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Job overview

This is a great opportunity for a highly trained  Family Therapist to join  the Early Interventions service  as a member of the senior clinical leadership team , which includes a First Episode of Psychosis (FEP) and At Risk Mental State (ARMS) pathway .  The post holder will  take a lead and focus for Carers and Families,  ensuring that high quality NICE approved interventions are offered to the support networks surrounding our service users.

The post holder will work alongside colleagues within the MDT to provide evidence-based treatment to  people and families throughout Nottinghamshire county/ city  who present with mental ill health

 Supporting the leadership team to develop  and embed an 'opt in ' approach to working  with carers  families' and friends , that values their experience and expertise. The post holder will take a lead on training, supervision, audit, clinical consultancy  and direct clinical work. They will  work closely with the Family Interventions Team as part of wider wider training and supervision team 

The Early Interventions Service is a county and city wide service, with a strong managerial and clinical team that oversight. The post holder will be expected to travel to different sites/ base as required. However  flexibility is granted  to work from home on occasions and the base can be negotiated.

Main duties of the job

Contribute to the assessment of patients/supporters with a specific responsibility in assessing suitability for Family Intervention’s within the ARMS & FEP pathway

Responsible for the provision of specialist Family Interventions to patients/supporters based on various models of family interventions, within an evidenced based approach.

Make recommendations based on specialist family Interventions of presenting areas for work to be carried out with patients/supporters by staff and provide support and supervision as necessary to colleagues to carry these out.

In conjunction with managers and senior clinicians, develop procedures and processes for the application of Family Interventions within the service.

Support in the facilitation of the Carer Education & Support Programme (CESP)

Support ongoing service development relating to NICE guidelines and EIP access & waiting time standard

Engage with other professionals to development a family inclusive approach for service uses and their loved ones on the  FEP & ARMS pathway (PCN’s CYP services)

Acting as a service ambassador   on a reginal and national level 

To participate as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service including advising both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where Family Interventions is appropriate.

To participate as appropriate in staff recruitment.

Supervision  junior staff

Working for our organisation

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire.  We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions.  We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC