Systemic Practitioner

Waltham Forest has been successfully recruited to be part of a research pilot looking at the effectiveness of Systemic Practice. Working as part of the Children and Family Early Help Service you will work closely with the Insitute of Family Therapy to work to embed systemic practice. This would include providing ongoing targeted training, monthly group reflective practice sessions, and one-to-one consultation for family practitioners, in addition to supporting the use of systemic tools, such as genograms and outcome measures. To boost retention and sustainability, IFT would deliver either the level 2 or level 3 training of the master's degree within the pilot which could lead to the successful candidate becoming a fully qualified systemic psychotherapist depending on the level of qualification gained.,

• To contribute to the planning, development, and delivery of specialist training delivered by Institute of Family Therapy (IFT) in systemic practice to support its embedding in Early Help teams and provide additional training and teaching to Early Help teams as needed to embed systemic principles, tools, and practice.
• To offer and provide spaces for staff reflection on working with children and their families, including providing individual or group reflective practice sessions and supervision on an ongoing basis and support Early Help practitioners in improving their skills in working with young people and their families who experience multiple and complex needs, including developing systemic practice through advice and consultation.
  
  To be considered for this position, you should meet the following requirements:
• Have completed Year 1 or Year 2 Level in Systemic Family Practice
• Degree or equivalent or vocational qualification in relevant subject or area
• Relevant Continual Professional Development
Terms and conditions: Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks; Satisfactory declaration of interest; This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults; Satisfactory DBS check; As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents. London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment., Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy. We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.