Job summary
Are you a Specialist Family Therapist with a passion for strategic service development? Are you looking for a role where you maximise all your skills as a Specialist Family Therapist working into a service that prioritises psychologically informed approaches for service-users stepping down from Level Two Rehabilitation settings into the community? The opportunity is now available for a Band 8A Specialist Family Therapist to join the expanding Community Rehabilitation Enhanced Support Team (CREST) for a 12-month Fixed Term Contract (.6 WTE).
Established in 2021, the team comprises a full multi-professional and peer recovery workforce who deliver new ways of working for people placed out of area (OOA) to effectively be repatriated from inpatient settings and forge new lives nearer to home. The aim is to empower people to define, build and live meaningful, independent and satisfying lives outside of locked settings, often termed "complex rehabilitation" or Level Two rehabilitation. As a regional service we cover Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield. CREST is part of the integrated care systems approach.
Main duties of the job
This role is a new development within our service. As such, we are especially keen to hear from candidates with previous experience of using their systemic skills within a strategic leadership position. The role will require the successful candidate to be able to systematically appraise, summarise and communicate to senior leaders the need for systemic assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation across the region. They would then be required to develop an operational model for an exceptional systemic service to meet identified needs. Having expertise and experience of supervising others training in systemic ways of working would also be a desirable criteria for this role.
We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. Our Psychological Professions Strategy outlines our vision. We are proud that 100% of LYPFT psychological professionals recently surveyed reported they felt supported by colleagues.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Specialist Family Therapist working alongside a growing team of psychological practitioners, a full MDT and peer recovery workforce you would share your expertise and commitment to working with people experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties, which includes psychosis, trauma and risks of harm.
The successful candidate will use their strategic leadership and development skills to systematically appraise, summarise and communicate to senior leaders the need for systemic assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation across the region. They will also be equipped at identifying service provision across the region and how new developments within CREST could build on these. They would then be required to develop an operational model for an exceptional systemic service within CREST to meet the identified need. Alongside this work, the successful candidate would hold a small clinical caseload.
Supporting your development will be a priority of the service. You would be supported by a team comprising consultant psychologists, a principal psychologist, and a wider leadership group to empower individuals and teams to increase knowledge, skills, and professional confidence in improving service user outcomes. In addition, you will have the opportunity to develop relationships with the wider Family Therapy team within LYPFT and access appropriate support and supervision from this team.
You would expand your knowledge and experience working across the Trust and region-wide ICS clinical and organisational landscape. As it is a new and developing service, you would have the opportunity to take a role in aspects of service design and development, supporting the team deliver effective approaches utilising both best practice and cutting-edge innovation to deliver the highest quality care. You would be invested in to consolidate and expand your professional development, through regular supervision, relevant CPD, training and development opportunities.
Flexible working hours can be discussed and as the role is regionwide, there would be combined direct and remote working to optimise both clinical delivery and staff wellbeing. Secondments to the service will also be considered.
Further information about CREST is available via Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust -CREST (leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk), and to discuss the post please contact Michelle Cregg, Consultant Psychologist. Informal discussions about the role are most welcome.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Specialist Family Therapist working alongside a growing team of psychological practitioners, a full MDT and peer recovery workforce you would share your expertise and commitment to working with people experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties, which includes psychosis, trauma and risks of harm.
The successful candidate will use their strategic leadership and development skills to systematically appraise, summarise and communicate to senior leaders the need for systemic assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation across the region. They will also be equipped at identifying service provision across the region and how new developments within CREST could build on these. They would then be required to develop an operational model for an exceptional systemic service within CREST to meet the identified need. Alongside this work, the successful candidate would hold a small clinical caseload.
Supporting your development will be a priority of the service. You would be supported by a team comprising consultant psychologists, a principal psychologist, and a wider leadership group to empower individuals and teams to increase knowledge, skills, and professional confidence in improving service user outcomes. In addition, you will have the opportunity to develop relationships with the wider Family Therapy team within LYPFT and access appropriate support and supervision from this team.
You would expand your knowledge and experience working across the Trust and region-wide ICS clinical and organisational landscape. As it is a new and developing service, you would have the opportunity to take a role in aspects of service design and development, supporting the team deliver effective approaches utilising both best practice and cutting-edge innovation to deliver the highest quality care. You would be invested in to consolidate and expand your professional development, through regular supervision, relevant CPD, training and development opportunities.
Flexible working hours can be discussed and as the role is regionwide, there would be combined direct and remote working to optimise both clinical delivery and staff wellbeing. Secondments to the service will also be considered.
Further information about CREST is available via Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust -CREST (leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk), and to discuss the post please contact Michelle Cregg, Consultant Psychologist. Informal discussions about the role are most welcome.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Has professional qualification (ie nursing, social work, counselling, occupational therapy, clinical psychology) OR Has a first degree in a field relevant to mental health with significant post-qualification experience in mental health
- Has completed systemic family therapy training at Masters level on a training programme recognised by the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT)
- Is registered with UKCP through AFT as a specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist.
- Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development as appropriate within qualification period.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of specialist systemic family psychotherapy assessment, intervention and management
- A high-level ability to communicate effectively at both written and oral level
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Has professional qualification (ie nursing, social work, counselling, occupational therapy, clinical psychology) OR Has a first degree in a field relevant to mental health with significant post-qualification experience in mental health
- Has completed systemic family therapy training at Masters level on a training programme recognised by the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT)
- Is registered with UKCP through AFT as a specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist.
- Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development as appropriate within qualification period.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of specialist systemic family psychotherapy assessment, intervention and management
- A high-level ability to communicate effectively at both written and oral level
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
