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Opportunity to make a significant impact on the mental health and wellbeing of children and families in the Barking area.
Collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team, fostering a supportive environment for professional development and shared learning.
Involvement in a variety of therapeutic interventions, enhancing clinical skills and diversifying experience in family therapy.
Opportunity to supervise and mentor junior clinicians, contributing to their professional growth and the development of future therapists.
Engagement in audits and research projects, promoting evidence-based practices and continuous improvement in mental health services.
Generous High Cost Area Supplement, providing additional financial benefits for living in Outer London.
The NELFT NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a qualified Systemic Family Therapist to provide specialized treatment and assessment within the CAMHS service in Barking. The ideal candidate should possess a post-graduate qualification in family therapy and be registered with a relevant professional body. Key responsibilities include conducting comprehensive family therapy and psychotherapeutic assessments, delivering evidence-based interventions to children, adolescents, and their families, and supervising junior clinicians. The role also involves active participation in multi-disciplinary assessments, audits, and treatment outcome monitoring to ensure high-quality service delivery.
The post-holder will maintain effective collaboration with local mental health services and adhere to Trust policies while managing clinical practice and supervision. This position requires a commitment to providing timely and accessible support, as well as opportunities for professional development through a structured induction program and ongoing supervision. There is a high cost area supplement included in the compensation for this role.
The post-holder will maintain effective collaboration with local mental health services and adhere to Trust policies while managing clinical practice and supervision. This position requires a commitment to providing timely and accessible support, as well as opportunities for professional development through a structured induction program and ongoing supervision. There is a high cost area supplement included in the compensation for this role.
The post-holder will be a post-graduate qualified family therapy practitioner; fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, ACP, AFT), plus an additional post-graduate qualification in Psychotherapeutic Therapies (e.g. CYP IAPT/ post graduate diploma in systemic family practice/cognitive behavioural therapy). The post-holder will provide specialist treatment and assessment within their professional sphere of expertise. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment, and systematic outcome measurement of CAMHS service users and the clinical supervision of junior clinicians within the team, where required.
They will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible, and evidence-based service is available to all service users who require this input, throughout the borough. The post-holder will establish and maintain excellent working relationships with wider mental health and wellbeing services and ensure adherence to evidence-based treatments by all clinical staff across the team. The post-holder will be directly involved in delivering and supervising a range of therapeutic interventions, which may include systemic family work, parent work, group work, school observations of children, short term input and specialist psychotherapeutic treatments.
They will be responsible for all specialist psychotherapeutic assessments and family therapy interventions within their professional sphere of expertise.
Key Responsibilities
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emeka Enweani Job title: Service Manager Email address: Telephone number:
Candidates Can Also Contact
Oliver
Psychotherapy Lead and Emotional Pathway Lead
CAMHS Barking and Dagenham ICD
Targeted Children’s Services NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
The Child and Family Centre
79 Axe Street
Barking
IG11 7LZ
They will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible, and evidence-based service is available to all service users who require this input, throughout the borough. The post-holder will establish and maintain excellent working relationships with wider mental health and wellbeing services and ensure adherence to evidence-based treatments by all clinical staff across the team. The post-holder will be directly involved in delivering and supervising a range of therapeutic interventions, which may include systemic family work, parent work, group work, school observations of children, short term input and specialist psychotherapeutic treatments.
They will be responsible for all specialist psychotherapeutic assessments and family therapy interventions within their professional sphere of expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive, and specialist family therapy service for children and adolescents with emotional, behavioural, and mental health issues, along with their carers/parents, and families.
- Contribute to the multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health issues, including their carers/parents, and families.
- Undertake a range of highly specialist clinical work, urgent assessments, parenting support, and specialist cases.
- Contribute to audits and research.
- Actively participate in treatment and outcome monitoring, utilizing informed measures associated with CYP-IAPT.
- Work within clinical practice, utilizing supervision, and adhere to the overall framework of CAMHS and the Trust’s policies and procedures.
- Deputise in the absence of the Systemic Family Therapist & Conduct Pathway Lead and delegate tasks to healthcare assistants as needed.
- Maintain knowledge of Trust protocols and procedures, adhering to them, especially in the administration of medicine and moving and handling.
- Exercise professional curiosity in daily roles and act upon findings appropriately.- Provide both formal and informal supervision to junior staff when necessary.
- Act as an autonomous professional, fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g., AFT).
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emeka Enweani Job title: Service Manager Email address: Telephone number:
Candidates Can Also Contact
Oliver
Psychotherapy Lead and Emotional Pathway Lead
CAMHS Barking and Dagenham ICD
Targeted Children’s Services NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
The Child and Family Centre
79 Axe Street
Barking
IG11 7LZ
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