8A Senior Psychological Therapist / Systemic Therapist

8A Senior Psychological Therapist / Systemic Therapist

Are you a senior psychological therapist passionate about supporting the needs of young people aged 18-25 years old to achieve better mental health, and those who care for them? If so, we would love for you to join us in our East Suffolk Young Adult Mental Health Service!

We are seeking an experienced, motivated, pro-active and passionate Senior Psychological Therapist to support the overall clinical leadership, clinical governance, and provision of high quality psychological therapies services to young adults accessing the East Suffolk (Ipswich) and Central Suffolk (Stowmarket) youth mental health services.

If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to young people's lives then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

In addition to duties outlined within the job description, the postholder will play a pivotal role in:

• Providing high quality supervision to psychological therapies staff.
• Providing access to consultation and case discussion with MDT members.
• Supporting the development and delivery of training and CPD opportunities for MDT members.
• Working in conjunction with the teams' triumvirate leadership team to enable the provision of high quality psychological therapies in line with clinical pathways and evidence-based practice.
• Be responsible for the provision of direct psychological therapies and manage own caseload. The expectation for an 8A role is that 60% of WTE hours are to be spent involved in client related activity, such as clinical appointments, consultations, associated meetings; and 40% of WTE hours are to be spent on staff and service related activities, such as: supervision, reflective practice, service improvement and development.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A registerable mental health qualification such as Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), a registerable social work qualification such as Social Worker, or a registerable psychotherapy qualification such as Art, Drama, Music or Family Therapist
• Postgraduate psychotherapy qualification such as PG Dip in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, MA Art Therapy, MA Drama Therapy, MA Music Therapy, MSc Family Therapy
• Accredited practitioner status with the HCPC or relevant governing body
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development in Psychotherapies

Experience

• Extensive clinical experience working in statutory services with at least 3 years experience post qualification as a Psychotherapist.
• Highly specialised experience of developing and delivering specialised treatment packages with individuals and groups/families.
• Experience in the supervision of practitioners in delivering Psychotherapies
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patients whilst maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems. Substantial experience in managerial/clinical supervision of others casework.

Skills

• Highly specialist, theoretical knowledge of Psychotherapy and the application of appropriate models of practice, according to client need.
• Excellent communication skills with a range of people in a variety of both clinical and managerial settings.
• Advanced knowledge of a Psychotherapies evidence based interventions used in the effective management of common mental health problems.
• Ability to expertly manage a complex caseload.
• Working knowledge of health legislation and current practice in mental health, including risk assessment and management.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
• An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence Guidelines

Other

• Ability to identify, and employ as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive and challenging behaviour.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to travel.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Mariner House (Ipswich) or Haymills House (Stowmarket)

£53,755 to £60,504 a year gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Reference number

246-ESU6997008

Job locations

Mariner House (Ipswich) or Haymills House (Stowmarket)