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Opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team, fostering collaboration and holistic care.
Ability to directly support vulnerable children and their families, making a meaningful impact in their lives.
Access to clinical supervision and management support, enhancing professional development.
Involvement in a newly established service that focuses on innovative care strategies for children with complex mental health needs.
Flexibility in working arrangements, promoting work-life balance.
Participation in national and local initiatives, ensuring continuous professional growth and alignment with best practices.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Family Therapist to join their multidisciplinary team in a new service aimed at supporting children and young people with complex mental health needs in Warrington. The service includes outreach support for families and features short to medium term residential beds. The Family Therapist will provide evidence-based, client-centered care, conduct assessments, formulate treatment plans, and work collaboratively with other professionals. This role also involves therapeutic interventions, both in the care home and community settings, and requires an experienced candidate committed to supporting vulnerable children and families.
The position offers management and clinical supervision from the CYP Crisis Response Team and is part of a broader strategy aligning with national initiatives. Responsibilities include carrying a caseload, providing mental health consultations, and ensuring effective communication with relevant agencies. The role is essential within a larger organisational transformation aimed at enhancing service quality while maintaining efficiency. Interested candidates can reach out to Clinical Team Manager Alexandra Bellamy for further information.
The position offers management and clinical supervision from the CYP Crisis Response Team and is part of a broader strategy aligning with national initiatives. Responsibilities include carrying a caseload, providing mental health consultations, and ensuring effective communication with relevant agencies. The role is essential within a larger organisational transformation aimed at enhancing service quality while maintaining efficiency. Interested candidates can reach out to Clinical Team Manager Alexandra Bellamy for further information.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Family Therapist to to join our multi disciplinary team working into a new service within Warrington.
Warrington Council in partnership with health are about to open up a care home which aims to support children and young people with complex mental health needs to live at home and in their communities.
The service will offer outreach to families who require support to remain together as well as 4 short to medium term beds registered under the children’s homes regulations 2.
The successful candidate will join the (MDT), which consists of Senior Mental health practitioners, Social workers and residential staff, Working jointly to provide holistic care planning, risk management and therapeutic treatment. The successful candidates will be based within the care home, they will receive management and clinical supervision from the CYP Crisis Response Team.
We are looking for a experienced candidate who shares our passion for supporting our most vulnerable children.
As a Family Therapist , the post holder will provide high standards of evidence based client centred care to children and young people with Mental Health problems within this residential setting.
As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives.
This post is subject to an enhanced with children’s and adult’s barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
To provide specialist generic and discipline specific assessments of referred clients, using interview, and other assessment methods as appropriate. To formulate and devise treatment plans for referred clients and to provide interventions using a range of generic and discipline specific models appropriate to the service. This includes both short and long term treatment approaches. To provide specialist mental health advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals/ agencies to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of clients.
To work autonomously providing open access assessment and treatment service based within the community. To contribute to and undertake multidisciplinary assessments and treatment . To carry a caseload of families requiring longer term family and systemic psychotherapy. To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation, treatment plans and needs of clients. To liaise with other health, social care and education staff, from a range of agencies, in the care provided to clients from each service. To carry out clinical work in health and education settings, and clients’ homes to best meet the clients needs .
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.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alexandra Bellamy Job title: Clinical Team Manager Email address: Telephone number:
Warrington Council in partnership with health are about to open up a care home which aims to support children and young people with complex mental health needs to live at home and in their communities.
The service will offer outreach to families who require support to remain together as well as 4 short to medium term beds registered under the children’s homes regulations 2.
The successful candidate will join the (MDT), which consists of Senior Mental health practitioners, Social workers and residential staff, Working jointly to provide holistic care planning, risk management and therapeutic treatment. The successful candidates will be based within the care home, they will receive management and clinical supervision from the CYP Crisis Response Team.
We are looking for a experienced candidate who shares our passion for supporting our most vulnerable children.
As a Family Therapist , the post holder will provide high standards of evidence based client centred care to children and young people with Mental Health problems within this residential setting.
As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives.
This post is subject to an enhanced with children’s and adult’s barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
To provide specialist generic and discipline specific assessments of referred clients, using interview, and other assessment methods as appropriate. To formulate and devise treatment plans for referred clients and to provide interventions using a range of generic and discipline specific models appropriate to the service. This includes both short and long term treatment approaches. To provide specialist mental health advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals/ agencies to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of clients.
To work autonomously providing open access assessment and treatment service based within the community. To contribute to and undertake multidisciplinary assessments and treatment . To carry a caseload of families requiring longer term family and systemic psychotherapy. To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation, treatment plans and needs of clients. To liaise with other health, social care and education staff, from a range of agencies, in the care provided to clients from each service. To carry out clinical work in health and education settings, and clients’ homes to best meet the clients needs .
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.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alexandra Bellamy Job title: Clinical Team Manager Email address: Telephone number:
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