Systemic Family Therapist

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Maidstone is seeking a qualified Family Therapy Practitioner to deliver specialist treatment and assessments within CAMHS. The successful candidate will provide psychotherapeutic interventions, conduct assessments, and supervise junior clinicians, ensuring high-quality service delivery. Responsibilities include multi-disciplinary collaboration and adherence to evidence-based treatment. The position offers comprehensive induction and development opportunities, with flexible working arrangements considered.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Equality and diversity initiatives

Qualifications

• Post-graduate qualified family therapy practitioner.
• Fully registered with professional regulatory body.
• Experience in delivering therapeutic interventions to children and adolescents.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and family therapy interventions.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment.
• Maintain knowledge of Trust protocols and policies.

Skills

Family therapy

Psychotherapeutic interventions

Systemic family practice

Clinical supervision

Communication

Education

Post-graduate qualification in family therapy

Registered with HCPC, ACP, AFT

Additional post-graduate qualification in systemic family practice

Job description

Post-holder Overview

The post-holder will be a post-graduate qualified family therapy practitioner; fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, ACP, AFT), plus an additional post-graduate qualification in systemic family practice. The post-holder will provide specialist treatment and assessment within their professional sphere of expertise. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment, and systematic outcome measurement of CAMHS service users and the clinical supervision of junior clinicians within the team, where required. They will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible, and evidence-based service is available to all service users who require this input, throughout the borough. The post-holder will establish and maintain excellent working relationships with wider mental health and wellbeing services and ensure adherence to evidence-based treatments by all clinical staff across the team. The post-holder will be directly involved in delivering and supervising a range of therapeutic interventions, which may include systemic family work, parent work, group work, school observations of children, short term input and specialist psychotherapeutic treatments.

Responsibilities

They will be responsible for all specialist psychotherapeutic assessments and family therapy interventions within their professional sphere of expertise, provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive, and specialist family therapy service for children and adolescents with emotional, behavioural, and mental health issues, along with their carers/parents, and families. They will contribute to the multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health issues, including their carers/parents, and families. They will undertake a range of highly specialist clinical work, urgent assessments, parenting support, and specialist cases. They will contribute to audits and research. They will actively participate in treatment and outcome monitoring, utilizing informed measures associated with CYP-IAPT. They will work within clinical practice, utilizing supervision, and adhere to the overall framework of CAMHS and the Trust's policies and procedures. They will maintain knowledge of Trust protocols and procedures, adhering to them, especially in the administration of medicine and moving and handling. They will exercise professional curiosity in daily roles and act upon findings appropriately. They will provide both formal and informal supervision to junior staff when necessary. They will act as an autonomous professional, fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g., AFT). This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT – NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Benefits

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
• As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Joining #TeamNELFT

NE LFT is a CQC rated Good, and we want to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

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