Senior Therapist

Job summary

A position for a Band 7 Senior Therapist has arisen in our clinic in Maidstone. This post would suit newly qualified Psychologists, family therapists, Psychotherapists, or an experienced clinician with a professional qualification such as Nurse or Social Worker with some additional recognised training such as CBT or DBT.

Our team is going through exciting transformations and quality improvements with the intention of being QNCC qualified. If you want to be part of this journey and support positive change to the experience of our young people then this job is for you.

Main duties of the job

We offer assessment and treatment to children and young people aged 0-18 years with a wide range of presentations, mental health disorders, complexity and risk. You need to have experience working within a CAMHS service and be able to cope with a fast paced, ever changing environment, whilst responding appropriately to the young people and their families.

As a band 7 you will be expected to offer specific clinical supervision to junior staff, consultations to the wider team and provide specialist interventions to our clients.

Additional training will be available; NVR, DBT, ADOS, ADI-R.

About us

Probationary Period

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).

Starting with NELFT

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

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

Offering Assessment and Evidence Based Treatment for young people up to age 18yrs with a range of Complex Mental Health presentations.

Skills in Risk Management, multi-professional and multi-agency working are essential.

We are a friendly, innovative team who encourage further training, development of your skills and knowledge to benefit the service and NELFT as a whole.

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

Essential

Essential

Successful completion of a post-graduate training ( arts psychotherapy, clinical psychology, family therapy, child and adolescent psychotherapy) To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body ( HCPC, BACP, UKCP AFT, ACP) Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems Experience of providing specialist individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old - presenting problems at the most severe end of the spectrum

Skills

Essential

Successful completion of a post-graduate training ( arts psychotherapy, clinical psychology, family therapy, child and adolescent psychotherapy)

Qualifications

Essential

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

Knowledge

Essential

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

Experience

Essential

Experience of providing specialist individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old - presenting problems at the most severe end of the spectrum