Job Purpose

To provide professional leadership and clinical supervision to other workers undertaking family therapy and family work in the service and to support training programmes in family interventions for other members of the clinical team, taking a lead in providing on-going support to help them develop their family interventions skills.

Job Specific Outcomes 1 of 2

1.To work as part of a multi-disciplinary community CAMHS service which provides clinic based outpatient services, outreach and liaison to support integrated practice and seamless service delivery for young people and their families. To work as an autonomous professional within relevant professional guidelines (e.g. AFT, UKCP, BPS or HCPC) and the policies and procedures of the service.

2.To contribute to the generic functions of the team as required by undertaking initial assessments, working as a Duty Worker, offering a triage service to referrers and concerned professionals, responding to service users and parents, gathering and sharing information with partner agencies, undertaking home and school observations.

3.To undertake detailed, highly specialist systemic assessment and interventions for children and families using a range of assessment approaches including interviews, observations of family interactions, genograms, individual and family questionnaires and other measures as appropriate.

4. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management and safeguarding plans  for referrals to Family therapy that prioritise the needs of the young person and takes in to account their social context.

5.To provide a consultation and training role in delivering systemic family interventions to professionals working with families where systemic issues are indicated and to co-ordinate multi-professional groups to be able to deliver systemic therapies within their areas of work.

6.To exercise responsibility for the governance of systemic family therapy practice within the service, by: taking responsibility for maintaining an appropriate, defined caseload, and a balance between treatment, consultative, and administrative tasks; undertaking risk assessment and risk management, particularly in the area of safeguarding for clients and to provide advice to other professionals on aspects of risk management.

7.To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of family and systemic psychotherapists and family therapy trainees in the service.

8.To evidence the use of appropriate outcome measures, such as score 15, RCADS or other appropriate measure to illustrate clinical effectiveness.

9.The post holder will fully participate in the Appraisal / Supervision structure and work with their manager to ensure that they have a clear job plan and objectives

10. Be involved and support Line managers in service development and delivery of KPI’s

Statutory Responsibilities

The postholder will have to comply with all relevant States Laws, such as the Health and Safety at Work (Jersey) Law 1989 and any other associated legislation, Standing Orders, Financial Directions, and other relevant Codes of Practice, in respect of managing the key project deliverables of programmes and costs through the active management of procurement, approval, financial and administrative procedures.

To be responsible for your own health and safety and that of your colleagues, in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work (Jersey) Law, 1989

To work in accordance with the Data Protection (Jersey) Law;

This role is politically restricted. The jobholder is not permitted to undertake political activity involving standing for election to the States or as a Parish Constable, or publicly supporting someone who is standing for election or playing a public part in any political manner.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essentials 

• MSc level qualification in Family Therapy or equivalent qualification and accreditation and registration with an appropriate professional body e.g. Association of Family Therapy.

• Hold a professional qualification in a core health / social care profession and be registered with the relevant professional body, e.g. first level mental health nurse (RMN), psychology degree plus an applied qualification in clinical/educational/counselling psychology, medicine e.g. MBChB, occupational therapy (Dip OT), State Registered Arts Therapy Senior 1, Social work e.g. Dip SW.

Desirable

• Has additional training associated with Family Therapy e.g. CBT, NVR, DBT or RO-DBT or willingness to train.

Experience

Essential 

• Minimum of 5 years post qualification relevant experience working within a community CAMHS team.

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrates advanced communication skills and the ability to manage and facilitate effective communication with a wide range of individuals and groups using principles applied from models of family therapy.
• Demonstrates in working practice the ability to maintain trust and credibility with clients, carers and colleagues.
• Is responsive to suggestions and advice from others and displays a constructive interest in and approach to new techniques, concepts, processes and systems.
• Demonstrates the ability to listen, interpret and understand a broad range of expressed emotions and behaviours and adopts a considered response and empathy towards clients, carers and colleagues. Ensures the values of the Government of Jersey in relation to equality, diversity, and anti-discriminatory practice are upheld.
• Can demonstrate excellent interpersonal and social skills and can effect positive inter-professional and inter-agency communication and co-operation and the building of effective professional relationships with service children and young people, parents and carers, and colleagues,

• Relevant training undertaken in relation to adult/child safeguarding. Knowledge of service procedures and protocols.

Technical Work Based Skills

Essential

• Able to demonstrate a range of information technology skills i.e. an ability to effectively use IT equipment and role critical software.
• Able to provide clinical supervision to other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Well-developed skills for assessing and working with clients in specialist caseload.

General skills / attributes

Essential

• Can demonstrate and evidence the ability to work effectively with others in a collaborative and constructive manner to achieve shared goals.
• Is outwardly calm under pressure, whilst maintaining effectiveness. Copes well in high expressed emotion/stressful situations.
• Uses an analytical and objective approach to determine priorities and solve problems, considers all options and weighs up the possible implications of actions