as well as the wider Trust.
This is an excellent time for Psychology Professions to be joining Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as we have launched our Strategy and can offer the following to you:
· Regular Professional and Clinical supervision with a focus on enhancing wellbeing at work
· The opportunity to ensure that Children and Young People benefit from increased access to Psychological Therapies
· A commitment to improving matters of Equality, Inclusion, Diversity and Human Rights for Children and Young people, their families and staff.
· The opportunity to participate in a range of quality improvement work and service innovations.
· Access to a wide range of training and CPD opportunities through
· The Psychological Professions Practice Networks
· The Leadership Programme for Senior Psychological Professions.
o Quarterly Psychology Professions CAMHS, Early Intervention and Perinatal Senior Leadership Forum
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.
In order to be a successful Principal family & systemic psychotherapist (8B) in our team you will be:
- Registered with UKCP
- Experienced in risk management
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role
- Able to communicate effectively in complex and challenging circumstances to support professional decision making
- Adaptable, organised, compassionate and a team player
- Experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment
Experience working with families who are facing tough times and have a particular affinity for working with young people. Informal discussion is encouraged prior to application.
It would also be advantageous if you have your own car as the role will involve direct work with young people and their families in their homes and communities across Sussex.
Please email Kylee Brennan (General manager) [email protected] to arrange a time to speak about the wider team, service and role.
Please also contact John Cavanagh , Consultant Family & systemic psychotherapist and Professional Lead for Family & systemic psychotherapy and practice, Sussex CAMHS [email protected] or 07738 757213 to discuss the role and working within the trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- An approved post graduate / Masters level qualification (or equivalent) in a recognised psychological therapy , leading to recognised professional accreditation in Psychoanalytic or Psychodynamic Psychotherapy or Group Analysis (BPC, UKCP, BAP, BACP), Systemic Family Therapy (AFT or UKCP), Child Psychotherapy (ACP), Art Therapy (HCPC), Play Therapy (BABT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (BABCP), or Psychotherapeutic Counselling (BACP or UKCP).
- Professionally registered as a psychological therapist with relevant registration body
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development as required by the registration body
- Evidence of post-qualification training in clinical supervision
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of specified psychological therapy.
- Significant assessed experience of working as psychological therapist
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
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
- John Cavanagh
- Job title
- Professional Lead, Family & Systemic Psychotherapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
List jobs with Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust in Allied Health Professions or all sectors