Psychological Therapist

Do you have the ambition, creativity and clinical skills to contribute to the development of new mental health services for children and young people? With the National conversation increasingly focused on young people's mental health this is the time to be at the forefront of the development of these services.

We are excited to be recruiting a Psychological Therapist to work in our U18 Wellbeing Service in East Suffolk. U18 Wellbeing are based at the heart of our communities, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support.

We are looking for a psychological therapist part time 4 days per week (30 hours). You will work closely with the Clinical Team Manager and Clinical Lead in the team to support the clinical delivery of the service. We are open to applicants with psychological therapy training (i.e. CBT/ systemic psychotherapy) and experience of working in a mental health service (and ideally with children and families).

This role will be based in the Under 18s Wellbeing Team, covering the East of Suffolk

We encourage applicants from varied backgrounds, including; nursing, social work, occupational therapy and psychology.

In this role you will be responsible for providing a high-quality service to children and young people (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, through early intervention and offering the right support at the right time. You will work across a range of education settings.

You will use your clinical skills and experience for direct delivery of evidence-based interventions to support children and young people referred to the service. You will need to utilise skills and knowledge of child and adolescent mental health practice and be flexible in being able to work in multiple settings i.e. clinic/ school/ children's centres.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

A job in the U18 Wellbeing Service will inevitably be challenging and demanding at times, but it will also be immensely rewarding and provide you with great opportunities to make a genuine difference to the lives of others. You will join a service that has developed a caring, creative and hard-working environment; your ideas about how this new service continues to develop and grow will be highly valued.

This is an exciting time of Transformation of mental health services in Suffolk, which U18 Wellbeing and the wider EI CAMHS service are at the forefront of. These changes are driven by the needs of local communities, with the aim of embedding mental health services within the community and truly bringing the expertise to where it is needed. NSFT in collaboration with the Suffolk alliance partners are striving to deliver services within the Thrive framework.

We would welcome any informal conversations about these roles. Please do contact us for more information.

For further details regarding the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

• Health or Social Care professional qualification RMN, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology, Diploma in Social Work.
• Postgraduate diploma in CBT or CAT or family therapy or equivalent

• Training and ability to deliver other therapeutic approaches e.g. DBT, EMDR, IPT

• Able to demonstrate a flexible enabling approach to service delivery

• Specialist knowledge of CAT/CBT protocols and treatments.

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.