Family and Systemic Psychotherapist

NHS; Reading; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Band 7 Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join their community mental health team in Reading. The role involves delivering assessments, therapeutic interventions, and care coordination for young people. This part-time position offers flexible working arrangements and professional development opportunities, contributing to a supportive and outstanding-rated service.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days' annual leave

Access to wellbeing tools and services

Generous maternity and paternity leave

Qualifications

• Qualified Family and Systemic psychotherapist accredited by UKCP.
• Graduate qualification in relevant discipline.
• Postgraduate Masters from accredited course.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive assessments and care coordination.
• Deliver individual and family sessions.
• Participate in service development and audits.

Skills

Experience in children, young people and families Mental Health services

Ability to manage a caseload

Excellent communication skills

Education

Postgraduate Masters in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy

Accreditation with UKCP

Job description

Are you a qualified (or about to qualify) Family and Systemic Psychotherapist seeking a varied role in a supportive, collaborative team?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 psychotherapist to join our Berkshire CAMHS West Specialist Community Team, covering Reading, Wokingham, and Newbury. Your main base will be Erlegh House, in the beautiful grounds of the University of Reading.

The Specialist Community Teams provide assessments, therapeutic interventions, and care coordination for children and young people with moderate to severe complex mental health difficulties. Working with a complex, diverse and varied caseload across social, cultural, and individual differences, your role includes:

• Delivering assessments, interventions and care
• Offering individual and family sessions and running reflective clinics
• Collaborating with schools, social care, and other agencies
• Being involved in service development
• Receiving regular supervision ongoing learning opportunities

You might be a newly qualified therapist seeking excellent learning opportunities from senior therapists and psychologists, or an experienced practitioner looking for a flexible role in a compassionate service. This part time role could be four full days or five shorter days to fit around any other commitments. Our Trust is rated "Outstanding" by the CQC and is recognised for its supportive culture, where staff feel valued.

Main duties of the job

Provide comprehensive assessments and therapeutic interventions to young people and their families, as appropriate.

Provide care co-ordination for young people open to the Service.

Independently manage an appropriately sized caseload.

Offer supervision and training to junior colleagues and other agencies as appropriate.

Work with colleagues to support the clinical leadership of the team.

Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and within a multiagency system.

Work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice.

Contribute to audit, service development and research, as appropriate.

Maintain own continuing professional development and contribute to team professional development initiatives

Applications for this role will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to apply ASAP, as vacancies may close early

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Job responsibilities

The must haves for this role:

• A qualified or about to qualify Family and Systemic psychotherapist accredited by UKCP
• A core profession as per the job specification
• Experience in children, young people and families Mental Health services (this could include placements)
• A UK driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the equivalent ability to effectively reach rural locations.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Christina Subrai, Team Manager on 07815485190 or email: [e-mail].

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

• Graduate qualification in relevant mental health or social care related discipline or equivalent, e.g. Practitioner Psychologist registered with HCPC, Registered Mental Health Nurse (NMC), Occupational Therapist registered with HCPC, or Social Worker registered with HCPC, Psychotherapist registered with UKCP
• Postgraduate Masters in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy from a course that is accredited by the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT)
• Accreditation with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
• Additional training and accreditations (or working towards these) in relevant models to reflect post qualification interests/ specialism (e.g., particular therapy models and accreditations, Health Psychology, Neuropsychology).

Continuous Professional Development

• Evidence of training and/or interest and knowledge in psychological models and therapeutic approaches relevant to the post.
• Commitment to continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant accrediting body.

Experience

• Experience of working in evidence-based ways with services users (and their carers/families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the range of settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of dealing with highly distressing or emotional circumstances, such as serious mental illness, child and sexual abuse, exploitation, and complex family dynamics
• Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environmen
• Experience of service development and carrying out clinical audit, evaluative research and applying the findings
• Experience of working with, and addressing issues of diversity, including experience of working with diversity, multiculturalism, and equality of access to service.
• Experience of delivering teaching and training to staff
• Experience of providing clinical supervision, mentoring, or providing structured guidance to other staff

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrable knowledge, skills and abilities in the practice of psychological/neuropsychological or psychotherapeutic assessment, formulation and intervention, relevant to the service area.
• Knowledge and understanding of service evaluation, audit and research and completing this in the NHS.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, technical and/or sensitive information to service users, their carers/families and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to support, influence and engage with clinicians, stakeholders and service users to create change and improvement
• The ability and skills to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system.
• Advanced IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS office/Teams, One Consultation and the internet).

Additional Requirements

• Able to work flexibly around working patterns as required
• Ability to travel independently between locations in Berkshire to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£50,008 to £56,908 a year, per annum, pro rata (Incl of HCAS)