Systemic Psychotherapist

The post is 0.6 WTE and based in the Family Therapy Team, working alongside colleagues in specialist mental health services (RISE) as part of an integrated multidisciplinary service providing a child and family mental health service. The service provides short-term community based interventions; mid to long-term multidisciplinary interventions and long term specialist treatments and consultation to partnership agencies.

The postholder will provide specialist systemic therapy to young people and their families/carers. Part of the role will involve providing supervision and support to other members of the RISE team who are working with families.

The post may also include providing advice and consultation to colleagues and other professionals, involvement in service planning and development, staff training and research and development if appropriate.

Clinical supervision (1.5 hours per month) will be provided by an appropriately qualified systemic psychotherapist within Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust.
- To provide a highly specialist systemic psychotherapy service, working autonomously within professional guidelines and service objectives.
- To provide highly specialised systemic interventions drawing from a broad spectrum of systemic models and as part of an agreed package of care, managed within the context of multidisciplinary working.
- To work with complex and multifaceted clinical problems within an emotionally charged or difficult context
- To design assessment and treatment interventions as appropriate which are delivered by other staff (e.g. nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists) under the post-holder’s supervision.
- To contribute to multidisciplinary assessments, care planning, clinical reports and referral to other appropriate agencies / services if necessary.
- To liaise and work with other members of the RISE service.
- To participate in multidisciplinary meetings, child protection case conferences, reviews, etc. providing professional advice on individual care programme planning and other clinical matters as necessary, and chairing certain meetings if appropriate
- To provide advice, consultancy and, where appropriate, supervision to other practitioners who provide direct intervention in individual cases and with groups of client

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

**These include**:

- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Please see attached job specification for Systemic and family Psychotherapy for further information.