Sefton CAMHS are seeking a highly skilled Family Therapist to join the Family Therapy team/Extended Leadership Team in Sefton. As a Family Therapist they will lead a Family Therapy Clinic with a reflecting team of professionals with Systemic Family Practice Background. They will support other aspects of systemic practice (eg. NVR).

Expected travel to Burlington House, Waterloo and Southport Health and Wellbeing Centre.

Main duties of the job

• They will be a specialist practitioner in systemic practice and will provide assessment and intervention with young people and their families/carers based on systemic psychotherapy principles and techniques.
• They will offer systemic consultation to the network informed by systemic principles.
• They will offer supervision and consultation to the teams and related trainees in agreement with the Clinical lead.
• They will work autonomously within professional guidelines.
• They will contribute to and at times lead on aspects of defined research, audit, policy and service development.

About us

The services comprise of several multi-disciplinary teams including staff from varied backgrounds, including psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing and psychotherapy. In addition, our team members are trained in a wealth of different therapeutic interventions and approaches, making the teams truly multi-disciplinary.

Sefton CAMHS - post holder will be based at Burlington House, Waterloo. Appointments are offered from Waterloo and Southport bases.

Alder Hey are offering excellent benefit schemes

Refer a friend - Alder Hey staff

Successful candidates who are introduced to the trust by existing staff members will receive �1000 after completion of six months in post. Please include the name/Alder Hey email for your friend in the additional information section of your application.

This will be paid in two parts, �250 in first month pay on commencement in post, and �750 on completion of six months.

Accommodation

Alder Hey will support the cost of accommodation for up to 3 months from the date of employment (up to �500 per month)

The cost is to be paid by the staff member and reclaimed as expenses.

Relocation package

Relocation packages to support new hires and will be consulted on an individual basis, please link in withrecruitment@alderhey.nhs.uk for further information

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

• To lead and coordinate specialist systemic psychotherapy/family therapy assessments.
• To formulate and devise intervention plans and provide systemic family therapy interventions using a range of discipline specific models appropriate to the service.
• At the request of the case manager to join internal and external network meetings to provide a systemic perspective.
• To continuously evaluate treatment/therapy options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the child, young person or family.
• To contribute to wider multidisciplinary team discussions regarding the relationship between the different systems around the referred child and family and to bring a systemic perspective to links between the patterns that the family engage in and the patterns that may evolve in the wider team.
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary referral and allocation meetings as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
• To maintain an appropriate specialised caseload of systemic family therapy cases/interventions.
• To provide specialist systemic advice guidance information and consultation to enable colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team to have access to systemically based frameworks for the understanding and care of cases referred to the service, through the dissemination of research and theory in relation to systemic psychotherapy.
• To work effectively and sensitively with issues of gender, sexuality, disability, class and age.
• To attend both internal and external CPA reviews and offer updates on progress in on-going family therapy and ensure appropriate discharge planning and handover processes are implemented.
• The post holder is expected to receive regular clinical supervision in line with the guidelines laid down by the Association for Family Therapy (AFT).

Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

• Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or creative therapies e.g. Art Therapy.
• Intermediate or diploma level in a recognised therapeutic modality
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of substantial post qualification competence, incorporating significant experience working within CAMHS at a senior level
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of providing consultation/teaching/ training
• Experience of working with children and young people, families and carers
• Experience of clinical supervision
• Experience of leading on developing, delivering and evaluating evidence based clinical care packages.

Desirable

• Relevant post graduate qualification in Mental Health related field
• Experience of providing services across traditional services.
• Experience of managing and/or leading on service developments.
• Experience of managing staff.
• Project Management experience
• Effectively managing policy implementation and demonstrable service development work

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of substantial post qualification competence, incorporating significant experience working within CAMHS at a senior level
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of providing consultation/teaching/ training
• Experience of working with children and young people, families and carers
• Experience of clinical supervision
• Experience of leading on developing, delivering and evaluating evidence based clinical care packages.

Desirable

• Experience of providing services across traditional services.
• Experience of managing and/or leading on service developments.
• Experience of managing staff.
• Project Management experience
• Effectively managing policy implementation and demonstrable service development work

Knowledge

Essential

• Work as a member of the multi- disciplinary team. Network with other professional groups/agencies. Assertively engage young people, families and carers.
• Accept guidance and supervision from senior colleagues.
• Demonstrate leadership ability To be selfmotivated and to work on one's own initiative.
• To demonstrate a non- discriminatory attitude regarding race, gender and disability issues. Demonstrate commitment to user participation Demonstrate a positive attitude.

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates skills to contribute to modernisation across a range of diverse services
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to motivate and enthuse colleagues
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to respond effectively to multiple priorities

Desirable

• Good analytical and strategic visioning skills.
• Ability to build credibility quickly and sustain it within the organisation

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Demonstrates the ability to make sound judgments and generate new ideas in complex situations.
• Able to work autonomously
• Committed to continuing professional development
• Accountable for own professional actions
• Works within professional ethics and Trust policies

Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP

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