Job summary
This is an excellent opportunity for a clinician with an enthusiasm for working with this client group to join our busy community CAMHS Eating Disorders team. We are keen to recruit candidates with experience of working in eating disorders or child and adolescent mental health from child and adolescent psychotherapy. We are a multidisciplinary team and there is excellent support within each professional group, and there are good opportunities for training and development in this specialist area.

The primary role will be assessment and therapy work using Family Therapy for Anorexia (FT-AN), and ARFID (FT-AR) training is available in this model. Successful candidates will also provide other therapeutic interventions within their professional child and adolescent psychotherapy expertise. We are a multidisciplinary team and we work closely with our partner agencies.

We have additional funding to expand our ARFID service. Successful candidates will work as part of our community team, and will also contribute to service development.

Main duties of the job

• Providing Family Therapy for Anorexia (FT-AN), and ARFID other therapeutic interventions, to children and young people with eating disorders as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Working with the professional network around a child.
• Participating in the team's triage and assessment system.

Clinical responsibilities

• 1.1 The post-holder will be a key clinician within the multidisciplinary assessment clinic for new referrals and will be responsible for delivering the FT-AN model where appropriate in a timely, efficient and sensitive manner, working alongside professional colleagues.
• 1.2 To communicate with the family, referrer, other professionals and the specialist multidisciplinary team in a sensitive and skilled manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans, and co-ordinate a care package appropriate for the client's needs.
• 1.3 To assume responsibility for managing own caseload, following the Trust and service protocols. This will include reviewing and assessing the young person's level of risk on a regular basis changing the treatment plan accordingly and liaising with the young person's Senior Clinicians as required.
• 1.4 In conjunction with the specialist multidisciplinary team, to identify and assess the suitability of discipline relevant interventions for cases as identified, incorporating the capacity of the individual, family and network to support the suggested intervention.
• 1.5 In addition to provision of multidisciplinary assessments, the post-holder will be responsible for carrying out therapeutic assessments relevant to their core discipline, devising a detailed care and treatment plan.
• 1.6 With reference to own professional limitations ensure excellent communication with colleagues within the CAMHS Eating Disorders Service and generic CAMHS teams when dealing with complex mental health risk assessments for eating disorder clients. Where required ensure safe transfer of care.

Person specification
Essential

• Relevant core profession within allied health profession
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence
• Eligible for Chartership as a clinical Psychologist (BPS)
• HCPC registration
• Post-graduate training in Systemic and Family Psychotherapy as accredited by the Association of Family Therapy (AFT)
• UKCP registration
• Recognised postgraduate level training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy conferring eligibility for full membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists
• Professionally registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists
• Degree or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
• Active professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Experience of specialist multidisciplinary assessment and treatment in a CAMHS and/or eating disorder service
• Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team located in a community health care setting
• Ability to work independently and manage own work within multidisciplinary and supervisory structures of the team
• Experience of working with professional networks e.g. education, social services
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents including Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults Policies and Procedures
• Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education Structures, National policies and procedures
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Enthusiastic about therapeutic working in Eating Disorder CAMHS settings
• Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of the supervisor
• Able to use time effectively and prioritise workload
• Ability to be reflective about own practice and style
• Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting, with evidence of ability to communicate in a way that is understood by professionals without any psychological training
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice
• Interest in and ability to contribute to service development
• Basic IT skills including word processing, use of email and internet
• Concentrating on therapeutic session
• Ability to sustain mental, emotional demands of working with a potentially life threatening and complex patient group with eating disorders and their families

Desirable

• Experience of working with children, adolescents and their parents, with a range of mental health difficulties, and reflecting the full range of clinical severity
• Experience of working in a specialist eating disorders service
• Experience of the application of therapy in different cultural contexts
• Experience of working with people in groups
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short and long term therapeutic interventions with individuals and families and its application to Eating Disorders
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks in relation to the patient group
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings

Employer details
Employer name: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Queen Mary's House, 23 East Heath Road, London, NW3 1DU, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Contact
For questions about the job, contact: Elizabeth Anscombe, Lead Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, elizabeth.anscombe@nhs.net

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applicants requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome to apply and will be considered alongside all other applications.