Specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities. To be a member of the multi-disciplinary team within CAMHS and to proactively contribute to and participate in the provision, governance, and ongoing development of the services provided. To be responsible for the provision of family and systemic psychotherapy service at a highly specialist level for young people and their families, carers, and wider networks. Responsible for the delivery of a full range of family treatments to all patients. These treatments may include the following systemic psychotherapy interventions: Family therapy (all family members present in the room at the same time, plus patient and other members of multi-disciplinary team). Separated family therapy (i.e. parental counselling and individual systemic counselling running in parallel). Multi-family group therapy. To undertake detailed and highly specialist systemic assessment of children and families/wider systems as part of the CAMHS team. This will involve working face to face contact with children and families/carers to discuss and work through highly complex, sensitive, and personal information related to their mental health presentation. This would also include the completion of personal and relational development, genograms, eco-maps, analysis and assessment of multiple levels of contextual meaning, deconstruction of current interactional patterns of behaviour and meaning around mental health issues and complex relationships, creating methods for client-centred analysis of change through the use of live team observations/interventions, video recording and video recording analysis, relevant questionnaires and creative methods, and other systemic assessment tools. Provide risk assessments from a systemic/relational perspective. Work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds. This includes abilities to understand and offer therapeutic interventions to a variety of family forms including single parents, same-sex couples and their families, extended families, and people with mental health difficulties, as well as working with carers and other representatives of the clients' networks. To take a proactive stance in challenging racism and discrimination and support the development of a culturally competent service. Adjust and refine systemic formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining provisional hypotheses. To act as care coordinator, ensuring the provision of a care package appropriate for the clients' needs, coordinating the work of others involved with care, taking responsibility for arranging CPA reviews as required and communicating effectively with the client, his/her family, and all others involved in the network of care, and to monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.

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