Systemic Family Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic Systemic Family Therapist to join our East Young Adult Mental Health Team (based in Ipswich) working with 18-25 years olds and their families.

We are seeking someone to join an experienced MDT including clinical psychology, OT, social work, nursing, and psychiatry colleagues. You will become a key senior clinician within the team, assessing and working with families and young adults with complex mental health needs. You will work alongside senior psychology and psychological therapy colleagues to provide a highly specialist systemic perspective to the broader work of the service.

Main duties of the job

If successful, you will be joining us at an exciting time as we continue our transformation work and strive to develop a model of carealigned with the specific needs of local communities, and specifically the unique developmental needs of young adults within the 18-25 year old age range.

Main direct clinical duties will include comprehensive mental health and systemic assessments and provision of specialist treatment to a complex caseload of young adults and their support networks;. Alongside direct clinical work, you would also be expected to provide systemic expertise, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals as part of the MDT. There will be opportunities to provide supervision, consultation, reflective practice, and to contribute to service development, implementation and evaluation of family therapy across the service.

There will be opportunities for training and ongoing CPD to support development and innovation as we strive to deliver high-quality mental health services.

About us

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Postgraduate qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession
  • Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy
  • Eligibility for UKCP registration
  • Other related academic qualifications

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development as required by UKCP/AFT guidelines

Desirable

  • Specialist expertise in relevant area (CFYP age range/young adult mental health)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 21 November 2024

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