Job summary
Trafford CAMHS is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced family therapist. The Highly Specialist Systemic Family Therapist will carry out systemic assessments of children and young people with complex mental health presentations. They will document the outcome of these assessments, providing formulation, diagnosis, and recommendations for interventions. They will offer a range of individual, family and group therapeutic interventions, including risk management, appropriate for young people and families attending the Service. Through dynamic leadership you will offer support and encouragement to the multi-disciplinary team to deliver systemic interventions. You will work with the principals of co-production, inclusion, equality, and accessibility at the heart of your leadership.
You will contribute to the development of the CAMHS Systemic Family Therapy pathway and you will have the opportunity to be involved in service development and quality improvement projects.
You will form part of the CAMHS Supervision Structure and will offer supervision and line management as appropriate.
Trafford CAMHS is in the town of Sale in Greater Manchester and serves a diverse community. You will be part of an expanding and energetic CAMHS team . Trafford CAMHS delivers services in line with the Thrive framework and sees service user feedback and participation as key components of service delivery and development.
Main duties of the job
The role will include:
- Work with children and families with mental health and social problems using a variety of approaches coherent with a systemic perspective.
- Applying analytical skills to multi-layered complex cases.
- Formulating comprehensive assessments and offer effective treatment based on systemic principles.
- Providing ongoing treatment in complex, often unstable, and frequently changing circumstances.
- Liaising with and management of complex professional networks in relation to individuals and families.
- Consulting to professional colleagues within and outside CAMHS.
- Having excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Routinely measuring clinical outcomes and deliver evidence-based clinical interventions.
- Providing clinical leadership and specialist treatment and assessment within your professional sphere of expertise in the service
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate training in systemic family therapists as accredited by IFT or AFT.
- Previous qualification in a relevant profession such as social work, nursing, teaching, psychology, or counselling.
- Substantial length of practice in relevant first profession
- Significant experience of work with children and adolescents in a mental health or equivalent setting
- Experience of teaching, supervision and/or consultation
Please refer to the job description and person specification for further information.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation in relation to young people and mental health
- Highly developed knowledge of evidence-based practice across a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised Family Therapy, gained through qualification, experience, expert clinical supervision and additional courses where needed, and the proven ability to lead, teach and clinically supervise others in Family Therapy
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Evidence of excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage complex and sensitive information
- Ability to contain and hold the stress of others
- Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs
- Able to demonstrate and understanding, acceptance of and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities, treating every person with respect
- Ability to cope with stressful interpersonal situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others as well as supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of junior staff and trainees.
- Evidence of leadership ability, able to influence, involve and develop individuals and teams
- Able to foster partnerships and working relationships with other professional networks
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification In Core Profession
- Post graduate diploma/MSc in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy, and extensive experience of delivering the therapy
- Relevant registration in core profession and/or accreditation by UKCP/AFT
Desirable
- Additional qualifications in psychological therapies
- Mentorship course
- Leadership qualifications
- Post qualification training in clinical supervision
Experience
Essential
- Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range with a full range of presenting problems and across settings including community, outpatient and clinic settings.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment independently and within a multidisciplinary and multiagency context.
- Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
- Demonstrable experience of working with highly complex clinical situations requiring analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options, enabling skilled clinical judgement to be combined with service user wishes
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience of staff management and evidence of managerial skills and knowledge
- Substantial experience of delivering specialist skills in at least one therapeutic modality
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation in relation to young people and mental health
- Highly developed knowledge of evidence-based practice across a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised Family Therapy, gained through qualification, experience, expert clinical supervision and additional courses where needed, and the proven ability to lead, teach and clinically supervise others in Family Therapy
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Evidence of excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage complex and sensitive information
- Ability to contain and hold the stress of others
- Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs
- Able to demonstrate and understanding, acceptance of and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities, treating every person with respect
- Ability to cope with stressful interpersonal situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others as well as supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of junior staff and trainees.
- Evidence of leadership ability, able to influence, involve and develop individuals and teams
- Able to foster partnerships and working relationships with other professional networks
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification In Core Profession
- Post graduate diploma/MSc in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy, and extensive experience of delivering the therapy
- Relevant registration in core profession and/or accreditation by UKCP/AFT
Desirable
- Additional qualifications in psychological therapies
- Mentorship course
- Leadership qualifications
- Post qualification training in clinical supervision
Experience
Essential
- Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range with a full range of presenting problems and across settings including community, outpatient and clinic settings.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment independently and within a multidisciplinary and multiagency context.
- Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
- Demonstrable experience of working with highly complex clinical situations requiring analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options, enabling skilled clinical judgement to be combined with service user wishes
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience of staff management and evidence of managerial skills and knowledge
- Substantial experience of delivering specialist skills in at least one therapeutic modality
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).
