Job summary
The post holder will be a Family Therapist responsible for assessing and treating a range of mental health and significant behavioural difficulties in children and young people whom are referred to the team.
You will carry out risk assessments with children & young people and their families routinely and work under the supervision of the team manager and senior Family Therapist to manage these situations effectively.
You will be part of the daily duty rota for the service, which involves screening and managing new referrals, telephone queries and supporting the team where necessary.
You will work with other CAMHS practitioners in the service from all disciplines. You will be a member of a number of internal and external professional networks to ensure that care plans for individual children and services across agencies are co-ordinated efficiently and effectively. This post is a clinical post and the expectation is that 60% of your time is spent in clinical practice.
The Team hold smaller caseloads due to high levels of risk and complexity, there is supervision and MDT to help manage the work.
Main duties of the job
This role is for the Adolescent Treatment Team, this is a specialist team within Lewisham CAMHS, who provide stabilisation, formulation treatment and discharge to high-risk complex mental health presentations for children in Lewisham.
The successful candidate will be a Family Therapist responsible for assessing and treating a range of mental health and significant behavioural difficulties in children and young people whom are referred to the team.
They will carry out risk assessments with children & young people and their families routinely and work under the supervision of the team manager and Principle Family Therapist to manage these situations effectively. They will also be part of the daily duty rota for the service, which involves screening and managing new referrals, telephone queries and supporting the team where necessary.
If successful you will work with other CAMHS practitioners in the service from all disciplines. You will be a member of several internal and external professional networks including Family Therapy Clinics to ensure that care plans for individual children and services across agencies are co-ordinated efficiently and effectively. This post is mostly client facing to manage the high risk and complex presentations of the young people.
About us
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We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service. - Work life balance,flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease,our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation,our staff benefit fromkeyworker housing which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Participate as a multi-disciplinary team member in the setting and reviewing of therapeutic aims, objectives, standards and strategies to provide a high standard of care to clients.
- To provide Family Therapy interventions to a small number of children and families with complex mental health problems.
- To ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact is accurate, up to date and of good quality and within CAMHS & professional requirement standards of record keeping.
- To collect & collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS.
- Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment.
- Work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems.
- To maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people and their families.
- To link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS Teams in terms of referrals and joint work.
- Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
- Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.
- Supervise junior members of the team (Band 5 - 6) or trainees from any discipline.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Participate as a multi-disciplinary team member in the setting and reviewing of therapeutic aims, objectives, standards and strategies to provide a high standard of care to clients.
- To provide Family Therapy interventions to a small number of children and families with complex mental health problems.
- To ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact is accurate, up to date and of good quality and within CAMHS & professional requirement standards of record keeping.
- To collect & collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS.
- Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment.
- Work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems.
- To maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people and their families.
- To link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS Teams in terms of referrals and joint work.
- Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
- Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.
- Supervise junior members of the team (Band 5 - 6) or trainees from any discipline.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oPost-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession and demonstrable practice in this field (A/I/)
- oMasters level qualification in Family and systemic Psychotherapy or equivalent qualification accredited by UKCP (A/I/)
- oRegistered with the UKCP as Systemic Psychotherapist (A/I/)
Desirable
- oOther relevant qualifications linked to CAMHS practice such as Attachment Based Family Therapy/Diploma in Family Interventions for Psychosis.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in CAMHS. (A/I/)
- oExperience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs. (A/I/)
- oExperience of working with, and addressing issues of, diversity (I)
Desirable
- oExperience of developing and carrying out research projects. (A/I/)
Knowledge
Essential
- oHigh level knowledge of the theory and practice of family and systemic psychotherapy, relevant to CAMHS (A/I)
- oTheoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment (A/I)
- oKnowledge of a range of systemic models in assessment and treatment, including specific family and systemic theories and evidence base (A/I)
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues and child protection. (A/I)
Desirable
- oMSc level knowledge of research methodology and complex statistical analysis. (A/I)
Skills
Essential
- oTo communicate skillfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming sensory, emotional, and cultural barriers to communication. (A/I)
- oTo be skilled in systemic assessment techniques including use of genograms, eco-maps, mapping interaction patterns, assessment of relationship to help of clients etc (A/I)
- oSkills in working with, and sensitively managing, several people's needs simultaneously within the context of therapeutic work/consultation (A/I)
Desirable
- oConsultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups within own service. (A/I)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oPost-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession and demonstrable practice in this field (A/I/)
- oMasters level qualification in Family and systemic Psychotherapy or equivalent qualification accredited by UKCP (A/I/)
- oRegistered with the UKCP as Systemic Psychotherapist (A/I/)
Desirable
- oOther relevant qualifications linked to CAMHS practice such as Attachment Based Family Therapy/Diploma in Family Interventions for Psychosis.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in CAMHS. (A/I/)
- oExperience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs. (A/I/)
- oExperience of working with, and addressing issues of, diversity (I)
Desirable
- oExperience of developing and carrying out research projects. (A/I/)
Knowledge
Essential
- oHigh level knowledge of the theory and practice of family and systemic psychotherapy, relevant to CAMHS (A/I)
- oTheoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment (A/I)
- oKnowledge of a range of systemic models in assessment and treatment, including specific family and systemic theories and evidence base (A/I)
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues and child protection. (A/I)
Desirable
- oMSc level knowledge of research methodology and complex statistical analysis. (A/I)
Skills
Essential
- oTo communicate skillfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming sensory, emotional, and cultural barriers to communication. (A/I)
- oTo be skilled in systemic assessment techniques including use of genograms, eco-maps, mapping interaction patterns, assessment of relationship to help of clients etc (A/I)
- oSkills in working with, and sensitively managing, several people's needs simultaneously within the context of therapeutic work/consultation (A/I)
Desirable
- oConsultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups within own service. (A/I)
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
