Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Systemic Family Therapist

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Job summary

Are you a systemic family therapist who is interested in taking on a new challenge? The role will be working across Leigh House General Adolescent Inpatient Unit and a brand-new, innovative day programme for young people with eating disorders. At the core of this programme is a systemic approach, clinically led by a systemic family therapist.

Working with a comprehensive multidisciplinary team of clinicians, you will help to develop and deliver an inpatient and day programme for young people. Systemic family therapy is a key intervention and highly valued in the inpatient service, not only helping to support young people and families but positively contributing to the therapeutic milieu.

Systemic and multi-family therapy interventions will be central to the day programme, alongside a range of occupational therapy, nursing, creative therapy and psychologically led groups. The service will deliver evidence-based interventions to prevent the need for admission to hospital. The day programme will have strong links with community eating disorders services in CAMHS and adult services, the Closer2Home intensive home treatment service and the inpatient service.

For more information, please contact Dr Matt Burdock, Principal Clinical Psychologist, Leigh House (matthew.burdock@southernhealth.nhs.uk)

Main duties of the job

To provide a Systemic Family Therapy service to individuals, and their families and carers, incorporating highly specialist assessment and treatment. The service may be offered within the Leigh House Day Programme, inpatient service or on a more flexible outreach basis (following a multidisciplinary risk assessment) according to clinical need.

The post-holder will ensure the systematic provision of high-quality specialist psychological assessment and intervention for young people and their families/carers, with an emphasis on co-production. The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines. The post-holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.

The post-holder will provide a vital link between a young person's family or carers and the inpatient service and day programme. They will also provide advice and consultation on systemic issues to colleagues across the service and help other staff to understand how aspects of family functioning influence a young person. The post holder will offer Multi Family Therapy to families of young people suffering from an eating disorder. The role will involve working with colleagues to promote a systemically informed service.

The post-holder will provide supervision and management of trainee and qualified staff as required. The post holder will work within the psychological therapies team within the service and alongside a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Date posted

21 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

348-SS-I-909A

Job locations

Leigh House

Alresford Road

Winchester

Hampshire

SO21 1HD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

To have undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g., psychiatric nursing, psychology, medicine, social work, occupational therapy, or management
A post-graduate clinical Diploma/master's degree in Systemic Family Therapy from a training institute recognised by the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT) or equivalent (e.g. the equivalence criteria laid down by UKCP for "grandparent" and "APEL" qualification as Family Therapists).
The Post-holder must possess an active registration as a Systemic Psychotherapist with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

To have undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g., psychiatric nursing, psychology, medicine, social work, occupational therapy, or management
A post-graduate clinical Diploma/master's degree in Systemic Family Therapy from a training institute recognised by the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT) or equivalent (e.g. the equivalence criteria laid down by UKCP for "grandparent" and "APEL" qualification as Family Therapists).
The Post-holder must possess an active registration as a Systemic Psychotherapist with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

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.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leigh House

Alresford Road

Winchester

Hampshire

SO21 1HD

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leigh House

Alresford Road

Winchester

Hampshire

SO21 1HD

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)