Senior Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Experience as a mental health professional with 2–4 years’ experience working with children, young people, and families in a mental health setting.
• Proven experience working with education settings to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people.
• Knowledge and competence in low-intensity cognitive-behavioural interventions and/or whole-school approaches to mental health.
• Experience delivering supervision, ideally in education settings and including group supervision.
• Familiarity with evidence-based practices for children, young people, and families, including the use of routine outcome measures in supervision.
• Strong critical and creative thinking skills for clinical contexts, including resource development for schools.
• Demonstrated experience involving service users in the design, implementation, and evaluation of services.

• Be part of a team driving meaningful change in mental health services for children and young people.
• Benefit from a supportive environment offering professional development and supervision training opportunities.
• Work in an organisation committed to inclusion, innovation, and delivering impactful care in diverse communities.

Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.

Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Working for Us Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Appropriate qualification and registration to be a senior CYP-MHS clinician
• NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy

Desirable

• Post graduate CYPMH supervisors course

Experience

Essential

• Two years post qualification experience with children, young people and families in a mental health setting.
• Experience of working closely with education settings.
• Experience of delivering CBT - informed supervision. supervising CYPMHS clinicians and trainees
• Experience of working with evidence-based approaches to low mood, anxiety and behaviour problems
• Experience of using Routine Outcome Measures, including in supervision
• Experience of undertaking delegated leadership tasks and managing trainee staff effectively
• Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working and co-working assessments and treatment

Desirable

• Experience of working with children, young people and parents presenting with a range of mental health difficulties and challenging behaviour.
• Formulation and treatment of children and young people with mental health difficulties

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Axe Street Child & Family Centre

Barking

Essex

IG11 7LZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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