Systemic and Family Psychotherapist

• Provision of specialist systemic and family psychotherapy services to service users and their families and /or carers within an inpatient setting and in the community.
• To offer inreach services to service users approaching discharge, working with inpatient wards and community teams.
• Facilitating systemic case discussions, co-leading formulation meetings, and actively participating in Risk meetings and seclusion reviews.
• Providing systemic consultation for service user management, offering supervision, training, and guidance on psychological care.
• To contribute to and participate in the teaching and training of staff members of the MDT in the community and inpatient settings on the principles of systemic psychotherapy. This is through methods such as offering live supervision in the family therapy clinic, joint work modelling systemic psychotherapy and teaching and training across the forensic directorate and to partners where appropriate (e.g. accommodation providers).
• To contribute to service wide innovations, representing systemic family therapy (E.g. Trauma Informed care service, Inequality and Diversity Forum, Carer's forum, Recovery College for Carers).
• To contribute and meet ELFT's Carer's Strategy, offering staff training, systemic consultation and supervision across the inpatients and community services, to be aware of carers and engage with carers effectively

Essential

• AFT accredited course
• UKCP registration

Desirable

• Forensic Experience

Essential

• Systemic work with individuals and families

Desirable

• Supervision experience