Clinical: To lead and coordinate specialist systemic psychotherapy/family therapy assessments. To formulate and devise intervention plans and provide systemic family therapy interventions using a range of discipline specific models appropriate to the service. At the request of the case manager to join internal and external network meetings to provide a systemic perspective. To continuously evaluate treatment/therapy options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the child, young person or family. To contribute to wider multidisciplinary team discussions regarding the relationship between the different systems around the referred child and family and to bring a systemic perspective to links between the patterns that the family engage in and the patterns that may evolve in the wider team. To contribute to multi-disciplinary referral and allocation meetings as part of the multi-disciplinary team. To maintain an appropriate specialised caseload of systemic family therapy cases/interventions. To provide specialist systemic advice; guidance; information and consultation to enable colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team to have access to systemically based frameworks for the understanding and care of cases referred to the service, through the dissemination of research and theory in relation to systemic psychotherapy. To work effectively and sensitively with issues of gender, sexuality, disability, class and age. To attend both internal and external CPA reviews and offer updates on progress in on-going family therapy and ensure appropriate discharge planning and handover processes are implemented. The post holder is expected to receive regular clinical supervision in line with the guidelines laid down by the Association for Family Therapy (AFT).