Family Interventions for Psychosis

4 weeks ago

Worthing, United Kingdom Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

An excellent opportunity has become available for a highly motivated and passionate Family Interventions for Psychosis (FIp) Practitioner to join the West Sussex Enhanced Community Rehabilitation Service. This is an innovative service which specialises in supporting individuals experiencing complex psychosis and their families. Family Intervention are a core part of our delivery, as described within the NICE guidance for Rehabilitation in Complex Psychosis a key aspect of the national plan to increase access to psychological therapies for people with severe mental health problems.

Main duties of the job

Candidates for this post will need to have already completed a HEE (Health Eductaion England) approved Family Interventions for Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder training, or be currently undertaking the course. The role is fully dedicated to family and carer interventions provision, and the post holder will be taking a lead in structuring the way in which support is offered to the families and loved ones of service users under the care of the service (providing groups and one to one support) and alsoworking with other members of the team who are also trained to deliver family interventions. You will receive supervision from an appropriate qualified Clinical Psychologist, and have access to specialist FIp group-based supervision

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to contribute towards the further development of the service, and to take a leadership role specifically regarding the delivery of family intervention. You will also need to be able to demonstrate effective communication skills, be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and able to work as part of a team.

About us

We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful at times so we prioritise staff welfare; providing regular supervision, reflective practice, mentoring, and any other support that our staff need to ensure their wellbeing.

We also encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, partial home-working, part-time hours, or flexible start/finish times. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment; the people that we employ are at the heart of making this vision a reality. If you've got the passion, the belief, the drive and the talent to help us achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role will involve delivering family interventions from the three hubs of the West Sussex Enhanced Community Rehabilitation Service; the Western Hub based in Bognor Regis, the Arun, Adur & Worthing Hub based in Worthing and the North West Sussex Hub in Horsham. You can choose any of these bases as your main office base.

We apply a 'whole-team' approach to delivering support to those using the service, their loved ones, and each other, including vibrant peer and experts by experience co-production within our multi-disciplinary team.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment; the people that we employ are at the heart of making this vision a reality. If you've got the passion, the belief, the drive and the talent to help us achieve our vision, then we want to hear from you.

In line with our Trust value of 'People First', evidence shows that people who are treated in the community and in the least restrictive manner have better outcomes. In this role you will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, to help us provide the opportunity for the residents of West Sussex in line with national agendas of The Getting It Right First Time, a whole system approach to recovery from mental ill health, and maximising an individual's quality of life and social inclusion.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised professional training in a psychological therapy as specified in the appendix Professionally registered as specified in the Appendix

Knowledge / Experience

Essential

Qualified and accredited in delivery of a specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), across a range of presenting problems experienced by those with psychosis and their families, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse. Demonstrable competence in the delivery of a psychological therapy and a track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care and NHS settings Experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service (psychosis) Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group. Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework. Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix.

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