Job description

Job responsibilities

REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Systemic Psychotherapist in our team, you will have:

• Recognised accredited post graduate level training in family & systemic psychotherapy
• Professional registration as a Systemic Psychotherapist with the UKCP
• Experience of providing a systemic psychotherapy service to adult clients and their families/networks, or enthusiasm for developing these skills, and experience of providing systemic supervision to practitioners offering systemic interventions

We encourage and support flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Brighton Psychological Practitioners are valued members of the service and offer specialist assessments and interventions, psychological formulation and team consultation. The psychological professions workforce in ATS has expertise in a wide range of therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mentalisation Based Therapy, EMDR and systemic family therapy.

You will be creative and flexible in adapting to change and able to educate and inspire others in working with people with complex mental health problems.

Psychological services in Brighton place a strong emphasis on co-production and drawing on the expertise of people with lived experience, and we welcome staff who share these values to join our service.

For further information regarding the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust please visit our careers site: https://careers.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

For informal enquiries you are very welcome to contact Dr Andrea Cohen (Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Systemic Psychotherapist) or Dr Susan Whiting (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) to learn more about the post on 0300 304 0094 or e-mail andrea.cohen@spft.nhs.uk or susan.whiting@spft.nhs.uk

Job responsibilities

REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Systemic Psychotherapist in our team, you will have:

• Recognised accredited post graduate level training in family & systemic psychotherapy
• Professional registration as a Systemic Psychotherapist with the UKCP
• Experience of providing a systemic psychotherapy service to adult clients and their families/networks, or enthusiasm for developing these skills, and experience of providing systemic supervision to practitioners offering systemic interventions

We encourage and support flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Brighton Psychological Practitioners are valued members of the service and offer specialist assessments and interventions, psychological formulation and team consultation. The psychological professions workforce in ATS has expertise in a wide range of therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mentalisation Based Therapy, EMDR and systemic family therapy.

You will be creative and flexible in adapting to change and able to educate and inspire others in working with people with complex mental health problems.

Psychological services in Brighton place a strong emphasis on co-production and drawing on the expertise of people with lived experience, and we welcome staff who share these values to join our service.

For further information regarding the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust please visit our careers site: https://careers.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

For informal enquiries you are very welcome to contact Dr Andrea Cohen (Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Systemic Psychotherapist) or Dr Susan Whiting (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) to learn more about the post on 0300 304 0094 or e-mail andrea.cohen@spft.nhs.uk or susan.whiting@spft.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised accredited post graduate level training in family & systemic psychotherapy, as specified in the relevant Appendix
• Professionally registered as specified in the appendix

Knowledge

Essential

• Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of systemic psychotherapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group served by the post, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
• Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context.
• Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context.
• Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service
• Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group.
• A high level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist systemic psychotherapy therapy as specified in the appendix, as applied to the client group using this service.
• Experience of the application of systemic psychotherapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix.
• Experience and demonstrated effectiveness in working with the full range of clinical severity served by the service.
• Experience of the application of Systemic Psychotherapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy for specific difficult to treat groups served by the service (e.g. complex comorbidity, physical health problems or disability etc).
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the appropriate professional bodies and outlined in the Appendix.

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised accredited post graduate level training in family & systemic psychotherapy, as specified in the relevant Appendix
• Professionally registered as specified in the appendix

Knowledge

Essential

• Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of systemic psychotherapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group served by the post, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
• Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context.
• Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context.
• Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service
• Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group.
• A high level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist systemic psychotherapy therapy as specified in the appendix, as applied to the client group using this service.
• Experience of the application of systemic psychotherapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix.
• Experience and demonstrated effectiveness in working with the full range of clinical severity served by the service.
• Experience of the application of Systemic Psychotherapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy for specific difficult to treat groups served by the service (e.g. complex comorbidity, physical health problems or disability etc).
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the appropriate professional bodies and outlined in the Appendix.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Community Mental Health Centre

Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove

Brighton

BN2 3EW

Employer's website

https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)