We are inviting applications from enthusiastic mental health professionals for a Band 7 post in our multi-disciplinary ARFID Team, part of our eating disorders service for children and young people. Are you someone who enjoys working with young people, is a team player, and is willing to be flexible according to client need? Do you have experience working with children and young people with eating difficulties or neurodiversity? Do you love to learn and want to make a real contribution to developing excellent standards of care? If so, we are keen to meet you and welcome applications from those who may be newly qualified.

We are a friendly, welcoming, innovative, national and specialist ARFID Team working with young people (2 - 17 years) and their families. We offer an inclusive and supportive team environment and are keen to support your professional development and wellbeing. Our multi-disciplinary team includes Clinical Psychology, Nursing, Dietetic, Psychiatry, and Paediatric posts, supported by a friendly Admin Team.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide a specialist service including assessment, treatment, monitoring of outcomes and the provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training. The post holder will also contribute to service evaluation, research and policy development. There are many opportunities available within the service in relation to continued professional development.

Key responsibilities:

To provide a specialist psychotherapeutic/ clinical intervention service to the MCCAED ARFID team including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.

To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.

To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a specialist in ARFID in children and young people.

To work as an autonomous professional within BPS, HCPC and other professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.

About us

Maudsley Hospital (headquarters)

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range of restaurants.

Flexible working:

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 08:00 to 18:00, giving you the very best of good work life balance. (This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The main purpose of this post is to fulfil the role of a band 7 CAMHS Practitioner delivering the highest quality care in a national and specialist service for children and young people with ARFID. The post holder will be expected to:

Provide a specialist psychotherapeutic/clinical intervention service to the ARFID team, MCCAED, based at the Michael Rutter Centre, part of the National and Specialist Services based at the Michael Rutter Centre, supporting children and young people with eating disorders and their families.

Contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.

Provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.

Undertake service evaluation, audit and research.

Work as an autonomous professional within BPS, HCPC and other professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, or MSc PG Diploma or Doctorate in Counselling Psychology or equivalent nursing, or family therapy qualification. (A/I)
• Registration (or eligibility for registration) with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist or equivalent professional registration with HCPC, AFT, UKCP, NMC. (A/I)

Desirable

• Additional training in psychotherapeutic interventions (A/I)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs. (A/I)
• Experience of psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of clients with a range of mental health needs of a complex nature. (A/I)
• Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience. (A/I)
• Experience of developing and carrying out research projects. (A/I)

Desirable

• The Trust encourages and welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges. We see this as valuable and recognise the positive impact this experience can have on the work we do. (A/I)
• Experience of assessment and treatment of clients with eating disorders, in particular ARFID. (A/I)
• Experience of group interventions with young people and parents/carers (A/I
• Experience of assessment/treatment of clients with neurodevelopmental difficulties/disorders (A/I)
• Experience of psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of clients engaging in challenging behaviour (A/I)

Understanding and Knowledge

Essential

• Theoretical knowledge of a wide range of psychopathology and the evidence base for relevant treatment. (A/I)
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities. (A/I)
• Knowledge of research methodology and complex statistical analysis. (A/I)
• Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care. (A/I)

Desirable

• Knowledge of the potential physical risks associated with eating disorders, in particular ARFID (A/I)
• Knowledge of current evidence base relating to the assessment and treatment of ARFID (A,I)

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• To deliver psychotherapeutic interventions across diverse client groups. (A/I)
• To select and administer specialist mental health assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources. (A/I)
• To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information. (A/I)
• To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews. (A/I)
• To plan allocation of tasks to more junior members of the multi-disciplinary team. (A/I)

Desirable

• Skills in working with families (A/I)
• Skills in working with young people with ASD/ADHD and or learning disabilities (A/I)
• Skills in working with young people presenting with risky behaviours such as self-harm (A/I)
• Ability to treat co-morbidities such as OCD, anxiety, depression and self-harm. (A/I)
• Ability to work with young people with eating difficulties in the context of neurodevelopmental disorders such as ASC (A/I)

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Michael Rutter Centre

De Crespigny Park

London

SE5 8AZ

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