Job summary
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be!
We have developed an innovative, integrated model of childrens community
services and now looking to appoint enthusiastic individuals to join our
friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.
As a large community service, you will be joining a strong,
enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your
phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real
sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your
daily work, your career development and your support network.
We are excited to be advertising for Band 7 Family Therapists
across a range of pathways. We will also consider those who are currently
pursuing their qualifying training. Your role will revolve around providing
vital therapeutic support within your specialised pathway. Our current
opportunities include the Children in Care Pathway (1 WTE), Managing Mood,
Emotions, and Relationships Pathway (1.8 WTE across North and East Devon), and the
Eating Disorder Pathway (0.8 WTE).
As a Family
and Systemic Psychotherapist at Children and Family Health Devon, your day to
day revolves around making a meaningful impact on the lives of those managing complex
emotional and mental health challenges.
Main duties of the job
Your
responsibilities are varied. You will conduct thorough assessments to identify the
unique needs of families. These assessments provide the groundwork for
developing personalised, evidence-based intervention.
Managing a
caseload is central to your role. You will oversee cases and ensure steady
progress while effectively managing any risks that may arise.
You will be
a source of support and supervision for your fellow clinicians. Your role as a
compassionate leader will contribute to their well-being and the overall
effectiveness of the team.
You will work
seamlessly with colleagues from various backgrounds and levels of experience to
implement care strategies that are rooted in evidence. This collaborative
effort ensures that every family receives the tailored support they need.
In addition
to these responsibilities, you will be on the front line of delivering expert
family therapy interventions. Your work will be tailored to the specific needs
of each child, young person, and their family. This means a diverse caseload
that will challenge and inspire you, providing ample room for professional
growth and development.
At CFHD,
your growth matters. We're committed to supporting your development through
robust supervision training. This investment allows you to refine your
supervision skills and offer guidance to trainees and colleagues from different
disciplines. Our strong links with local training courses mean that learning is
a continuous journey.
About us
Successful applicants will be employed by
Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )
Children and Family Health Devon
(CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve
health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and
treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we
deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our
services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our
service users and communities.
CFHD works closely with our local
universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we
support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our
own staff to undertake post graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment
has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and
their families/carers.
Our children
and young people say
We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon
to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and
make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills
and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way.
When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that
is informal and without pressure.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full
Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person
Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting
information from the role requirements or person specification.
Information about the
Managing Risk Pathway
Managing Risk is a county-wide pathway with locality hubs
within it, which lends itself to the location being negotiable dependent on an
individual's needs so long as service needs can be met.
In this pathway, you will work in a multi-disciplinary team,
which includes Clinical Psychology, Consultant Psychiatry, Systemic
Psychotherapy, Mental Health Nursing, Assistant Practitioners, and Mental Health
Practitioners from a broad range of backgrounds.
Colleagues working in this pathway provide an acute crisis
response as well as offering therapeutic work to families with specific
emphasis on adolescents with complex and severe mental health problems. The
team works to an AMBIT framework alongside a broad spectrum of therapeutic
modalities being used.
Main contact:
Lucy Eyre, Operations Manager for the Managing Risk Pathway
- lucy.eyre@nhs.net
Information regarding the Managing Eating Pathway
Managing Eating is a county-wide pathway with locality hubs
within it. You will work within a strong multi-disciplinary team that includes;
Clinical Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapists, Family Therapists,
Psychiatrists, Assistant Psychologists, and Mental Health Practitioners from a
range of backgrounds.
Colleagues working in this pathway offer specialist
assessment and treatment for young people who present with significant mental
health concerns related to eating. You would contribute to this work as well as
providing consultation and support to other agencies and working closely with
partners in paediatrics and inpatient CAMHS.
There are opportunities for involvement in service
development and research as well as activities to support developing leadership
skills. There will be access to a supervision of supervision group to support the development of supervision skills and opportunities to lead assessment and
formulation meetings.
Main contact:
Paul Jetten, Operations Manager for the Managing Eating
Pathway p.jetten@nhs.net
James Skinner, Clinical Lead for the Devon CAMHS Eating Disorder Pathway James.Skinner@nhs.net
Information regarding the Managing Mood, Emotions and Relationships
Pathway:
In this pathway, you will join a strong multi-disciplinary
team, providing assessments and therapy to children with severe, chronic and
enduring mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety-based disorders and
Trauma.
You would work with children, young people and families to
understand their experiences and presenting concerns in order to provide an
appropriate evidence-based intervention and work closely with other agencies to
support the best outcomes.
The multi-disciplinary teams are diverse including; Clinical
Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapists, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists,
CBT Therapists, Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists and Mental Health
Practitioners from a range of backgrounds including Nursing, Occupational
Therapy, Social Work and Creative Therapies. This offers the opportunity for
rich and nourishing shared clinical thinking and support.
Information regarding the Children in Care Team
The Children in Care service is a county-wide pathway with
locality hubs within it, which lends itself to the location being negotiable
dependent on an individuals needs so long as service needs can be met.
You will work within a trauma informed multi-disciplinary
team, providing assessments and therapy to children with significant, complex
and enduring mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety-based and
attachment or trauma-related difficulties. This may also include working with
unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people.
You will be expected to work with children, young people and
their families and/or carers to understand their experiences and presenting
concerns in order to develop a collaborative formulation and provide
appropriate evidence-based intervention.
You will also provide consultation and support to other
agencies and work closely with partners in social care. You will contribute to
team discussions, bringing enhanced formulation skills as well as knowledge and
experience to support team processes, reflections and formulation.
The multi-disciplinary team includes; Clinical Psychologists,
Systemic Psychotherapists, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists,
Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists, Children in Care Nurses and
Mental Health Practitioners from a range of backgrounds including Nursing,
Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Creative Therapies. This diverse team
offers the opportunity for rich and nourishing clinical discussions and
support.
Main contacts:
Claire Bird, Operations Manager, c.bird2@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full
Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person
Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting
information from the role requirements or person specification.
Information about the
Managing Risk Pathway
Managing Risk is a county-wide pathway with locality hubs
within it, which lends itself to the location being negotiable dependent on an
individual's needs so long as service needs can be met.
In this pathway, you will work in a multi-disciplinary team,
which includes Clinical Psychology, Consultant Psychiatry, Systemic
Psychotherapy, Mental Health Nursing, Assistant Practitioners, and Mental Health
Practitioners from a broad range of backgrounds.
Colleagues working in this pathway provide an acute crisis
response as well as offering therapeutic work to families with specific
emphasis on adolescents with complex and severe mental health problems. The
team works to an AMBIT framework alongside a broad spectrum of therapeutic
modalities being used.
Main contact:
Lucy Eyre, Operations Manager for the Managing Risk Pathway
- lucy.eyre@nhs.net
Information regarding the Managing Eating Pathway
Managing Eating is a county-wide pathway with locality hubs
within it. You will work within a strong multi-disciplinary team that includes;
Clinical Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapists, Family Therapists,
Psychiatrists, Assistant Psychologists, and Mental Health Practitioners from a
range of backgrounds.
Colleagues working in this pathway offer specialist
assessment and treatment for young people who present with significant mental
health concerns related to eating. You would contribute to this work as well as
providing consultation and support to other agencies and working closely with
partners in paediatrics and inpatient CAMHS.
There are opportunities for involvement in service
development and research as well as activities to support developing leadership
skills. There will be access to a supervision of supervision group to support the development of supervision skills and opportunities to lead assessment and
formulation meetings.
Main contact:
Paul Jetten, Operations Manager for the Managing Eating
Pathway p.jetten@nhs.net
James Skinner, Clinical Lead for the Devon CAMHS Eating Disorder Pathway James.Skinner@nhs.net
Information regarding the Managing Mood, Emotions and Relationships
Pathway:
In this pathway, you will join a strong multi-disciplinary
team, providing assessments and therapy to children with severe, chronic and
enduring mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety-based disorders and
Trauma.
You would work with children, young people and families to
understand their experiences and presenting concerns in order to provide an
appropriate evidence-based intervention and work closely with other agencies to
support the best outcomes.
The multi-disciplinary teams are diverse including; Clinical
Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapists, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists,
CBT Therapists, Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists and Mental Health
Practitioners from a range of backgrounds including Nursing, Occupational
Therapy, Social Work and Creative Therapies. This offers the opportunity for
rich and nourishing shared clinical thinking and support.
Information regarding the Children in Care Team
The Children in Care service is a county-wide pathway with
locality hubs within it, which lends itself to the location being negotiable
dependent on an individuals needs so long as service needs can be met.
You will work within a trauma informed multi-disciplinary
team, providing assessments and therapy to children with significant, complex
and enduring mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety-based and
attachment or trauma-related difficulties. This may also include working with
unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people.
You will be expected to work with children, young people and
their families and/or carers to understand their experiences and presenting
concerns in order to develop a collaborative formulation and provide
appropriate evidence-based intervention.
You will also provide consultation and support to other
agencies and work closely with partners in social care. You will contribute to
team discussions, bringing enhanced formulation skills as well as knowledge and
experience to support team processes, reflections and formulation.
The multi-disciplinary team includes; Clinical Psychologists,
Systemic Psychotherapists, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists,
Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists, Children in Care Nurses and
Mental Health Practitioners from a range of backgrounds including Nursing,
Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Creative Therapies. This diverse team
offers the opportunity for rich and nourishing clinical discussions and
support.
Main contacts:
Claire Bird, Operations Manager, c.bird2@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy
- Active registration with the UKCP as a Systemic and Family Therapist
Desirable
- Post qualification specialist therapy / assessment training relevant to children and young people
- Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
- Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies
- Experience of working systemically with a range of children and young people with complex needs, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse
- Experience in providing effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
- Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring their safety in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
- Experience that evidences an ability to attend to diversity and work in a way that promotes anti-discriminatory practice
- Experience of initiating, attending and contributing to multi-professional and inter-agency meetings.
- Experience of managing and processing emotionally distressing information, seeking support as required
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking specialist assessment and evidence-based systemic interventions, with the ability to work with complex needs and undertake risk assessments
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to travel across Devon and work in a variety of locations, e.g. clinic base, schools, home visits
- High level knowledge of clinical presentations in children/young people
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy
- Active registration with the UKCP as a Systemic and Family Therapist
Desirable
- Post qualification specialist therapy / assessment training relevant to children and young people
- Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
- Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies
- Experience of working systemically with a range of children and young people with complex needs, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse
- Experience in providing effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
- Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring their safety in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
- Experience that evidences an ability to attend to diversity and work in a way that promotes anti-discriminatory practice
- Experience of initiating, attending and contributing to multi-professional and inter-agency meetings.
- Experience of managing and processing emotionally distressing information, seeking support as required
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking specialist assessment and evidence-based systemic interventions, with the ability to work with complex needs and undertake risk assessments
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to travel across Devon and work in a variety of locations, e.g. clinic base, schools, home visits
- High level knowledge of clinical presentations in children/young people
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
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Additional information
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
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Integrated Childrens Services
Fishleigh Road
Roundswell Business Park
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 3UD
Employer's website
https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
