CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Rochester, Kent | United Kingdom
Job description
A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
Do you want to feel that you really make a difference? Are you someone with a passion for trauma-informed work, who wants to be part of changing young people’s lives? We are looking to recruit a motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Family/Systemic Therapist to join our Integrated Healthcare team at HMYOI Cookham Wood in Rochester. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to have a real impact on supporting this population. We care for 15-19 year-old boys in custody; if you are passionate about working with adolescents then this post is for you. Preceptorships will be considered. Applications will be considered from Systemic Practitioners in their last year of clinical masters training. Progression from band 6 to 7 would be subject to qualifying, and UKCP registration. This is an opportunity to be part of this innovative model and use your clinical and interpersonal abilities, develop new skills and work with young people and staff who need high quality care. This is a varied role working within a rich multidisciplinary team using a formulation-driven, trauma systems approach according to the SECURE STAIRS framework. This Role provides a comprehensive, specialist, trauma-informed therapeutic service to young people, their families and prison staff at HMYOI Cookham. The post holder will offer specialist assessments and interventions to meet the needs of young people within their family context and their overall formulation-based care plan. The Family/Systemic Therapist role provides a comprehensive, specialist, trauma-informed therapeutic service to young people and prison staff at HMPYOI Cookham Wood. The role will also involve the assessment of the mental health and psychological needs of young people, comprehensive formulation and the delivery of specialist systemic interventions. This will include providing advice and consultation on young people’s mental health to other clinical and non-clinical members of the wider MDT within the YOI. The post involves having a key role in the delivery of the SECURE STAIRS Integrated Care framework and sits as part of our Health & Wellbeing (CAMHS) team. This will involve providing clinical input to a dedicated landing to support the trauma informed integrated care framework. This will include developing good working relationships with staff and young people, supporting staff to develop skills in reflective practice and understanding of key theories, such as trauma-informed care and adolescent development. CNWL NHS Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner. We have a Health and Justice Directorate, within which sits the ‘Children and Young People’ Service line working in partnership with ‘Youth Custody’ colleagues to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, neuro-developmental and substance misuse services to the young people within our services. We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL. Black and minority ethnic young people, are over-represented in the criminal justice system. We strive to deliver a culturally competent and responsive service that can meet the needs of our population. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. This role will provide a comprehensive, specialist family therapy service to young people at HMYOI Cookham Wood, and their families / support networks. You will contribute to the development of understanding around systemic practice within the custodial environment, linking with operational colleagues to promote joint working and collaboration. You will provide specialist mental health and psychological assessment and therapy (as appropriate to professional training) as well as offering advice and consultation on young people’s care to other members of the core team on a given landing or unit. You will support the core support team in the process of multi-disciplinary collaborative formulation; particularly bringing the family context/perspective; provide reflective practice, training and support to custodial colleagues in their day-to-day management of young people in the prison. This advert closes on Thursday 7 Mar 2024Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
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