Job summary
My name's Neil Toplis and I am the Operational Manager for Central Norfolk Child and Young Persons Service.

In our service we support young people (aged 0-25 years) who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have enthusiastic and skilled staff who provide the support that is needed - and they are motivated to make a real difference to young people, their families and carers.

Additionally, we are making a number of positive changes to the service; seeing waiting-lists drop and taking opportunities to think innovatively about our practice.

As an employer, I and Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust are particularly committed to enabling our staff to do the very best they can through support and training, as well as opportunities for progression. We are confident, therefore, that the right candidate will have a real chance to make a positive impact to the lives of young people in Norfolk.

We're really excited to offer an opportunity for a Systemic Practitioner to work in our diverse multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to offer systemic interventions to our young people, and being a voice for this practice in our clinical discussions. If appointed you will work across our North and South Youth Teams to truly change the lives of the young people in Norfolk.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver systemic interventions.
• Complete quality assessments with young people.
• Offer support, supervision and informal training to your colleagues.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
• Undertake other clinical tasks within the team.

You will have a PGCert or PGDip in Applied Systemic Practice or equivalent, and a Qualification in a core profession (medicine, social work, nursing, occupational therapy or psychology).

About us
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 are an improving Trust, with ambitious aspirations and pushing ahead with exciting transformation work. We have strong, established nursing 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.

Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Person Specification - Experience - Essential

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous professional experience.
• Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience.
• Experience and competence in completing mental health assessments including core assessments.

Desirable

• Experience of delivering systemic interventions
• Experience of delivering interventions related to own professional experience.

Qualifications - Essential

• PGCert or PGDip in Applied Systemic Practice or equivalent.
• Qualification in a core profession (medicine, social work, nursing, occupational therapy or psychology)

Desirable

• A qualification in provision of supervision
• Ongoing professional registration with professional regulatory body.

Skills - Essential

• Effective analytical and decision-making skills.
• Competent and effective at utilising evidence-based interventions
• Risk assessment knowledge and skills to a level commensurate with job role.

Knowledge - Essential

• Models of assessment, screening and risk assessment and risk management
• Knowledge of outcome measures and their use for clinical and audit purposes
• Evidence based systemic interventions

Desirable

• An awareness of serious mental health presentations (psychosis, bi-polar)
• Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Employer details
Employer name: Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address: Central Youth Service, 80 St Stephen's Road, Norwich, NR1 3RE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website