Family and Systemic Psychotherapist

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join their innovative team. This role focuses on supporting autistic young people facing significant mental health challenges. You will collaborate with a diverse group of professionals to deliver tailored interventions, ensuring that families receive the comprehensive support they need. With a commitment to enhancing community mental health services, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact while benefiting from extensive professional development and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Free car parking

Free flu vaccinations

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k

Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund

Qualifications

• Post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health profession required.
• Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide systemic assessment and treatment to children and families.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to develop holistic support plans.

Skills

Systemic Psychotherapy

Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Risk Management

Assessment and Formulation

Clinical Supervision

Education

Post-graduate qualification in mental health/social welfare

Masters in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy

UKCP Registration

Job description

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Job Overview

BeeU Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service have an exciting opportunity for a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join a 12-month enhancement of our existing Intensive Support Team (IST).

The team will focus on addressing the mental health needs of autistic young people who are experiencing suicidal ideation, deliberate self-harm or eating distress, where there are difficulties in engaging with the existing therapeutic offer, or where support required is over and above the current service offer.

This enhanced offer will be delivered by a multi-disciplinary team, and you will be working alongside a Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist, a Mental Health Practitioner and a Peer Support Worker.

The clinical model will be informed by autism-affirming, trauma-informed practice, a positive behavioural support approach and family and systemic interventions to ensure timely access to appropriate support in the community with the aim of reducing the need for inpatient admission. As well as direct work with young people and their families, the team will work alongside other teams and services to provide support, consultation, supervision, and training, developing the skills and experience of the BeeU workforce and the wider system.

Main duties of the job

• To work as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist within the BeeU IST as part of a pilot project working with autistic children and young people, their families and the systems around them, where there is a need for highly specialist, intensive input.
• To work with children and young people presenting with high levels of distress and at high risk of hurting themselves or others and of admission to a tier 4 hospital, and their families.
• To work with parents and carers to understand their experiences of caring for autistic young people who present with high levels of distress and risk.
• To provide specialist systemically informed assessment, formulation and psychotherapeutic treatment to the young people eligible for the service and their families, and to work with other members of the MDT to develop a holistic formulation and support intervention planning.
• To provide specialist systemic clinical supervision, consultation and training to IST colleagues and across the BeeU service as required.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

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Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For further details on this role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person specification

Qualifications And Training

Essential criteria

• Post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare/learning disability profession and demonstrable practice over a minimum of three years.
• Masters level qualification (or its equivalent) in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy, accredited with UKCP.
• UKCP Registration and Membership of Association of Family Therapy (AFT).

Desirable criteria

• Qualification in or evidence of training in Clinical Supervision or commitment to this and relevant experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in services for children, young people and their families where multidisciplinary working was embraced as part of service delivery.
• Experience of specialist systemic assessment, formulation and intervention with clients across a range of care settings, including community settings

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with people with Autism who are experiencing high levels of distress and presenting with behaviours that pose a significant risk or harm.

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria

• Highly Specialist skills in using a wide variety of systemic theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting
• Demonstrate an understanding of the need for multi-disciplinary working and an ability to work across professional boundaries
• Ability to effectively formulate risk management plans and to evaluate regularly

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrate an awareness of Positive Behaviour Support and current thinking around the management of behaviours of concern (‘challenging behaviour’)

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider
• Industries
• Hospitals and Health Care

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