Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term Contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-SS7288953
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Intensive Community Care Services
- Town
- Newham, 385 Barking Road
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 per annum Inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Parenting and Carer Lead Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 8a
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
The post holder will lead on the development and implementation of a parenting/systemic formulation to facilitate evidence based parenting interventions for families accessing support via the team. This relates to the dissemination of evidenced based practices and coordination/provision of high-quality supervision and parenting skills development within the workforce. Part of the role will be to supervise CAMHS professionals who deliver parenting/ systemic interventions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide high quality systemic assessments, evidence based interventions and consultation to client systems including children young people their families, carers and professional networks. As a psychological therapy resource to the team, they will work collaboratively with CYP, families and multi-disciplinary colleagues to formulate effective care plans of intensive community support and interventions for CYP.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide specialist systemic assessment and interventions toCYP and their families with significant and complex problems in order to formulate and implement plans for the treatment and management of a child or adolescent’s mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing research based evidence. This may include consideration of some of the following issues: risk, parenting, family breakdown, child protection, sexual abuse, serious mental illness in client or parent, childcare, family rehabilitation, and civil or criminal court proceedings. This may include provisions of professional reports to other agencies including court where appropriate.
Provide specialist treatment to both individual CYP and families, drawing on a range of models to meet individual needs and taking into account complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes when evaluating treatment options.
Provide specialist consultation to children, young people and their families
Provide consultation, advice and guidance to other professionals working with families both within the service and in partner agencies. This will include liaison and working with professional networks involved with complex, emotive and sometimes conflictual issues such as those involving child protection, deliberate self-harm, violence, trauma and suicide risk.
Undertake risk assessment and risk management strategies
They will work closely with the Team Manager for ICCS and relevant colleagues to develop specialist training, teaching and consultation in order to enhance systemic thinking and practice across the team and for the multi-agency professionals involved. They will support with the line management and clinical supervision of staff within EL Crisis Services as required, in line with People & Culture policies. They will contribute to wide team functions such as being part of service rotas’ including duty and being involved in service development work such as audits, quality improvement, and research and service evaluation.
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- UKCP Registration
- Evidence of CPD
- Doctorate Level 6 year ACP accredited training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy which includes a minimum of 4 years full time clinical training and one’s own intensive analysis. Full member of Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, as accredited by the BPS/HCPC
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of specialist systemic assessment and treatment of individuals, couples, family systems and groups
- A specialist level of clinical skill
- Skills in applying systemic theory to work with individuals, couples, family systems, groups and organisations
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by UKCP/AFT guidelines.
- Knowledge of and skill in using a wide variety of systemic theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting.
- Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients.
- Knowledge of child and adolescent development.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of adapting therapies for adolescents and presentations, including working with young people on the Autistic Spectrum
- Knowledge of current developments in the assessment and treatment of a range and other related issuesf serious mental illnesses, including psychotic disorder, obsessive/compulsive disorder, schizo-affective disorder and
- Working with victims of child sexual abuse and relational trauma
- Working with looked after children
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in relevant first profession
- Post-qualifying experience
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of working with children and young people in an emotionally demanding environment.
- Experience of working with children and young people and their families in a therapeutic context.
- Experience of working with children, young people and families in emotional crisis.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Grace Olaluwoye
- Job title
- ICCs Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919299450
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