Specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
Band 7
Main area: Mental Health - Child and Adolescent
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref: 310-CYPF-6741694-A
Site: Block 20a, Ida Darwin Town Fulbourn, Cambridge
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and creative community team working with young people across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The Home Treatment Team works with 12–18-year-olds experiencing a crisis in their mental health wellbeing, providing clinical assessment and intervention services.
Work collaboratively with staff within other agencies to meet the complex mental health needs of children and young people.
Main duties of the job
To provide a highly specialist systemic family therapy service to clients across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Community. Responsibilities include:
* Coordinating, developing, and delivering a variety of family and systemic interventions.
* Offering advice and consultation on clients’ care to colleagues and non-professional carers.
* Accountability for professional actions and interpreting broad occupational policies.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Member of the multi-disciplinary team within CAMHS.
* Provision of family and systemic psychotherapy service at a highly specialist level.
* Delivery of a full range of family treatments.
* Undertake detailed and highly specialist systemic assessment of children and families.
* Provide risk assessments from a systemic/relational perspective.
* Work sensitively with families from diverse backgrounds.
* Act as care coordinator, ensuring appropriate care packages.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
* Postgraduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession.
* Masters/Diploma level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy.
* Maintenance of UKCP Registration.
Experience
* Minimum three years practice in relevant first profession.
* Experience working with children and families with complex mental health problems.
* Experience of risk assessment and management.
Knowledge & Skills
* Ability to create sustainable working alliances.
* Specialist skills in systemic theories and interventions.
* Well-developed communication skills.
Other
* Ability to manage complex situations.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), we are dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion.
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