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Highly Specialist Family and Systemic Family Psychotherapist
| Posting date: | 15 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,698 - £65,095 per annum incl. of HCAs |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 August 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE116JJ |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6424805/334-CLI-6424805 |
Summary
A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a new post aimed at reshaping the systemic profession’s structure and promote systemic practice across Lambeth CAMHS.
The post holder will work closely with the Lead Family Therapist to provide a comprehensive range of assessment and therapeutic interventions, and consultation to professionals supporting children, young people and families referred to CAMHS with mental health difficulties including neurodevelopmental conditions.
We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic Systemic Family Therapist who is passionate about working with children and young people, who is keen to develop collaborative approaches and support the commitment of Lambeth CAMHS to continually improve access to services for all community groups.
You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team to contribute to the delivery of high quality, evidence-based assessment and treatments. You will be responsible for your own clinical caseload and you will be involved in assessments, care planning and offering interventions for children and adolescents with support from the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Lambeth CAMHS works closely with Kings and IoPPN to provide learning opportunities to systemic Practitioners and Psychotherapists and there are opportunists to provide additional training clinics, teaching and supervision.
• To provide highly specialist systemic psychotherapy to young people and their families under the care of Lambeth CAMHS including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
• To think creatively, work flexibly and have a range of clinical skills in working alongside others to support a complex range of service users and their network.
• To provide systemic supervision and consultation as appropriate and enable other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To contribute to service evaluation, audit and research.
• To work as an autonomous professional within AFT and UKCP guidelines and guided by principles and policies or procedures, taking full responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
The London Borough of Lambeth has a population of 317,800 (GLA 2020). Lambeth’s population is highly diverse, a characteristic visible in the breadth of ethnic and cultural traditions seen throughout the borough.
It is estimated that 63% of the population describe their ethnicity as other than White British; 23% describe their ethnicity as Black (11% Black African, 7% Black Caribbean and 5% Other Black), 22% White Other and 6% as Asian.
The Annual population survey, estimates that a third of Lambeth’s residents are non-UK born. Of these non-UK born, 40% are of wider European origin, 20% are of African origin; and 20% of Central or South American origin. Nearly 150 languages are spoken as the first language in the homes of Lambeth school children. Portuguese, Spanish and Somali, are the most commonly spoken other languages in Lambeth.
Lambeth has a child and youth population aged 0-20 of almost 70,000. Over 50% of this number are 0 to 9 years old.
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
• To provide specialist systemically informed psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for Children, Young People, their family and Network where the identified client has complex mental health needs.
• To provide culturally appropriate, evidenced informed Systemic interventions in partnership with carers, networks or families of referred clients.
• To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
• To act as care co-ordinator taking responsibility for initiating planning and reviewing care plans, and network meetings.
• To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information and provide reports, including relevant formulation, opinion and interventions, in order to inform referrers, service users and their families.
• To promote psychological support for carers (or families as appropriate) of referred clients.
• To ensure that all services provided are accessible, respectful and sensitive to the needs of Lambeth’s diverse communities.
•
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
• To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically and systemically informed framework in CAMHS.
• To provide consultations to other clinical staff on the use of family therapy and systemic psychotherapy techniques and, where appropriate, to jointly work with other team members in the provision of therapeutic interventions
• To take a proactive stance in challenging racism and discrimination and support the development of a culturally competent service.
• To advise on the development and integration within the team of systemically based assessment and interventions that might at a systems level be incorporated within the team’s operational policy, and be applied on a routine basis by other team members.
• To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans and to arrange and lead network meetings as appropriate.
• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in clinical work and work with other team members.
• To participate in helping develop services for families and carers of service users
•
KR 3 Policy and service development
• To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
• To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
• To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
KR 4 Care or management of resources
• To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
KR 5 Management and supervision
• To be responsible for the day-to-day supervision or co-ordination of an agreed workload of more junior or trainee family therapists, systemic practitioners and other CAMHS Clinicians.
• To contribute to the appraisal of more junior or trainee family therapists, systemic practitioners and other CAMHS Clinicians
• To participate in the recruitment of more junior family therapists, systemic practitioners and other CAMHS Clinicians, as appropriate
• To provide professional and clinical supervision to junior family therapists, family workers or systemic practitioners, honoraries and trainee family and systemic psychotherapists for all aspects of their work
• To provide supervision for the systemic and family work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.
KR 6 Teaching and Training
• To plan and undertake teaching and training of pre and post- qualification family and systemic psychotherapists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate
• To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within Lambeth CAMHS by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in the field of systemic practice and by implementing knowledge gained in practice
• To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
• To provide training in family/social network inclusive practice to multi-disciplinary teams
To deliver in-service training workshops and seminars on systemic topics for practitioners (e.g. nurses, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, paediatric staff etc.), and to contribute to multidisciplinary training events which may be organised by other staff within the Trust
KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance
• To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
• To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
KR 8 Research and development
• To initiate, undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits.
• To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to improved access and outcome to young people in need of risk support.
• To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.
KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
• To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior family and systemic psychotherapist according to UKCP and Trust guidelines.
• To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with AFT and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the UKCP ‘Continual Professional Development’ guidelines
• To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
• To comply with UKCP ‘Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Conduct’ and ensure professional development in line with these.
• To adhere to the UKCP ‘Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Conduct’ and Trust policies and procedures
KR10 General
• To travel to appropriate meetings and as appropriate in community settings and across the trust when required.
• To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour and follow trust policies relating to its management, including lone working policies.
• To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations (such as challenging behaviour, abuse etc) and to support others involved in such situations through Trust-wide approaches including Critical Incident Staff Support and Reflect-Support-Resolve.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Jul 2024
This is a new post aimed at reshaping the systemic profession’s structure and promote systemic practice across Lambeth CAMHS.
The post holder will work closely with the Lead Family Therapist to provide a comprehensive range of assessment and therapeutic interventions, and consultation to professionals supporting children, young people and families referred to CAMHS with mental health difficulties including neurodevelopmental conditions.
We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic Systemic Family Therapist who is passionate about working with children and young people, who is keen to develop collaborative approaches and support the commitment of Lambeth CAMHS to continually improve access to services for all community groups.
You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team to contribute to the delivery of high quality, evidence-based assessment and treatments. You will be responsible for your own clinical caseload and you will be involved in assessments, care planning and offering interventions for children and adolescents with support from the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Lambeth CAMHS works closely with Kings and IoPPN to provide learning opportunities to systemic Practitioners and Psychotherapists and there are opportunists to provide additional training clinics, teaching and supervision.
• To provide highly specialist systemic psychotherapy to young people and their families under the care of Lambeth CAMHS including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
• To think creatively, work flexibly and have a range of clinical skills in working alongside others to support a complex range of service users and their network.
• To provide systemic supervision and consultation as appropriate and enable other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To contribute to service evaluation, audit and research.
• To work as an autonomous professional within AFT and UKCP guidelines and guided by principles and policies or procedures, taking full responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
The London Borough of Lambeth has a population of 317,800 (GLA 2020). Lambeth’s population is highly diverse, a characteristic visible in the breadth of ethnic and cultural traditions seen throughout the borough.
It is estimated that 63% of the population describe their ethnicity as other than White British; 23% describe their ethnicity as Black (11% Black African, 7% Black Caribbean and 5% Other Black), 22% White Other and 6% as Asian.
The Annual population survey, estimates that a third of Lambeth’s residents are non-UK born. Of these non-UK born, 40% are of wider European origin, 20% are of African origin; and 20% of Central or South American origin. Nearly 150 languages are spoken as the first language in the homes of Lambeth school children. Portuguese, Spanish and Somali, are the most commonly spoken other languages in Lambeth.
Lambeth has a child and youth population aged 0-20 of almost 70,000. Over 50% of this number are 0 to 9 years old.
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
• To provide specialist systemically informed psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for Children, Young People, their family and Network where the identified client has complex mental health needs.
• To provide culturally appropriate, evidenced informed Systemic interventions in partnership with carers, networks or families of referred clients.
• To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
• To act as care co-ordinator taking responsibility for initiating planning and reviewing care plans, and network meetings.
• To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information and provide reports, including relevant formulation, opinion and interventions, in order to inform referrers, service users and their families.
• To promote psychological support for carers (or families as appropriate) of referred clients.
• To ensure that all services provided are accessible, respectful and sensitive to the needs of Lambeth’s diverse communities.
•
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
• To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically and systemically informed framework in CAMHS.
• To provide consultations to other clinical staff on the use of family therapy and systemic psychotherapy techniques and, where appropriate, to jointly work with other team members in the provision of therapeutic interventions
• To take a proactive stance in challenging racism and discrimination and support the development of a culturally competent service.
• To advise on the development and integration within the team of systemically based assessment and interventions that might at a systems level be incorporated within the team’s operational policy, and be applied on a routine basis by other team members.
• To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans and to arrange and lead network meetings as appropriate.
• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in clinical work and work with other team members.
• To participate in helping develop services for families and carers of service users
•
KR 3 Policy and service development
• To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
• To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
• To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
KR 4 Care or management of resources
• To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
KR 5 Management and supervision
• To be responsible for the day-to-day supervision or co-ordination of an agreed workload of more junior or trainee family therapists, systemic practitioners and other CAMHS Clinicians.
• To contribute to the appraisal of more junior or trainee family therapists, systemic practitioners and other CAMHS Clinicians
• To participate in the recruitment of more junior family therapists, systemic practitioners and other CAMHS Clinicians, as appropriate
• To provide professional and clinical supervision to junior family therapists, family workers or systemic practitioners, honoraries and trainee family and systemic psychotherapists for all aspects of their work
• To provide supervision for the systemic and family work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.
KR 6 Teaching and Training
• To plan and undertake teaching and training of pre and post- qualification family and systemic psychotherapists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate
• To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within Lambeth CAMHS by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in the field of systemic practice and by implementing knowledge gained in practice
• To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
• To provide training in family/social network inclusive practice to multi-disciplinary teams
To deliver in-service training workshops and seminars on systemic topics for practitioners (e.g. nurses, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, paediatric staff etc.), and to contribute to multidisciplinary training events which may be organised by other staff within the Trust
KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance
• To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
• To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
KR 8 Research and development
• To initiate, undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits.
• To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to improved access and outcome to young people in need of risk support.
• To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.
KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
• To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior family and systemic psychotherapist according to UKCP and Trust guidelines.
• To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with AFT and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the UKCP ‘Continual Professional Development’ guidelines
• To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
• To comply with UKCP ‘Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Conduct’ and ensure professional development in line with these.
• To adhere to the UKCP ‘Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Conduct’ and Trust policies and procedures
KR10 General
• To travel to appropriate meetings and as appropriate in community settings and across the trust when required.
• To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour and follow trust policies relating to its management, including lone working policies.
• To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations (such as challenging behaviour, abuse etc) and to support others involved in such situations through Trust-wide approaches including Critical Incident Staff Support and Reflect-Support-Resolve.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Jul 2024