Job summary
Ealing MHST has an exciting fixed term/secondment opportunity for a Trainee Parenting Practitioner to join our team as part of the NHS England (NHSE) funded Children and Young People (CYP) Psychological Training Programmes (formerly CYP-IAPT).
Recruit to Train is a government-funded initiative aiming to grow the child mental health workforce to meet much needed demand. To help reach this goal, NHSE covers salary and training costs for a 1-year post, allowing services to employ trainees to aid in implementing new or expanding existing specialist pathways to bridge the gaps in CYP mental health support.
This is a unique opportunity to apply your learning from weekly teaching into practical clinical interventions working with clients in the service making a direct impact in the lives of children, young people and their families.
Please note: The position will be based at Ealing MHST but the successful candidate will be expected to travel to Denmark Hill Campus of King's College London for teaching during the training year.More information about the course content and the different modalities can be found on the King's CYP webpage: https://www.kings-cyp.com/page/recruit-to-train
Application Processo To apply online go to https://apply.kcl.ac.uk/o Please do contact cyp-mh@kcl.ac.uk for any queries
Main duties of the job
With the assistance of their clinical supervisor accept appropriate referrals;o Assess clients for suitability for the treatment for which modality specific training is provided; o Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department's referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary;o Formulate, implement and evaluate therapeutic intervention for clients in line with their training modality and experience;o Involve the system around the child in treatment as appropriate, e.g. parent/carer, school, conveying therapy formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language;o Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate;o Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service; o Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols; o Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level.
- Minimum second-class Bachelor's Degree from a UK University or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc).
- A training in a mental-health related profession (e.g. psychology, nursing, health visiting; social-work, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, special needs teaching, psychiatry, other psychotherapy, counselling).
Desirable
- Applicants who do not fulfil the academic criteria but with relevant professional experience are encouraged to apply and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates an appreciation of the importance of working with parents to address child behavioural problems.
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children
Desirable
- Demonstrates an appreciation of the range of factors that can impact on the presentation of child behavioural problems.
- Demonstrates an understanding of services that work with children and families with behavioural problems.
- Demonstrates knowledge of theory in relation to child conduct problems (e.g., social learning theory).
Experience
Essential
- Two years professional experience working with children with behavioural problems and families their families
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues
- Experience of multi agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies
Desirable
- Experience of working with child behaviour problems using parenting approaches
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with families, children and tier network, e.g., schools, nurseries etc
- Ability to adapt communication style according to the varying needs of families
- Ability to maintain a reflective stance in emotive/challenging interactions with children and their carers
- Ability to use supervision to reflect on practice
- Ability to organise own time and diary
- Ability to follow policy and make proposal for change
Desirable
- Ability to adopt collaborative approach to working with parents of children with behavioural problems
- Understanding of evidence based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level.
- Minimum second-class Bachelor's Degree from a UK University or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc).
- A training in a mental-health related profession (e.g. psychology, nursing, health visiting; social-work, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, special needs teaching, psychiatry, other psychotherapy, counselling).
Desirable
- Applicants who do not fulfil the academic criteria but with relevant professional experience are encouraged to apply and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates an appreciation of the importance of working with parents to address child behavioural problems.
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children
Desirable
- Demonstrates an appreciation of the range of factors that can impact on the presentation of child behavioural problems.
- Demonstrates an understanding of services that work with children and families with behavioural problems.
- Demonstrates knowledge of theory in relation to child conduct problems (e.g., social learning theory).
Experience
Essential
- Two years professional experience working with children with behavioural problems and families their families
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues
- Experience of multi agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies
Desirable
- Experience of working with child behaviour problems using parenting approaches
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with families, children and tier network, e.g., schools, nurseries etc
- Ability to adapt communication style according to the varying needs of families
- Ability to maintain a reflective stance in emotive/challenging interactions with children and their carers
- Ability to use supervision to reflect on practice
- Ability to organise own time and diary
- Ability to follow policy and make proposal for change
Desirable
- Ability to adopt collaborative approach to working with parents of children with behavioural problems
- Understanding of evidence based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
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.
