South Tees Early Intervention for Psychosis Service is looking to recruit a full time Trainee Systemic Family Therapist. The post will be based in Middlesbrough, covering Middlesbrough, Redcar and East Cleveland.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Early Intervention for Psychosis team in a therapy delivery role with training and development built in to the post.

Main duties of the job

Applicants will be required to have either RMN or equivalent mental health core qualification and be registered with a professional regulatory body, and with the role required to completed and pass an Association of Family Therapy (AFT) accredited Systemic Family Therapy foundation course.

They will also have significant experience delivering psychological informed interventions to people experiencing severe mental health problems in a secondary care setting. Training and experience delivering behavioural family therapy for psychosis would be highly relevant experience.

In addition a strong demonstrable interest in Systemic Family Therapy and a willingness to engage in further study and practice towards eventual accreditation as a Systemic Family Therapist and competencies in Family Intervention for Psychosis is essential.

During the course of training study a placement outside the Teesside locality may be required. There will be no costs for further training incurred by the individual however the offer of trainee post to the successful applicant will be contingent on acceptance (or working towards acceptance) onto the next level accredited training course.

On successfully achieving accreditation as a Systemic Family Psychotherapist with UK Council for Psychotherapy the post holder would be upgraded to a Band 7 Psychological Therapist job description, role and salary.

About us

Tees, Esk & Wear Valley NHS Trust EIP service has an established, and growing, network of systemic family therapists who have a integral role to the leadership and delivery of EIP across both care groups. The service has strong active practice development connections with provider and HEI colleagues regionally and nationally.

The successful candidate will join an established multi-disciplinary Early Intervention for Psychosis Team. Their role in the team will be a focus on the family and carer centred approach and intervention.

The priority of their job plan will be to completeundertake a structured programme of learning including personal study, academic work, learning and assessment leading to a formal qualification and accreditable standard in a Systemic Family Therapy and competencies in Family Intervention for Psychosis.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Additional contact details: Jade Debnath,Team Manager

jade.debnath@nhs.net

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A qualification that leads to registration with a professional regulatory body (HCPC, GMC, NMC or Social Work England) AND current registration with this professional regulatory body.

Qualifications

Essential

• Required to have a strong demonstrable interest in Systemic Family Therapy and to have completed and passed an AFT accredited Systemic Family Therapy foundation course

Experience

Essential

• They will have experience of delivering psychological informed interventions to people experiencing severe mental health problems in a secondary care setting

Knowledge

Essential

• Required to have a strong demonstrable interest in Systemic Family Therapy

Employer details

Employer name

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Parkside Community Mental Health Centre

Park Road North

Middlesbrough

TS1 3LF

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