Job summary
We seek to appoint an able and enthusiastic Systemic Psychotherapist (Family Therapist)to join Bexley ADAPT and Older Adult Mental Health for a secondment opportunity. You will have a Masters or Doctorate level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy or equivalent, with post registration systemic psychotherapist experience. You will have UKCP Registration and excellent therapeutic skills, be skilled in assessing and managing risk, and be able to be responsive and flexible in working with people across the age range.
The role covers the Erith Centre and the Bexleyheath Centre.
Main duties of the job
As a Systemic Psychotherapist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a caseload, including assessing service users with complex needs, supporting families with care planning and delivering specialist interventions. You will also offer systemic consultation to the teams and colleagues of other disciplines. The post will also requite you to lead family therapy clinics and work closely with the team.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
1. We're Kind
2. We're
3. We Listen
4. We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide the Bexley Working Age Adult Directorate and the Older People Service Directorate with a high quality, evidence based, systemic psychotherapy service to adult community/inpatients, their families, carers and professional networks.
To provide clinical supervision to the Family Consultation services in the Borough.
To provide specialist systemic assessment and therapy to families of patients.
To provide specialist advice and consultation regarding assessments, diagnoses and treatment to teams, external agencies, working autonomously within professional guidelines.
To provide specialist consultation to other professionals looking to increase their expertise in systemic psychotherapy.
To collaborate in the evaluation of the service and contribute to its development and implementation.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
5. 2+ years experience working as a Family Therapist
Qualifications
Essential
6. Relevant qualification as Family Therapist
Experience
Essential
7. Experience working with complex presentations