Psychological Therapist: Systemic Family Therapist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, to join our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Hartlepool.

The post will involve working in the community within the supportive and collaborative multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist assessment, formulation and interventions to young people and their families experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties.

The successful applicant will offer advice, consultation, supervision and training to other members of the CAMHS team and will play a key role in continuing to develop the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working of the teams.

The team are keen to maintain their therapies offer alongside the existing Clinical Psychologists and Psychological Therapies offered by other members of the team.

This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Main duties of the job

Experience of working with young people and families is important, as well as the ability to work effectively within the multi-disciplinary team and with our multi-agency partner organisations.

The post holder will receive regular supportive supervision and work closely with psychology colleagues based both within the Hartlepool CAMHS Getting More Help team, but also across the wider psychology team in CAMHS within the Tees Valley. There is a strong psychological professions network across the trust and within the CAMHS directorate.

This vacancy is open to either a newly qualified or an experienced Specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist (see job specification for full details).

Psychological Professions provide key leadership roles within the Trust. To support this, we have developed leadership profiles for each psychology band and the profile card associated with this post is attached on NHS Jobs. You can find more information about the NHS Leadership Academy’s Healthcare Leadership Model and the profiles at their website. We encourage you to look at these resources as they will play a part in the interview process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

The post holder will have a key role in providing assessments as well as a therapeutic, consultative and advisory service in relation to Children and Young People, their families and carers, according to identified clinical need. This can at times be in urgent, highly pressured and complex situations and circumstances.  In addition to direct clinical work, providing consultation and where necessary clinical supervision to other team members is an important element of the role.

Applicants should have experience in working within CAMHS services and show strong trauma-informed values.  The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, motivated, and demonstrate a commitment to delivering excellent mental health care and evidence-based interventions. Opportunities to develop special interests and co-work will be encouraged, as will opportunities to undertake service development activities.