Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist

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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 4 days (0.8) Band 8a post, based at Brighton & Hove community CAMHS will be a fully integrated member of the locality team. They will provide assessment, systemic formulation, intervention and consultation, and join a thriving county wide community of Family & Systemic Psychotherapists 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.

The applicant will be expected to thinking strategically about the development of the service and adhere to systemic clinical governance, including the involvement and evaluation of outcomes measures.

The successful applicant will use their systemic knowledge and skills to contribute into the team thinking regarding the complexities of families and systems. This post includes training, consultation and supervision as well as the strategic planning of the service and being a leader to influence changes within the service.

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 Trust Wide 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

Utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development and research

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 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.

70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work

79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team

77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Date posted

22 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

354-CS-21327

Job locations

Aldrington Centre, Brighton & Hove

Brighton & Hove

BN3 4AG

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 Brighton & Hove 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 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 Sussex.

The learning, training and development of our systemic practitioners and Psychotherapists is a key focus and Brighton & Hove CAMHS are in partnership with training institutions and courses to be able to support the learning and development of our colleagues.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 Brighton & Hove 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 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 Sussex.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised accredited post graduate level training in family & systemic psychotherapy, as specified in the relevant Appendix
Professionally registered as specified in the appendix

knowledge and Experience

Essential

Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the 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 served by the post, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context
Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context.

Desirable

Experience of specialist psychological therapy assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings and client groups including both adults and children

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised accredited post graduate level training in family & systemic psychotherapy, as specified in the relevant Appendix
Professionally registered as specified in the appendix

knowledge and Experience

Essential

Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the 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 served by the post, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context
Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context.

Desirable

Experience of specialist psychological therapy assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings and client groups including both adults and children

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.