CAMHS Highly Specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust · London · £63665.00 to £70887.00 An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced & enthusiastic Family & Systemic Psychotherapist to join the Psychology & Psychotherapy team within CAMHS Inpatient Services at South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust for a period of 18 months to cover a Secondment. This post offers the opportunity to provide highly specialist systemic assessment, formulation & intervention for young people with severe & complex mental health difficulties & their families. The post-holder will play a key role in supporting family-inclusive practice, delivering consultation & supervision, leading on parent & carer interventions, & embedding systemic thinking across multidisciplinary teams. The successful applicant will join a well-established & committed team with excellent opportunities for supervision, CPD, leadership development & involvement in service innovation. Main duties of the job: To provide a highly specialist systemic psychotherapy service to our inpatient CAMHS units, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes. To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate. To contribute to service evaluation, audit and research. Responsibilities: To work as an autonomous professional within AFT and UKCP guidelines and guided by principles and policies or procedures, taking full responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters. Benefits: Excellent opportunities for supervision, CPD, leadership development & involvement in service innovation. Person Specification: Registered with the UKCP as Systemic Psychotherapist and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the UKCP. Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in CAMHS. High level knowledge of the theory and practice of family and systemic psychotherapy relevant to CYP who present in inpatient CAMHS. Ability to work with a number of clients and systems together, managing the highly complex emotional relationships within and between the component parts of the systems in ways, which maximise the potential for therapeutic outcomes.