Family Therapist / Family Intervention Therapist

The Lewisham Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) are looking for highly enthusiastic and skilled Family Therapists/Family Interventions Therapists with experience of working with people with psychosis and other severe mental health problems (SMHP). The successful applicant will share responsibility for the provision of family interventions to families and carers with another Family Therapist/Family Interventions Therapist. The post holder will join a psychological therapies team within the CMHTs including clinical psychologists, another Family Interventions Therapist, a CBT therapist, Clinical Associate Psychologists and Mental Health Well Being Practitioners.
The Lewisham CMHTs are multidisciplinary community mental health teams supporting patients recovering from psychosis and other SMHP's. The teams use NICE recommended Psychological Therapies to work intensively with service users and carers to promote engagement with the team and deliver a range of interventions to facilitate social inclusion and recovery., You will be responsible for developing and supporting the provision of family interventions (FI) within the CMHTs particularly facilitating the teams' work with families where a member is experiencing psychosis. Family interventions involve Experience delivering FI, Cognitive-Behavioural Interventions, Open Dialogue, Cognitive-Behavioural Family Interventions or Systemic oriented family interventions and psycho-education. The role will also involve supporting carer's 1-1, as well as facilitating a carers support group. The post-holder will also be involved in providing supervision and consultations to other team members and students. There are opportunities for research and supervision of trainees.
We are looking for an energetic and highly motivated Family Therapist/Family Interventions Therapist who has a genuine interest in treatment of Psychosis and other severe mental health problems (SMHP) and the ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. Psychological input is valued in the teams and considered an integral part of the services on offer to our service users and their families.
CMHTs have good links with other Lewisham adult mental health services and there are opportunities for networking with other Family Therapists across the Trust. There are regular opportunities to link with other therapists within Lewisham and the Trust. You will be encouraged and supported to access CPD opportunities within the Trust.

Working for our organisation
Lewishams CMHTs are based in Deptford and Downham and the Family Intervention service will be based at the Wallace Health Centre in Deptford and is well connected to the other community and acute services the borough provides. Greenwich Railway/DLR Station is nearby providing good rail connections.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
+ To develop and support the provision of family interventions within Lewisham CMHTs particularly in facilitating the teams' work with families where a member is experiencing psychosis and other severe mental health problems
+ To deliver a variety of family interventions, including Experience of delivering FI, Cognitive-Behavioural Interventions, Open Dialogue, Cognitive- Behavioural and Systemic family interventions and
psycho-education. To contribute to support for family members such as the carers support group.
+ To provide supervision/consultation in family interventions.
+ To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
+ To be involved in the development of treatment protocols, audit tools and outcome measures to ensure the service meets national standards.
+ To contribute to Borough and Trust service developments for FI for Psychosis as required.
+ To work as an autonomous professional within established professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own
work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

NHS AfC: Band 7
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.