Trainee / Family and Systemic Psychotherapist - Eating Disorders

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

The closing date is 16 February 2025

Job summary

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) are seeking a Band 7 Family & Systemic Psychotherapist to join our compassionate and dedicated Eating Disorder Service. As part of our innovative and integrated model of children's community services, this is an exciting opportunity to work with children, young people, and their families who are experiencing eating disorders.

We welcome applications from qualified Family & Systemic Psychotherapists and those with intermediate qualifications who are committed to completing the MSc. In such cases, successful applicants will initially be employed on a Band 6 Trainee Family & Systemic Psychotherapist contract while training, progressing to a Band 7 Family & Systemic Psychotherapist role upon achieving full qualification.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide specialist systemic assessments and evidence-based systemic therapeutic interventions to children, adolescents, and their families within the Eating Disorder Service.

Within this role, you will:

Hold an appropriate caseload and undertake a key worker role for children and young people with eating disorders and complex needs in the community.
Conduct assessments, including risk assessments, contribute to care planning, and deliver evidence-based interventions collaboratively with children, young people, and their families.
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering evidence-based treatments for eating disorders.
Collaborate across pathways and geographical areas as needed, ensuring that services are accessible and equitable for families across Devon.
Ensure clinical effectiveness through the delivery of systemic interventions, routine outcome measures, goal-based practice, and collaborative care.
Take part in service developments that reflect the needs of children and families, contributing to the continuous improvement of the Eating Disorder Service.
Undertake further training to qualify as a Systemic Psychotherapist, leading to registration with AFT (Association of Family Therapy) upon qualification (if applicable).

About us

Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Date posted

04 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9369-25-0084

Job locations

Children & Family Health Devon

Bittern Road

Sowton Industrial Estate

Exeter

EX2 7FW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see full job descriptions attached to this advert: Trainee Job Description and Qualified Job Description

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see full job descriptions attached to this advert: Trainee Job Description and Qualified Job Description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy
Active registration with the UKCP as a Systemic and Family Therapist

Desirable

Post qualification specialist therapy / assessment training relevant to children and young people
Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision

Experience

Essential

Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies
Experience of working systemically with a range of children and young people with complex needs, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse
Experience in providing effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring their safety in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
Experience that evidences an ability to attend to diversity and work in a way that promotes anti-discriminatory practice
Experience of initiating, attending and contributing to multi-professional and inter-agency meetings.
Experience of managing and processing emotionally distressing information, seeking support as required

Desirable

Experience of undertaking specialist assessment and evidence-based systemic interventions, with the ability to work with complex needs and undertake risk assessments

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

Ability to travel across Devon and work in a variety of locations, e.g. clinic base, schools, home visits
High level knowledge of clinical presentations in children/young people

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy
Active registration with the UKCP as a Systemic and Family Therapist

Desirable

Post qualification specialist therapy / assessment training relevant to children and young people
Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision

Experience

Essential

Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies
Experience of working systemically with a range of children and young people with complex needs, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse
Experience in providing effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring their safety in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
Experience that evidences an ability to attend to diversity and work in a way that promotes anti-discriminatory practice
Experience of initiating, attending and contributing to multi-professional and inter-agency meetings.
Experience of managing and processing emotionally distressing information, seeking support as required

Desirable

Experience of undertaking specialist assessment and evidence-based systemic interventions, with the ability to work with complex needs and undertake risk assessments

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

Ability to travel across Devon and work in a variety of locations, e.g. clinic base, schools, home visits
High level knowledge of clinical presentations in children/young people

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.