Job summary
Highly Specialist Systemic Family Therapist - Band 8A
37.5 hours, permanent position
The Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health (Specialist Services CAMHS)
East London NHS Foundation Trust - This is an exciting time for ELFT. Our vision is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
We want to improve the health of the populations we serve, improve their experience of care, improve staff experience and improve value. Working with our communities and partners is to key to achieving this
Main duties of the job
We are recruiting a full time, permanent, Band 8A Family and Systemic Therapist to work within the Adolescent Mental Health Team in Newham.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated Family Therapist to work in an established MDT within a busy and diverse Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. The post holder should have both expertise and a passion for working with adolescents and their families and for working with complex mental heath difficulties.
As a care coordinator within the AMHT, the post holder will support the care of adolescents with complex, and often risky, mental health presentations such as first-episode psychosis, severe depression, emotional dysregulation and complex trauma.
The post holder will provide evidence-informed family and systemic interventions with clients and also contribute to the formulation of systemic issues within the MDT.
The AMHT is a well functioning multi-disciplinary team within Newham CAMHS. The team is composed of a Mental Health Nurses, Support Workers, a Lead Systemic Family Therapist, Clinical Psychologists, Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapist Technicians, Social Workers, an Art Therapist, a Dance and Movement Therapist and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. It is commissioned to provide early intervention in psychosis (EIS) for 13 to 18 year olds as well as to offer mental health care to young people presenting with high risk of severe life threatening self-harm.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description
Job responsibilities
Line management and professional supervision will be provided from within the team. There will be the opportunity to help develop a family therapy clinicand be involved with professional reflective practice groups.
Key Relationships:
- Clinical Supervisor/ Lead Family Therapist for AMHT
- Clinical/Operational Team Leads for AMHT
- Psychological Therapies Lead
- General Manager NCAMHS
- Multidisciplinary colleagues in AMHT/NCAMHS
- ELFT named professional for Safeguarding Children
- Team Managers, Practice Managers and Social Workers in Childrens Social Care
- SENCOs, Educational professionals
- Coborn Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Tier 4 services
- Early Intervention Service and Adult Mental Health Services
For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.
For contact information please see below.
Interviews scheduled for w/c 24 July 2023.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Line management and professional supervision will be provided from within the team. There will be the opportunity to help develop a family therapy clinicand be involved with professional reflective practice groups.
Key Relationships:
- Clinical Supervisor/ Lead Family Therapist for AMHT
- Clinical/Operational Team Leads for AMHT
- Psychological Therapies Lead
- General Manager NCAMHS
- Multidisciplinary colleagues in AMHT/NCAMHS
- ELFT named professional for Safeguarding Children
- Team Managers, Practice Managers and Social Workers in Childrens Social Care
- SENCOs, Educational professionals
- Coborn Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Tier 4 services
- Early Intervention Service and Adult Mental Health Services
For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.
For contact information please see below.
Interviews scheduled for w/c 24 July 2023.
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant field of mental health or social welfare and demonstrable practice. (or established equivalence according to AFT criteria)
- Postgraduate qualification in family/systemic psychotherapy
- Registration as a systemic psychotherapist with UKCP or equivalent body
Experience
Essential
- Relevant first profession experience ( or established equivalence as above)
- Previous experience of work with children and adolescents in a mental health or equivalent setting
Desirable
- Experience of other treatment approaches
- Experience of research and audit
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence base in relation to child mental health
- Research and research methodology at post - graduate level in relation to children and adults with mental health and social problems
- The impact of abuse, trauma and other adverse experiences on children and families
- Legislation and DOH guidelines relevant to children and mental health
- Child protection policies and procedures
- Child development in relation to mental health difficulties
- Knowledge of other modalities (i.e. psychoanalytical, medical, behavioural etc.) sufficient to engage appropriately with multidisciplinary team colleagues and their work with clients/patient
Desirable
- Experience of other treatment approaches.
- Experience of research and audit
Skills
Essential
- Skills in working with children and families with mental health and social problems using a variety of approaches coherent with a systemic perspective.
- Ability to apply analytical skills to multi-layered complex cases.
- Ability to formulate comprehensive assessments and offer effective treatment based on systemic principles.
- Ability to provide ongoing treatment in complex, often unstable, and frequently changing circumstances.
- Ability to liaise with and manage complex professional networks in relation to individuals and families.
- Skills in consulting to professional colleagues within and outside CAMHS.
- Ability to manage high levels of emotional distress and think clearly in emotionally charged situations.
- Ability to manage the risk of verbal and physical aggression
- Ability to manage and plan own workload.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable
- Word processing skills, including the ability to use internet and other computer technology effectively
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to adhere to and promote equal opportunities in the development of the service.
- Willingness and ability to work in co-operation with others.
- Physically able to withstand the effort of working in conditions of stress
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant field of mental health or social welfare and demonstrable practice. (or established equivalence according to AFT criteria)
- Postgraduate qualification in family/systemic psychotherapy
- Registration as a systemic psychotherapist with UKCP or equivalent body
Experience
Essential
- Relevant first profession experience ( or established equivalence as above)
- Previous experience of work with children and adolescents in a mental health or equivalent setting
Desirable
- Experience of other treatment approaches
- Experience of research and audit
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence base in relation to child mental health
- Research and research methodology at post - graduate level in relation to children and adults with mental health and social problems
- The impact of abuse, trauma and other adverse experiences on children and families
- Legislation and DOH guidelines relevant to children and mental health
- Child protection policies and procedures
- Child development in relation to mental health difficulties
- Knowledge of other modalities (i.e. psychoanalytical, medical, behavioural etc.) sufficient to engage appropriately with multidisciplinary team colleagues and their work with clients/patient
Desirable
- Experience of other treatment approaches.
- Experience of research and audit
Skills
Essential
- Skills in working with children and families with mental health and social problems using a variety of approaches coherent with a systemic perspective.
- Ability to apply analytical skills to multi-layered complex cases.
- Ability to formulate comprehensive assessments and offer effective treatment based on systemic principles.
- Ability to provide ongoing treatment in complex, often unstable, and frequently changing circumstances.
- Ability to liaise with and manage complex professional networks in relation to individuals and families.
- Skills in consulting to professional colleagues within and outside CAMHS.
- Ability to manage high levels of emotional distress and think clearly in emotionally charged situations.
- Ability to manage the risk of verbal and physical aggression
- Ability to manage and plan own workload.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable
- Word processing skills, including the ability to use internet and other computer technology effectively
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to adhere to and promote equal opportunities in the development of the service.
- Willingness and ability to work in co-operation with others.
- Physically able to withstand the effort of working in conditions of stress
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).
