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The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
Waltham Forest CAMHS are seeking an experienced UKCP/BACP registered Systemic practitioner to join our emotional difficulties pathway and as part of the family therapy team. We have a 1 year fixed term post available to cover maternity leave.
The postholder will be expected to provideassessmentsandsupportingdiagnosisforyoungpeoplewithemotionalwellbeingandmental health problem, and prioritizingandmanagingownworkloadwithminimalsupervision. Asoneoftheseniorpractitioners, providing servicestoamulticulturalanddiversepopulation, the clinician will be responsible for delivering a very high standard of care to children and young people andworkautonomouslyandincollaborationwithotherhealthcareprofessionals, statutory and voluntary agencies to deliver excellent standards of care, ensuring the voice of the young person is central to care delivery and outcomes.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide assessments of children and young people referred to the team
2. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management
3. Formulate and implement care plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person’s problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings
4. Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
5. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
6. Take responsibility for case management of caseload, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
7. Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary care.
8. Be responsible for implementing a range of family therapy interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, grounded in the principles and techniques of systemic and family therapy. These will include medium and short term interventions as appropriate to need.
9. Provide specialist expertise, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to children and young people’s formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans.
10. Contribute directly and indirectly to a framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all children and young people using the service, across all settings and agencies serving children and young people with mental health problems and challenging behaviour.
11. The post holder will undertake triage assessments and any other duties as appropriate to the grade/role and work flexibly across CAMHS/Trust sites to provide cover for absences/service changes when required.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 – 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind.
We are respectful.
We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
12. Systemic practitioner qualification
13. Must have UKCP/BACP
Desirable criteria
14. Must have experience of working with families in CAMHS
15. Must have experience of working with complexities and safeguarding
Essential
Essential criteria
16. Must be able to work autonomously
Desirable criteria
17. Must be able to work with reflecting teams
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
18. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
19. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
20. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
21. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.