This is an exciting time to join the service, as work progresses to transform the way services are delivered for children and young people, drawing on the principles of the Thrive approach. We are seeking a highly motivated Systemic Psychotherapist who is passionate about improving the health and well-being outcomes for vulnerable children and their families.

The post holder will join the Generic CAMHS team in Haringey CAMHS and work with children and young people with a range of complex mental health needs, and their parents/carers, families and significant others. You will contribute to the work of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), offering mental health assessment and generic interventions, alongside specialist family and systemic psychotherapy. The post holder will contribute a systemic perspective to the MDT and offer specialist advice, consultation to CAMHS colleagues and professionals in partner agencies. In addition, you will contribute to clinical supervision and training, as required and in line with experience.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join the Generic CAMHS team in Haringey CAMHS and work with children and young people with a range of complex mental health needs, and their parents/carers, families and significant others. You will contribute to the work of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), offering mental health assessment and generic interventions, alongside specialist family and systemic psychotherapy. The post holder will contribute a systemic perspective to the MDT and offer specialist advice, consultation to CAMHS colleagues and professionals in partner agencies. In addition, you will contribute to clinical supervision and training, as required and in line with experience.

About us

At Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Community and Mental Health Trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.

The Trust's values are:

• Compassion
• Respect
• Being Positive
• Working together

By coming to work at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust you will be joining a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million.

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see attached the Persons specifications and job descriptions for a detailed overview of the job.

Person Specification Education & Qualifications Essential

• MSc or Doctoral level qualification in Family & Systemic Psychotherapy
• Registered with UKCP as a Family & Systemic Psychotherapist
• Professional qualification in mental health, social work or other AFT agreed equivalent training.

Desirable

• Post-qualification training in a specialist area of clinical practice, including CYP-IAPT training.

Experience & Knowledge Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the life cycle and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Experience of working with children and young people in a mental health setting
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary and multiagency context

Desirable

• Experience of running groups for young people or parents.
• Experience of service user involvement initiatives

Skills & Abilities Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of systemic assessment, and management of individuals, couples, family systems and groups, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients and their families, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within mental health.

Desirable

• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Personal Qualities Essential

• Highly competent verbal and non-verbal communication abilities.
• Ability to maintain compassion and curiosity in challenging circumstances, e.g. in the face of strong opinions, hostile attitudes, despair and distress.

Other requirements Essential

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic

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