Job summary
- Main area
- Family Therapist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 263-SCG24-108-MG
- Employer
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Benfield House
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Family Therapist
Band 7
Hello!
We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we’ve got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there’s lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
- Cultural diversity staff network
- Disabled staff network
- LGBT+ staff network
We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:
- Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
- Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
- Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
Always improving
CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?
Job overview
CNTW’s Centre for Specialist Psychological Therapies Services (SPT) is known regionally and nationally for its expertise in complex psychological assessment, formulation and treatment, education and training, innovation, and research across a wide range of specialist modalities. These modalities include complex CBT, Psycho-dynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy and EMDR.
The role will be based in the Family Therapy Service and requires the individual to work collaboratively with colleagues to provide place based systemic family therapy and family interventions for families, couples, and networks. This includes working with a range of adult mental health concerns within our Community Treatment Teams, Early Inventions in Psychosis, and other Specialist Services.
The service works in partnership with psychological therapies and operational colleagues within community services to improve access and the quality of services offered to families and couples. The post-holder will contribute to the transformation of community services alongside the clinical lead and senior family therapists in the service.
Main duties of the job
The role involves the provision of direct clinical work, alongside opportunities to develop as a systemic supervisor, and trainer within our AFT accredited Foundation and Intermediate Level Systemic Training.
The Family Therapy Service at the CNTW Centre for Specialist Psychological Therapies is committed to provide high quality continuing professional development and will be ideal for a candidate seeking to develop their career in family therapy.
Working for our organisation
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to:
· Provide safe and effective systemic family therapy within the psychosis and non-psychosis treatment pathways with a defined caseload of families within place-based community services.
· Provide safe and effective Family Interventions for Psychosis and Bipolar with a defined caseload of families in place-based community services.
· Provide family therapy and interventions in collaboration with others including contributing to family therapy team working.
· Offer clinical supervision to staff trained in family interventions and to those at systemic practitioner level.
· Contribute to our accredited Foundation and Intermediate Level Systemic Training programmes as both a course tutor and supervisor.
· Be an active member of the family therapy team clinical meetings and team CPD activities.
· Contribute to service developmental work alongside senior colleagues within the service.
· Contribute to creating a positive host culture for family therapy and family interventions through clinical leadership.
· Work across multiple contexts (Community Treatment Teams, EIP, Specialist Services) and manage effective multi-disciplinary relationships across teams
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 19th September 2024
Closing date : 3rd October 2024
We welcome your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- An Honours Degree in Psychology recognised for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society, or equivalent degree level qualification in mental health with membership of an appropriate professional body
- AND Qualifying Level Family and Systemic Psychotherapy Training (MA/MSc)
- AND Registration with UKCP as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
- OR Qualifying Level Family and Systemic Psychotherapy Training (MA/MSc)
- AND Registration with UKCP as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
Desirable criteria
- Training in clinical supervision
- Training in evidence-based models of family therapy or interventions appropriate to pathway (e.g. Family Interventions in Psychosis)
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of systemic family therapy and family interventions assessment and therapy with clients across a wide range of care settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity, including severe and enduring mental health problems, psychosis and/or personality disorder, drawing on evidence-based models.
- Knowledge and experience of working with individuals and families relevant to the care pathway and service setting
- Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the possibility of physical abuse.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, training and clinical supervision.
- Experience of the application of Systemic family therapy & family interventions in different cultural contexts.
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of systemic family therapy assessment and therapy.
- Skills in evidence-based family and couple interventions.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing systemic consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kevin Hawkes
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Lead for Family Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2876100
- Additional information
Emily Ranson, Pathway Manager
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