Family & Systemic Psychotherapist - Adult Eating Disorders NEW Marlborough Posted today £57,528 - £64,750 per annum | pro rata Band 8a

Job overview

Do you want to be part of a highly supportive, multi-disciplinary team, who are forwarding thinking and fully support staff development?

The Wiltshire Community Eating Disorder Service (WCEDS) is looking for a part time Family Therapist who is passionate about making a difference to adults who are suffering with an eating disorder.

You will be part of a team of dedicated and experienced multi-disciplinary professionals working with adults with eating disorders.

With a reputation for excellence, our service provides a stepped model of care tailored to the individual’s needs for stabilisation and recovery. We offer a range of programmes and evidence-based treatments to assist with this. We are a friendly, energetic and dynamic team who are proactive and visionary, focusing on excellent patient-centred care.

Within this post, you will provide specialist eating disorder assessment and treatment for adults with eating disorders, in a community setting across Wiltshire and Swindon.

We are working towards a culture where services from across the whole system work together to deliver positive and seamless experiences of care for adults with an eating disorder.

You will require a professional qualification with current UK registration.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist systemic assessment and formulation for inpatients with complex eating disorders and co-occurring mental health difficulties.
• Deliver evidence-based family and systemic psychotherapy interventions to patients, families, carers, couples and wider support networks.
• Offer group supervision sessions to the MDT
• Manage a complex caseload with autonomous clinical decision‑making
• Support staff in developing their systemic thinking and practice through teaching, consultation, and supervision.
• Offer highly specialist systemic consultation to MDT colleagues regarding systemic aspects of care, risk, engagement, and recovery

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”.

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”.

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Masters Level qualification systemic psychotherapy
• Registration as a systemic psychotherapist with UKCP or equivalent body
• Firs Professional qualification in a relevant discipline

Desirable criteria

• UKCP Registered Supervisor

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post‑qualification experience as a Systemic Psychotherapist and family therapy process relevant to client group

Desirable criteria

• Experience within specialists eating disorder services

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of assessment / intervention with adults and families in a mental health or equivalent setting

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Service Development, audit, research or quality improvement initiatives

Documents to Download

Family Therapist Job Description (PDF, 216.0KB)

Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)

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