Systemic Practitioner - Eating Disorders
Band 7
Main area: Eating Disorders
Grade: Band 7
Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref: 351-SPS1329-MS
Site: Ormskirk District General Hospital
Town: Ormskirk
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata (subject to confirmation)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/02/2025 23:59
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, believing that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
We are seeking to appoint someone with a caring, compassionate nature, who is innovative, creative, flexible and highly motivated. You should be an excellent communicator and team player, joining a dynamic multi-disciplinary team of professionals to provide assessment and treatment to children and adult service users and their families/carers. The team includes a range of other psychological professionals, nurses, dietitians, Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Lead, and family therapists.
The successful candidate will be expected to deliver high quality systemic interventions to families, young people and adults as well as contributing to the broader aims of the service.
You will benefit from an enthusiastic and supportive peer group of existing Systemic Practitioners and a multi-disciplinary team across the service.
This is an exciting time and a chance to work in this specialist all age service – if this sounds like something you wish to be involved in, please contact those highlighted below who will happily discuss this further.
We welcome applications from those also wishing to work part time and flexible working.
Please note: This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Clearance. As part of the pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to pay for their own DBS check at a cost of £50. Deductions will be taken from the first 3 months’ salary.
Main duties of the job
* To contribute to a high quality specialist family therapy service to service users and families with complex emotional and mental health needs as part of the All Age Eating Disorder Service.
* To provide specialist assessment, formulation and therapy within the service.
* To offer advice, consultancy and supervision, under supervision of the Senior Family Therapist, and support the work of colleagues providing care and treatment, according to expertise.
* To work with the Senior Family Therapist to provide training to a range of qualified and unqualified staff across mental health areas, as agreed.
* To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
* To be involved in service developments, as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, believing that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Professional qualification in a mental health or social welfare discipline or agreed Association of Family Therapy (AFT) equivalent.
* Postgraduate training in Systemic Practice to enable the title of Systemic Practitioner – namely completion of either ‘AFT approved’ Intermediate Level Systemic Practice Training or CYP-IAPT in Systemic Family Practice.
* Registration with the appropriate regulatory body for core profession.
Knowledge
* Skills in the use of methods of Systemic Practice/ family based assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
* High level of relationship and communication skills to work with clients, families and/or professionals where the atmosphere might be both pressured and emotive.
* Well-developed skills in the ability to comprehend and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information in a manner appropriate to a range of settings and audiences, including complex emotive situations and those with impaired communication capacities.
* Knowledge of and skill in using the variety of approaches and methods within systemic practice (i.e. social constructionist, narrative, solution focused, etc.) as required to work with individuals, couples, family systems, groups and organisations.
Experience
* Substantial practice in relevant first profession.
* Minimum of 12 months experience of working as a Systemic Practitioner and embedding systemic skills in a clinical setting since finishing intermediate training, under the supervision of a suitably qualified Family Therapist.
* Experience of running groups, particularly with parents, adolescents and children.
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.
Please be aware the use of artificial intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. AI-generated content may lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description. Personalisation is essential when submitting an application form to convey your skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively.
Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).
You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. You are therefore advised to consider applying for this vacancy as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Name: Joanne Rimmer
Job title: West Lancs Eating Disorders Team Lead
Email address: joanne.rimmer@lscft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01695 684382
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