Systemic Family Therapist band 8a/7-8a

Job overview

We are looking for a Systemic Family Therapist with a passion for working with children, young people and families to join our friendly and dynamic team at CAMHS inpatients. We are a welcoming team who value thinking and working systemically and have a strong well-being ethos with a supportive, compassionate culture.

This role sits within the therapy team at our specialist CAMHS inpatient unit. The Hope Unit is a 12 bedded General adolescent unit, for children and young people aged 13 to 18.

You would be part of a friendly and dynamic Multi-disciplinary team contributing to the care, formulation, treatment and support for young people and families, who are admitted to the ward.

At the hope Unit we are a kind and compassionate and resilient team, present with purpose, reflecting and growing together. Through kindness, support, appreciation and passion, we create a positive environment where both staff and young people are encouraged to thrive. Every day, we lead with care, celebrate our strengths, and commit to excellence, because together, we make a lasting impact.

This is a part time position in which you would work alongside another Family Therapist and a Systemic Family Practitioner.

Pennine Care is proud to be the Lead Provider for Inpatient CAMHS. There is opportunity for professional and service developments, in line with NHS Inpatient Transformation and the NHS 10 year plan.

Main duties of the job

To undertake highly specialist systemic assessments of children and their families leading to systemic formulations and the delivery of highly specialist systemic psychotherapy to the children and families referred to inpatient CAMHS.

Within your specialist clinical role you will take a lead in providing a highly specialist family therapy.

You will offer leadership, advice, consultation, supervision and training to other professionals within the service and to other professionals in the Directorate who are engaged in family work. The post holder will exercise autonomous judgement in professional practice within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service policies and procedures.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide systemic psychotherapy as an autonomous professional at a highly specialist level employing methods based upon evidence.

At all times work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. This includes abilities to understand and offer therapeutic interventions to a variety of family forms including single parents, same sex couples and their families, extended families and people with mental health difficulties. To take a proactive stance in challenging racism and discrimination and support the development of a culturally competent service.

To undertake detailed and highly specialist psychological and systemic assessment of children and families using such assessment procedures as may be appropriate. This will involve face to face contact with children and families to discuss and work through highly complex, sensitive and personal information related to their mental health presentation. This would also include the completion of personal and relational development, genograms, eco-maps, analysis and assessment of multiple levels of contextual meaning, deconstruction of current interactional patterns of behaviour and meaning around mental health issues and complex relationships, creating methods for client centred analysis of change, through the use of live team observations, videotape analysis, and other systemic assessment tools. To provide highly specialist psychological assessment including issues of risk.

To be responsible for implementing a range of systemic interventions for individuals and their families, including meetings with parents and groups, adjusting and refining systemic formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.