Job overview

Band 7 family Lead  Early Intervention Psychosis service in Birmingham. The role is to  lead on Family Interventions. The position holds an important role in actively shaping and supporting the work within the service undertaking and delivering family interventions to our service users and carers.

 There will be ongoing process of evaluating family interventions, carer support in the service and liaising with the team and managers around the service development in relation to supporting family interventions using BFT (Behavioural Family Therapy) evidence-based approach.

This Role will be dual with some reduced caseload in care coordinating first episode of psychosis. The core features of the EIP model are based on the NICE guidance for young people and adults for psychosis and ensuring we are meeting the national NCAP (National clinical Audit of psychosis) standard in delivering family interventions

Main duties of the job

The post holder will fulfil a dual role of care co-ordinating a caseload of young people experiencing a first episode of psychosis (8 cases) within a designated team combined with providing leadership over the delivery of family interventions across the wider Birmingham EIP service.

The care coordinating role will focus on delivery of key interventions as per the NICE standards of care for EIP. The post holder will demonstrate excellent engagement skills and build relationships with young people that form the basis of offering a high standard of evidence based clinical care.

Working closely with the services Head of Nursing and Clinical Pathway Lead they will support the delivery of interventions such as behavioural family therapy in the 4 EIP teams through the offer of training, individual and group supervision and advice and guidance to the MDT’s. Where required they will also jointly deliver interventions with complex cases to support care coordinators and the clinical team. The post holder will also support the services Head of Nursing in improving the offer of structured, evidence based carer support with consideration of how we deliver carer groups both face to face and virtually.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.