Brandon Centre Systemic Integrative Treatment (BC-SIT) Therapist

Job responsibilities

Model Integrity

• Implement SIT Phase 2 treatment using evidence based models as guided by the SIT Clinical Lead and SIT Supervisor with the ultimate goal of helping families and systems to sustain positive outcomes for young people.

Team and Consultation

• Complete weekly written updates on all cases where contact has been made with either the family or the familys ecology.
• Turn in the weekly updates to the Clinical Lead or Back-up Supervisor 24 hours prior to each group supervision, or as determined by the Supervisor.
• Attend twice weekly half-day group supervision (one with each team). Absences should be rare such as in the instance of competing court hearings, Child Protection Conferences, annual leave, or illness.
• Come to group supervision and consultation prepared to review all current SIT cases and actively participate in discussion of current cases.
• Incorporate feedback from supervision and consultation into the treatment process.
• Attend 6 weekly group reflective supervision

Scheduling and Coverage

• Work a non-traditional schedule and be available to meet with families at times convenient to them
• Not hold additional part-time jobs outside of the agency.
• Work across London Boroughs

Training and Adherence Monitoring

• Participate with the supervisor in the creation of a written clinician development plan and updates and annual appraisals.
• Video and audio tape sessions as requested by the Clinical Lead or Supervisor. Tape at least one session monthly for review at individual supervision.
• Collaborate with supervisor to set up observations of therapeutic work in the community where necessary.
• Spend time with the supervisor or clinical lead and other clinicians in addition to group supervision when needed, e.g. for training, role-plays, etc.
• Incorporate supervisor feedback from tapes, observations, role plays, etc., into development plan and into treatment process.
• Any other duty compatible with the post holders job description and level that may be necessary from time to time.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or Diploma in Psychology, Social Work, CBT, family therapy or a related subject area with experience of working therapeutically with children with behavioural difficulties.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with families with anti-social young people and adolescents, preferably across multiple systems in the young persons natural ecology, including family, peers, school and neighbourhood.
• Knowledge of child and adolescent development and its application in treatment.
• Understanding and experience of safeguarding and managing risk.
• Experience of working in emotive and challenging community settings.
• Experience in at least two of the following:
• Direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic and functional) family therapies
• Delivering individual therapy using cognitive behavioural techniques
• Marital therapy using behaviourally-based approaches
• Delivering behavioural therapy for children and young people displaying challenging behaviour.
• Sound knowledge of at least three of the following:
• Family systems theory and application
• Social ecological theory and application
• Behavioural therapies theory and application
• Cognitive-behavioural therapy theory and application
• Pragmatic family therapies theory and application

Desirable

• Experience working with local government, health or the voluntary sector.

Skills and abilities

Desirable

• High level of communication skills (written and verbal).
• An ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be emotive.
• Ability to be comfortable working with harmful sexual behaviour and associated language.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• Ability to lone work and manage own workload and time flexibly.
• Willingness for clinical work to be closely monitored.
• Sound ICT and Microsoft Office skills.
• Willingness to travel and work out of hours.

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).