We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to lead on the delivery of family-based interventions and systemic psychotherapy within Cardiff and Vale's Children and Young People's Eating Disorders Team. The successful candidate will be working within a Psychology-led multi-disciplinary team consisting of Clinical Psychologists and Psychological therapists, Nurses, Medics (Psychiatry and Paediatric) and a Dietitian as well as two Specialist Eating Disorder transitions clinicians embedded within the team. The team has developed rapidly over the past four years and has clear processes for service delivery and risk management, with strong links to the wider Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Service (including core interventions, SPOA, Crisis and CITT amongst others). The successful candidate will therefore have access to peer support from other Family Therapists working across the service.
Main duties of the job
The role of a Senior Family Therapist is highly valued and respected within the team in order to ensure fidelity and adherence to the main evidence-based intervention for children and adolescents with an Eating Disorder through a range of activities including assessments, delivering specialist therapeutic interventions, contribution to formulation, and the delivery of care through consultation. MDT working is embedded throughout each stage of a young person's journey through the service. As a systemic psychotherapist/family therapist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service user caseload, including assessing service users with complex needs, supporting families with care planning and designing and delivering specialist interventions within children and young people's Eating Disorder services.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is Caring for People, Keeping People Well, and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation, we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Care co-ordination, consultation, supervision, training, and supporting other members of the multi-disciplinary team will be key aspects of the role, as well as partnership working with health, education, and social care. A keen interest to develop knowledge and skills in this field in order to help influence change going forward and a strong desire to help service users and families is vital.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* UKCP accredited Family/Systemic Therapist. Honors degree. Post grad qualification in Family Therapy. Prior professional qualification.
Desirable
* Other Related academic qualification.
Experience
Essential
* Significant experience of working as a family therapist. Experience of implementing evidence-based family therapy. Experience of supervising/managing other family therapists.
Desirable
* Experience of supervising other professionals.
Skills
Essential
* Highly developed skills in systemic practice. Family therapy interviewing training packages consultation.
Special knowledge
Essential
* Highly developed knowledge of systemic theory and practice.
* Knowledge of research design and methodology as practised within family therapy.
* Knowledge of legislation relevant to children.
* Evidence of CPD.
Personal qualities
Essential
* Ability to work with organisational stress and contain the stress of others.
* Highly distressing clinical material and help others to manage this.
* Flexible approach to MDT working.
* Working in highly complex and changing contexts.
Employer details
Employer name
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Address
St. David's Hospital
Cardiff
CF11 9XB
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