Job summary
- Main area
- Family Therapist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days a week)
- Job ref
- 040-PST044-0424
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maindiff Court Hospital
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Salary
- £54,550 - £61,412 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Eating Disorders Family Therapist
Band 8a
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Family Therapist to join the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Specialist Eating Disorders Service.
The Specialist Eating Disorders Service are looking to recruit a highly skilled individual to join their team and work collaboratively with them to develop and deliver services that address the complex physical, psychological and psychosocial needs of the clients and their families/carers enabling the safe, efficient and high-quality delivery and development of eating disorder services in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for providing a qualified specialist systemic family therapy service to clients, and their families.
Consultation work advising staff of other disciplines on the systemic aspects of casework and patient management plans.
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and many complex factors that have shaped the individual, family or group.
To lead on the development of Family Therapy in the Specialist Eating Disorders Service.
To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and to contribute to the activities and developments of this team.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Post Graduate Diploma in Systemic family therapy, in line with requirements of AFT.
Desirable criteria
- Clinical supervisor qualification /training/ accreditation or relevant experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing specialist Systemic family therapy assessment and treatment for clients across the full range of care settings,
Desirable criteria
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance and develop new methods of working.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma-Jayne Hagerty
- Job title
- Eating Disorders Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07747535745
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