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Job summary

Main area
Lifespan Eating Disorder Service Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
333-D-MK-MH-1055-A
Employer
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Neath Hill Health Centre
Town
Milton Keynes
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/05/2024 23:59

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Highly Specialist Family Therapist (Eating Disorders)

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

Milton Keynes Lifespan Eating Disorder Service (MK-LEDS) are offering an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, ambitious and motivated Systemic and Family Psychotherapist  to join our team. Working within CNWL - MK there are lots of opportunities for development, training and working across a lifespan eating disorder service and CAMHS.

Main duties of the job

The role of Family and Systemic Psychotherapist is to provide an active clinical role to compliment the wider multi-disciplinary team which is made up of psychiatrists, therapists,  nurses and support workers.  This is an NHS Specialist Eating Disorder Service intended to meet the complex mental health needs of young people and adults and their families. 

Working for our organisation

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.  Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.  Were always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a highly specialist systemic assessment of service users and families presenting with significant and highly complex mental health and relationship issues, using the appropriate interpretations and integration of complex information from a variety of other professionals.

For further information about this post please see attached job description

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Post graduate degree in an appropriate mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent
  • Masters/Doctoral level qualification or equivalent in Systemic Family Therapy
  • Registered with the UKCP (United Kingdom Child Psychotherapy)
  • Member of AFT/IFT or similar

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Substantial experience at graduate level or equivalent in a mental health or social welfare.
  • Substantial experience post – qualifying as a Family Therapist, working with eating disorders.
  • Experience of working therapeutically with families and children in various contexts
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working therapeutically in a multi-disciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of Children Act, 1989/2004 and ability to work with child protection procedures.

Physical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Current full driving licence
  • IT Skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDWe are a Living Wage EmployerEmployers for CarersPurple SpaceHealthy Workplace - Excellence 2018No smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeNational Autistic SocietyDisability confident committedStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.AccessAbleStonewall Gold 2022Step into healthCarer Confident -AccomplishedNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claudette Wrake
Job title
Interim Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01908 801246
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