Family Therapist - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Verified Company

Sheffield, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

The team at Amber Lodge are looking for a motivated Family Therapist to join our team who has a passion for working with children/young people in a mental health setting.

They will work in a holistic manner to provide person centred assessment and treatment as required.

The post holder will be a key member of the Amber lodge Team, who provide an intensive, specialist mental health service for primary school aged children who are experiencing a range of complex mental health, developmental and emotional and behavioural issues.

The service is focussed on the child and family in a holistic way, providing assessment and therapeutic services both in the home, the community and the day unit.

The work delivered on the Lodge is through a combination of day unit attendance and community outreach to ensure a robust and comprehensive level of care is provided.

To provide specialist systemic therapeutic treatment for children, adolescents, their parents/carers and families referred to Amber Lodge, with severe, highly complex and persistent mental health problems.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the formulation and implementation of treatment plans taking into account relevant evidence-based research, theory, practice and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes which have shaped the child/adolescent, their parents/carers, and family.

To provide specialist systemic advice, guidance and consultation to professional colleagues within Amber Lodge and related external agencies.

Sheffield Children's is one of three independent, specialist paediatric hospitals in the country, providing dedicated healthcare for children and young people across community, mental health and acute specialist settings.

We have three overarching aims that set the direction for the Trust in our vision "to create a healthier future for children and young people.

Outstanding patient care
Brilliant place to work
Leader in children's health

Our commitment to rewarding colleagues is demonstrated through our brilliant reward and benefits offer including; generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme and access to salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work and lease cars.

We are committed to supporting colleagues from different heritages and lifestyles while at work.

This is supported through the offer we have in place for flexible working and the three equality network groups we have in place.

Colleagues are encouraged to join these groups and request flexible working.

To provide specialist systemic family therapy assessments for children/ adolescents who may be experiencing severe, highly complex and persistent mental health problems.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the formulation and implementation of treatment plans taking into account relevant evidence based research, theory, practice and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes which have shaped the child/adolescent, their parents/carers and family.
To provide specialist systemic therapeutic treatment for children, adolescents, their parents/carers and families referred to CAMHS, with severe, highly complex and persistent mental health problems.
To provide specialist systemic advice, guidance and consultation to professional colleagues within CAMHS and related external agencies who work with children/young people contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
To be responsible for working within the appropriate safeguarding and risk guidelines in relation to own cases. This includes reporting to and liaising with multi-disciplinary service and external agency staff (e.g. Social Services staff, CAMHS colleagues, adult mental health staff, primary health and hospital staff, education staff, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, named child protection worker).
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on aspects of risk assessment and risk management
To coordinate, where appropriate, the intervention plans in respect of children and young people, taking responsibility for initiating planning and reviews with the young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved in the network of care.
To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care, including providing specialist assessment reports as required, and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of multi-disciplinary care.
To participate in regular review and ongoing discussion of cases in treatment with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and to provide specialist expertise in systemic family therapy techniques. To utilise theory, evidence based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other