B8a Family Therapist

Alder Hey Children's Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust in Sefton CAMHS is seeking a part-time Family Therapist to support children, young people and families using the service. The post holder will lead systemic practice, supervise trainees and staff, and provide teaching and consultation to enhance systemic thinking across the team.

Working within a multi-disciplinary CAMHS setting, you will assess and intervene with young people and their families, offer supervision to practitioners, and contribute to

Qualifications

• Senior clinician with systemic psychotherapy expertise.
• Ability to supervise trainees and qualified practitioners.
• Experience in teaching and providing consultation within CAMHS.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the therapy lead for systemic/family therapy within Tier 3 CAMHS.
• Provide assessment and intervention with families and young people using systemic principles.
• Offer systemic consultation to the network.
• Provide supervision and consultation to teams and trainees.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines.
• Lead or contribute to research, audit, policy and service development.

Skills

Systemic family therapy

Supervision

Teaching & consultation

Assessment & intervention

Education

Family therapy qualification

Job description

Sefton CAMHS (Alder Hey Children's Hospital) are seeking a part time highly skilled Family Therapist to support the children, young people and families that use the service. The candidate will be a senior member of the team and will be expected to support staff in developing their systemic thinking and practice through teaching, consultation, and supervision, ensuring families accessing the service are provided the best possible care. The role will include supervision of trainee and qualified Systemic Family Practitioners and training supervision of SFP and for Family Therapy will be supported.,

• The post holder will be the therapy lead for systemic psychotherapy/family therapy within Tier 3 specialist CAMHS.
• They will be a specialist practitioner in systemic practice and will provide assessment and intervention with young people and their families/carers based on systemic psychotherapy principles and techniques.
• They will offer systemic consultation to the network informed by systemic principles.
• They will offer supervision and consultation to the teams and related trainees in agreement with the Clinical lead.
• They will work autonomously within professional guidelines.
• They will contribute to and at times lead on aspects of defined research, audit, policy and service development.
  This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Family Therapist to join the Sefton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust. The Family Therapist will be a member of the specialist, multi-disciplinary service and will be supported through supervision by a senior member of the team on a regular basis.

Alder Hey is an equal opportunities employer, and our workforce is currently under-represented from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities and people with disabilities. We would welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds as our ambition is that our workforce is fully reflective of the communities that we serve. Alder Hey is signed up to the disability confident scheme and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the vacancy.