Specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist

To provide a qualified highly specialist systemic family therapy service to clients acrossCambridgeshire and Peterborough Community within their homes. This post provides asystemic overview of the family approach to the treatment of complex mental healthdisorders. The post-holder will be responsible for co-ordinating, developing and deliveringa variety of family and systemic interventions. These interventions are highly specialised,reflecting an expectation that the service will continue to develop innovative practices thatare based on collaboration between clinicians, service users and carers, andcommissioners of the service. The post holder will be responsible for this process byresearching new practices, understanding and applying evidence-based approaches bothin relation to family treatments and in the involvement of service users and carers.

The post-holder will be expected to offer advice and consultation on clients' care to all colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. The post does not have any budgetary responsibilities.

The post holder will also be accountable for their own professional actions and will need to interpret broad occupational policies (i.e. commitment to a family approach to treatment, involving service users and carers at all levels of treatment and service development).

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and creative community team working with young people across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

The Home Treatment Team work with 12-18-year-olds experiencing a crisis in their mental health wellbeing.

We provide a clinical assessment and intervention service for children and young people within the Home Treatment Team. Deliver mental health training, education and consultation to partner agencies, parents, carers, children and young people.

Work collaboratively with staff within other agencies to meet the complex mental health needs of children and young people in the city.

Work collaboratively and in multi-agency service delivery to support improved outcomes for children and young people belonging to vulnerable groups, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.