Highly Specialist Systemic Family Therapist

REQUIREMENTS - Accreditation in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). - Substantial experience post qualification in a relevant field of practice DESIRABLE - Evidence of post qualification training in clinical supervision Access to own transport is recommended as this post involves occasional travel to sites across West Sussex. SPFT staff have the capacity to work from home remotely where clinically applicable and in agreement with your line manager. MAIN DUTIES To provide high-quality specialist systemic psychotherapy to children, young people, families, groups and networks of care, within and across teams To hold and manage a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and client assessment, treatment and discharge, within the bounds of the service operational policy. To take clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues. To clinically
supervise Systemic Psychotherapists, systemic practitioners, systemic trainees and other staff as appropriate. To provide systemic consultation, mentorship and supervision to team and service members and other professionals working with service users, across a range of agencies/ settings as appropriate. To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of Family Therapy and systemic practice within Horsham CAMHS, and to the teams operational policies and services To utilise research skills to undertake service evaluation, audit and research as appropriate and disseminate the results in the service and nationally. Clinical: To formulate and implement highly specialist Family & Systemic Psychotherapy interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining formulations and hypotheses. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical
and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To provide specialist Family & Systemic Psychotherapy perspectives, guidance and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to clients formulations, diagnoses and treatment plans and to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across relevant settings and agencies. To undertake risk assessment, formulation and management for individual clients with complex presentations. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning client assessment, formulation and treatment plans and to monitor progress during uni- and multi-disciplinary care. To promote and participate in multi-disciplinary team working, development and liaison. To act as a care coordinator or lead practitioner as appropriate To promote actively, user and carer involvement in care planning and service development. See attached Job