Family Therapist

Job summary

Come and work for NELFT's Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital and Crisis and Enhanced Support Team and be part of one of the UK's most innovative healthcare Trusts

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a family therapist join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team based in Kent working fluidly between the Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital and Intensive Home Treatment team.

You will be a highly motivated and innovative individual with extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

Main duties of the job

To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist psychological service for children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, theircarers/parents, and families To contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents, and families To undertake a range of highly specialist clinical work, urgent assessment work, parenting support and specialist cases. To provide extensive expert supervision and consultation on CYPMHS cases to other multi-disciplinary staff within CYPMHS, including junior medical staff. To contribute to audit and research To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring, including the use of ROMS To work in clinical practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework CYPMHS and the Trust's policies and procedures

About us

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 focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

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).

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

NELFT is an experienced provider of mental health services for children and young people, already providing these services in Essex, Medway and four London boroughs. It is also one of Englands largest NHS Foundation Trusts.

Our priority is providing the highest standard of care to all of our service users.

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; 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

Qualifications & Knowledge

Essential

Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice ( psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist

Job role

Essential

Able to work across both KMAH and IHT To be able to lead MDT, senior meeting etc.

Qualification and experience

Essential

To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body ( HCPC, BABCP, UKCP, AFT, ACP)

Qualifications and experince

Essential

Extensive experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems