Senior Systemic Family Psychotherapist / Supervisor
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Senior Systemic Psychotherapist to join the Specialist Eating Disorder Service (adult team). We are a dynamic and values-driven multidisciplinary team, focused on delivering high-quality effective services for individuals with Eating Disorders. The successful candidate will work across the Tiers providing specialist assessment, advice/consultation, and evidence-based therapeutic interventions for clients with Eating Disorders across the Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) geographical area. As a senior clinician, you will work alongside the Clinical Lead providing clinical supervision and operational management and will be instrumental in driving forwards innovation and service development in line with Welsh Government and Health Board priorities.
Main duties of the job
1. Clinical practice: As a senior Systemic family therapist, provide a qualified specialist systemic therapy service to clients, their families, and groups. This includes specialist assessment, formulation, and implementation of plans for psychotherapy, and management of a client's severe enduring and complex mental health problems and risks.
2. Consultation: Regularly provide advice, consultation, and training on clients' psychological care to colleagues within the wider service.
3. Operational management: Responsible for routine caseload management, clinical supervision, CPD, and effective PADR to appropriate colleagues.
4. Service improvement: Assist with the development, evaluation, and monitoring of the services operational policies and services. Implement agreed service developments and improvements within the service area.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health, and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents. The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who can communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 13/01/2025.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
* Postgraduate MSc or Post Graduate Diploma in Systemic family therapy, in line with requirements of AFT.
* Full accreditation and registration with UKCP as a systemic family psychotherapist.
* Evidence of having completed a recognised professional health/social care qualification that led to registration and specifically included knowledge of models of Psychopathology.
* Evidence of robust knowledge of the methodology of systemic family therapy.
* Additional further study and specialist training in Systemic family therapy.
* Qualification in an additional psychological therapy.
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups.
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Experience
* Substantial, post-accreditation experience of providing specialist Systemic family therapy assessment and treatment for clients across the full range of care settings.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and problems, maintaining a high degree of professionalism.
* Experience of teaching and training.
* Extensive, post-accreditation experience of providing clinical supervision.
* Evidence of robust application of the therapeutic model.
* Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.
* Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision.
* Experience of operational management.
Language Skills
* Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Ty Myddfai Psychological Wellbeing Centre
£54,550 to £61,412 a year (pro rata if part-time)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
100-PST057-1224
Job locations
Ty Myddfai Psychological Wellbeing Centre
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