Family and Systemic Therapist

Join us at an exciting time for Barnet, Haringey and Enfield Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. After three years working in Partnership, we are due to create a new Trust, to be known as the North London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November 2024, subject to Secretary of State approval. Join us to be part of the North London Way as we:
+ Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together
+ Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care
+ Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes
+ Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high quality care across all our services
+ Ensure that research, Quality Improvement and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services
+ Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We look forward to welcoming you to the new North London NHS Foundation Trust, where we work in the North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership, A vacancy has arisen for a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join the Generic CAMHS team in Haringey CAMHS.
This team provide a range of evidence informed interventions to children and adolescents up to Age 18 identified as requiring specialist CAMHS to address mental health and emotional wellbeing needs. This post holder will offer systemic psychotherapy to children and families presenting with a broad range of mental health concerns and contribute to the range of clinical work offered by Generic CAMHS. You will be key member of the Multi-disciplinary team, offering a systemic perspective to care planning by the team and provide specialist advice and consultation to partner agencies. The post holder will have the opportunity to join a family therapy reflecting team clinic and contribute to the NVR parenting group offer. This is an exciting time to join the service, as the CAMHS Division progresses work to transform the delivery of services for children and young people, drawing on the principles of the Thrive approach. The post holder will be willing to make
a positive contribution to future service development and committed to co-production.
The Haringey Generic CAMHS Team is a warm and welcoming multidisciplinary team. There are opportunities for co-working with colleagues from other disciplines. You will receive regular clinical and management supervision and the Trust offer a range of training and professional development opportunities., To provide a systemic assessment of referrals of a significant and complex nature with a view to formulating and implementing plans for the treatment and management of a child or adolescent's mental health problems within the context of family and other systems. These assessments will be based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and will employ research based evidence and also information from appropriate rating scales, self report measures and service user feedback.
To work in ways which are sensitive to the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural religious backgrounds. This includes an ability to understand and offer therapeutic interventions to a variety of family forms including single parents, blended families, same sex couples and their wider family networks, accommodated children and their network of care, children who are on the At Risk register and parents with mental health difficulties
To provide specialist systemic psychotherapy with clinical autonomy, drawing on a range of models and approaches, and incorporating both short and long-term interventions. To practice in a way that is inclusive and considerate of the needs of each individual in the system, including family members at a variety of developmental stages and taking account of the current emotional state of each individual member., To provide advice and consultation to multi-disciplinary team members, including junior doctors, trainee psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals regarding work with patients, their families and professional networks.
In areas where the post-holder has particular expertise, to provide this to professional colleagues within the service and to external agencies.