Family and Systemic Psychotherapist

Job overview

Permanent | Part Time 30 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join the multidisciplinary team at the Becton Centre for Children and Young People.

The Becton Centre has 3 lodges working with young people with a range of complex mental health presentations  who require intensive assessment, stabilisation and treatment. Family and systemic psychotherapy is a valued and established profession within the MDT.

The successful post holder will join an experienced Principal Family and Systemic Psychotherapist and a range of other psychological professionals (Clinical Psychologists, art psychotherapists and child and adolescent psychotherapists) as part of the varied multidisciplinary team.

As well as joining an established group of psychological professionals within the inpatient CAMH Service, the successful postholder will join the supportive group of Family and Systemic Psychotherapists at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation trust who meet regularly.

This post will be based on Emerald Lodge who support young people under the age of 13 with complex mental health presentations and will input into Ruby Lodge who support young people with learning disabilities and mental health presentations.

Main duties of the job

Reporting into the Professional Lead for Family Therapy Services, some of your responsibilities will include:

• To maintain high‑quality clinical records in accordance with professional and Trust standards.
• Deliver direct family and systemic psychotherapy to children and families who are inpatients at the Becton Centre.
• Contribute a systemic perspective to the MDT assessment, formulation and care planning process for young people alongside other professionals.
• To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across arange of agencies and settings, where appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification.

*** This role has been assigned the occupation code 2229 using the CASCOT coding tool. To check the eligibility of this code for sponsorship and right to work please visit - UKVI web address https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations-and-codes

Please note:  We do not offer visa sponsorship for Band 2 roles.

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