Systemic Family Therapist

South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 46,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Greater London is seeking a part-time Systemic Family Therapist to join their CAMHS team. You will work within a supportive multidisciplinary environment to assess and deliver effective family therapy interventions for children and young people. The role requires excellent clinical skills, knowledge of systemic therapy, and a passion for improving family dynamics. A relevant mental health qualification is essential. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the mental health and well-being of families in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in working with children and families in a mental health setting.
• Knowledge of systemic interventions and therapeutic models.
• Ability to conduct assessments and therapy sessions.

Responsibilities

• Join a multi-disciplinary team to provide family therapy.
• Conduct assessments and deliver systemic interventions.
• Evaluate treatment options considering complex factors.

Skills

Experience in CAMHS

Clinical communication

Risk management

Evidence-based therapy

Education

Relevant mental health qualification

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a part time Systemic Family Therapist to work in our Kingston Tier 2/Getting Help Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in the London Borough of Kingston. This is an exciting opportunity for a Systemic Family Therapist with experience of working in CAMHS to work in a supportive and friendly multi-disciplinary team to undertake assessments, and deliver systemic interventions with children, young people and their families.

Main duties of the job

• Join a multi-disciplinary team in Kingston CAMHS;
• Carry out high quality assessments;
• Provide evidence-based family therapy treatments; contribute to family therapy clinics;
• Have an agreed job plan with specified activity and throughput levels;
• Co-ordinate care for children, young people and families on their caseload;
• Manage risk within team, Directorate and Trust structures;
• Work to relevant professional and ethical guidelines, and within the framework of Directorate and Trust policies and procedures;
• Use screening and outcome measures in clinically meaningful ways to demonstrate treatment effectiveness and seek feedback about user experience;
• To provide specialist assessments of young children and their parents/carers referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources where appropriate, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews in line with CYP IAPT methodology;
• To formulate and implement plans for evidence-based interventions, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, to improve the parent/child relationship;
• To be responsible for implementing a range of systemic interventions employed individually and in synthesis, maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses, adjusting and refining formulations or understandings, drawing upon different explanatory models and employing methods of intervention that are based upon evidence of efficacy;
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and the family;
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans;
• To provide specialist mental health advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the care of the young child and their parents/carers;
• To contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes, to ensure young children and their parents/carers receive holistic and co-ordinated services in response to their mental health needs;
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for young children and their parents/carers;
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of young children and their parents/carers who are under their care;
• To monitor progress during the course of interventions, ensuring that all interventions are fully assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated in conjunction with CYP IAPT minimum dataset standards;
• To maintain accurate and accessible health care records according to Trust policy and Information Governance requirements;
• To demonstrate high level communication skills, both written and verbal, within all agencies.

Teaching, Training, and Supervision

• The post holder will be expected to undertake teaching, training and supervision in accordance with CAMHS Directorate common expectations for P&P staff and in line with the strategy agreed within the CAMHS Directorate;
• To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior psychologist / systemic family psychotherapist and, where appropriate, other senior colleagues;
• To gain additional experience and skills relevant to the profession and/or the service (as agreed with the responsible professional and team manager) in accordance with the CAMHS Directorate's common expectations for P&P staff;
• To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staff's psychological work as appropriate;
• If required, to provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings.

Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development

• To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the service's operational policies and services (as directed), through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit;
• To contribute to a culture that is therapeutic, productive, accessible, inclusive and flexible to meet the needs of the local population.

Research and Service Evaluation

• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members;
• To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.

At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion. As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:

• BME (Evolve) Staff Network
• Christian Staff Network
• DiverseAbility
• Deaf Staff Network
• Mental Health Staff Forum
• Women's Staff Network
• LGBTQIA+

We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and has signed the Armed Forces Covenant. We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.

Please note:

• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received;
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system;
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful;
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees;
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process;
• That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles);
• That we are a smoke-free Trust.

NHS AfC: Band 7