Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Systemic Family Therapist

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Job summary

We are delighted to offer this opportunity for a dynamic fully-qualified Family and Systemic Psychotherapist with a passion for community CAMHS.

The successful applicant to this permanent full-time Band 7 post, based at Northern West Sussex CAMHS in Horsham, will be a fully integrated member of the locality team. They will provide assessment, systemic formulation, intervention and consultation, and join a thriving community of Family Therapists and systemic practitioners developing high-quality services for young people and families, working with other key young people's services and supporting practice and practitioner development through supervision, consultation, training and other CPD opportunities.

Our service model is a blend of face to face and remote work with young people and families.

The post-holder will receive high standards of individual and group supervision, plus peer and Trustwide CPD opportunities.

Main duties of the job

providing a high-quality, specialist family & systemic psychotherapy service for children and young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties and their families/carers/networks of care
supporting staff, team, project and systemic practice development through supervision, consultation and training
participating in clinical governance
providing generic mental health assessment, care planning, risk assessment and specialist systemic formulation and assessment

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

About us

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Working in Sussex:

Travel easily between stunning countryside, picturesque villages and seaside towns, with great access to Brighton and London
Easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow plus excellent railway links across the UK

Our organisation is rated 'outstanding' for caring and 'good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

See the attached 'Partnership Perks' document for details about our benefits package.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Date posted

24 March 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£40,057 to £45,839 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-CS-20751

Job locations

North West Sussex

North Street

Horsham

RH12 1RJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Family & /Systemic Psychotherapist in our team you will:

- Be accredited in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).

- Have substantial experience in a relevant field of practice

- Have evidence of relevant continuing professional development.

Access to own transport is recommended as this post involves occasional travel to sites across West Sussex. Working from home remotely may be required where clinically applicable and in agreement with your line manager.

MAIN DUTIES

To provide high-quality specialist systemic psychotherapy to children, young people, families, groups and networks of care, within and across teams

To hold and manage a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and client assessment, treatment and discharge, within the bounds of the service operational policy.

To take clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.

To clinically supervise systemic practitioners, systemic trainees and other staff as appropriate.

To provide systemic consultation, mentorship and supervision to team and service members and other professionals working with service users, across a range of agencies/ settings as appropriate.

To contribute to the development and evaluation of Family Therapy and systemic practice within Horsham CAMHS, and to the teams operational policies and services

To utilise research skills to undertake service evaluation, audit and research as appropriate and disseminate the results in the service and nationally.

Clinical:

To formulate and implement highly specialist Family & Systemic Psychotherapy interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining formulations and hypotheses.

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

To provide specialist Family & Systemic Psychotherapy perspectives, guidance and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to clients formulations, diagnoses and treatment plans and to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across relevant settings and agencies.

To undertake risk assessment, formulation and management for individual clients with complex presentations.

To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning client assessment, formulation and treatment plans and to monitor progress during uni- and multi-disciplinary care.

To promote and participate in multi-disciplinary team working, development and liaison.

To act as a care coordinator or lead practitioner as appropriate

To promote actively, user and carer involvement in care planning and service development.

Travel may be required to other localities in West Sussex.

West Sussex CAMHS services build on CYP-IAPT learning and the 'deliver with and deliver well' programme. This is sustained through our collaborative work with users of our services who help shape continuing service transformation with their lived experience.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Please apply using the link in this advert. For more information explore the attachments and/or contact:

Jan Parker, Principal Family & Systemic Psychotherapist: jan.parker@spft.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Family & /Systemic Psychotherapist in our team you will:

- Be accredited in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).

- Have substantial experience in a relevant field of practice

- Have evidence of relevant continuing professional development.

MAIN DUTIES

To provide high-quality specialist systemic psychotherapy to children, young people, families, groups and networks of care, within and across teams

To take clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.

To clinically supervise systemic practitioners, systemic trainees and other staff as appropriate.

To provide systemic consultation, mentorship and supervision to team and service members and other professionals working with service users, across a range of agencies/ settings as appropriate.

To contribute to the development and evaluation of Family Therapy and systemic practice within Horsham CAMHS, and to the teams operational policies and services

To utilise research skills to undertake service evaluation, audit and research as appropriate and disseminate the results in the service and nationally.

Clinical:

To undertake risk assessment, formulation and management for individual clients with complex presentations.

To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning client assessment, formulation and treatment plans and to monitor progress during uni- and multi-disciplinary care.

To promote and participate in multi-disciplinary team working, development and liaison.

To act as a care coordinator or lead practitioner as appropriate

To promote actively, user and carer involvement in care planning and service development.

Travel may be required to other localities in West Sussex.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Please apply using the link in this advert. For more information explore the attachments and/or contact:

Jan Parker, Principal Family & Systemic Psychotherapist: jan.parker@spft.nhs.uk

Person Specification

- Qualifications

Essential

Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in one of the Appendices
Professionally registered as specified in the same Appendix

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Substantial experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the same Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context
A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision
Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context.
Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service
Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group
A high-level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the same appendix, as applied to the client group using this service
Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework. ? Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the same appendix

Person Specification

- Qualifications

Essential

Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in one of the Appendices
Professionally registered as specified in the same Appendix

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Substantial experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the same Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context
A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision
Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context.
Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service
Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group
A high-level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the same appendix, as applied to the client group using this service
Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework. ? Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the same appendix

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

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