As the Family and Systemic Therapist, the post holder will be providing highly specialised systemic psychotherapy and systemic practice to service users, their carers and families who have experienced a First Episode of Psychosis (FEP) or an At Risk Mental State (ARMS).
This post sits across dynamic, well-resourced and innovative Early Interventions Services focused on developing responsive and effective therapeutic relationships with service users, their families and carers. The post will be focused on the delivery and governance of family interventions capable of enhancing outcomes for psychosis and ARMS clinical populations.
The post presents a wonderful opportunity for clinicians passionate about delivering evidence-based family interventions alongside a service development role which will call for managerial experience and a creative mindset which can integrate training needs and various approaches to family work required to meet the needs of the local clinical population. Opportunities for research, training and personal development will also be available.
Main duties of the job
1. The post holder will be expected to provide highly specialist theoretical and practical knowledge to colleagues from a range of disciplines, both within EIS and within external agencies.
2. To supervise and support the assessment and treatment provided by Systemic Family Practitioners and clinicians providing family interventions for psychosis across the patch.
3. To work collaboratively with families and 'experts by experience' and support co-production methodologies to inform service model.
4. To develop links with training providers who can provide bespoke systemic training, evidence-based family interventions and psychoeducational packages based on best practice and the evidence base for people with FEP and ARMS.
5. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of systemic practice within the service and to provide governance, supervision and service development for evidence-based family interventions for the EIS clinical population.
6. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. To develop and implement policy and procedures collaboratively within the area served by the service.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
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