The South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are pleased to host a 12-month, 22.5hrs per week temporary contract, working in the Wakefield PAIR Team.
Eligibility
We welcome applications from suitably qualified and registered Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists who have a special interest in working with parents and infants.
Responsibilities
* The successful candidate will provide specialist psychotherapy into a dedicated parent‑infant relationships team, ensuring specialist leadership for the development of the psychological elements of delivery and pathways.
* They will deliver Parent‑infant Psychoanalytic psychotherapy with families in a variety of settings across the whole Wakefield district.
* They will ensure delivery of multiple specialist therapeutic interventions on a one‑to‑one or group basis.
* Interventions will include Parent‑infant psychotherapy, Video Interaction Guidance and the Circle of Security Parenting Programme, providing families with a cohesive multidisciplinary treatment offer.
* They will support case discussion and supervision in the specialist PAIR team as well as supporting case discussion/supervision for professionals working at Tier 1/universal services and Tier 2/targeted services level.
* It is anticipated the psychotherapist’s time will be split approximately: 70 % providing direct interventions to families and 30 % providing capacity‑building activities across the system.
* The post holder will provide psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for women and their babies experiencing mental health issues during pregnancy and up to the baby being two years of age.
* They will have oversight of the caseload for complex cases requiring parent‑infant psychotherapy and a range of other specialist interventions.
* The post holder will lead on developing links across community services which provide services to families and infants to offer consultation and supervision, building a robust system and workforce.
* The role will also include providing Parent‑Infant awareness training to ensure that staff remain up to date and all interventions are evidence‑based.
* They will work in partnership with PAIR Team Clinical Leads to continue to shape and develop the PAIR team.
* The Service operates Monday‑Friday; 9.00 am‑5.00 pm; however successful applicants would be expected to have the flexibility to work occasional extended hours to facilitate service effectiveness. Car driver essential.
About the Trust
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities; we do this by providing high‑quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non‑clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
Equal Opportunity
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups; we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Member Engagement
Being a foundation Trust means we’re accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join Us
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
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