Clinical Psychologist Systemic Therapist

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic Systemic Family Therapist to join our clinical team at our 12 bedded Dragonfly Adolescent Unit for young people aged 13-17.

Led by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, you would join the clinical team as a key member of the service both assessing and working with families and young people admitted with complex mental health needs.

Our clinical team has clinical psychology, OT, Social work and Art therapy and works closely with our Matron led nursing team, psychiatrists and education service.

The post-holder will be expected to work with the most highly complex cases and to develop an area of special interest within family therapy holding differing views and managing conflict and unknown factors, all of which characterise complex work.

Main duties of the job

If successful, you be joining us at an exciting time as we develop an integrated clinical model of care informed by developmental and relational theory to add to our understanding of mental health difficulties in young people.

Alongside work with the MDT, you would be expected to contribute to service development as we improve our Good CQC rating.

There will be opportunities for training to support our model and practice towards excellence and innovation.

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 description

Job responsibilities

The ambition is to shorten inpatient stays and offer short term inpatient interventions. In the longer-term, our ambition is to embed inpatient services within community hubs and community services, sharing expertise across the systems.

As such we welcome applicants who are committed to helping develop new ways of working, applying evidence based and innovative approaches.

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:

NHS pension 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) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Postgraduate qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy Eligibility for UKCP registration Other related academic qualifications Training in teaching Systematic Psychotherapy

Experience

Essential

Evidence of continuing professional development as required by UKCP/AFT guidelines

Knowledge

Essential

Working with people with acute and enduring mental health problems and Learning Disabilities Awareness of legislative framework for Children and Young People (including the Mental Health Act) Awareness of current mental health issues Working knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to mental health and the full range of client groups

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