Family & Systemic Psychotherapist

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Camden Town is seeking a Family Therapist to join the Children and Young People's Eating Disorder Service. The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team providing systemic interventions for children with eating disorders. Responsibilities include patient assessments and facilitating parent support groups. The role offers a permanent position in a supportive environment focused on patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Experience with systemic interventions for child and adolescent eating disorders.
• Ability to conduct regular initial assessments of new patients.
• Experience in delivering parent groups and supporting external professionals.

Responsibilities

• Carry out assessments for newly referred patients.
• Deliver and facilitate carer's skills groups.
• Provide duty support to professionals and families.

Skills

Systemic interventions

Family Based Treatment (FBT)

Triaging new referrals

Job description

The Vincent Square Eating Disorder Service offers specialist services for children and young people who are suffering from eating disorders. The service provides a range of treatments across the existing outpatient service.

We currently have a permanent position for a band 7 Family Therapist to work in the Children and Young People's Eating Disorder Service. The post holder will work alongside a team of family therapists, psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists and other disciplines.

The job will be split between our sites in South Kensington and Chelsea, and Harrow-on-the-Hill. You will provide specialist systemic interventions for child and adolescent eating disorders in the outpatient service, including Family Based Treatment (FBT) and Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa (FT-AN).

Responsibilities include:

• Carrying regular initial assessments of newly referred patients to the service.
• Delivering and facilitating an existing carer's skills/parent group.
• Providing duty support to external professionals and families looking for advice and support, including triaging of new referrals.

About our organisation: We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.