Systemic Practitioner / Trainee Systemic Family Therapist

Band 8a Permanent contract 0.8 wte in East Lancashire locality (office base Nelson) if you are interested in a full time position, there is the opportunity to create a full-time post by offering 1 day a week in Ormskirk EDS, · To complete the Masters in Systemic Psychotherapy (funded by the service) · To contribute to a high quality specialist family therapy service to service users and families with complex emotional and mental health needs as part of the All Age Eating Disorder Service. · To provide specialist assessment, formulation and therapy within the service. · To offer advice, consultancy and supervision, under supervision of the Senior Family Therapist, and support the work of colleagues providing care and treatment, according to expertise. · To work with the Senior Family Therapist to provide training to a range of qualified and unqualified staff across mental health areas, as agreed. · To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. · To be involved in service developments, as appropriate., The post will be primarily based in the East Lancashire locality team (Nelson) but will include 0.2 work in West Lancashire (based in Ormskirk) and will include work in the surrounding area. Some of the supervision and leadership responsibilities associated with this post may require you at times to travel to other EDS bases across Lancashire, as determined by the Clinical Lead. The post will cover 4 days (0.8 wte), essentially 9am-5pm on three weekdays, with some flexibility around evening group work as required. Alternative hours can be negotiated at interview if this would be preferred. Please note: This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Clearance. As part of the pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to pay for their own DBS check at a cost of £44. Deductions will be taken from the first 3 months' salary. Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them. Please be aware the use of artificial intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. AI-generated content may lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description. Personalisation is essential when submitting an application form to convey your skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively. Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts. For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

Applications are welcome from suitably qualified Family Therapists/ Systemic Psychotherapists who are registered with UKCP and possess the appropriate level of experience to meet the requirements of this senior role. However, we would also be happy to consider applications from recently qualified Family Therapists (with less than 2 years of experience) who may not yet meet the full competency requirements for this post. If appointed, such a candidate would be initially employed as a band 7 and be supported via a specific development plan over an agreed time frame to move towards band 8a. Would you like to be part of a service which is innovative, forward-thinking and committed to enabling people who are experiencing eating disorders to recover and discover their potential? You should be an excellent communicator and team player, with the successful applicant joining a dynamic multi-disciplinary team of professionals to provide assessment and treatment to children and adult service users and their families/carers. The team includes a range of other psychological professionals, nurses, dietitians and a Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Lead.

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve. As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers. Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time. For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT., LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you'd like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview. For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT