Parenting and Carer Lead Practitioner

Job description

Job 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 adolescents 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

• UKCP Registration
• Evidence of CPD
• Masters Level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy (or established equivalence according to AFT criteria) and post-graduate qualification in a relevant field of mental health or social welfare and demonstrable practice. With UKCP Registration or equivalent
• 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.

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice. Evidence of CPD

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• 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

• 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

• 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.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Intensive Community Care Services

Newham CAMHS Annexe

Newham, 385 Barking Road

E13 8AL

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)