This senior post sits in the Children and Young People's Gender Service (North West), run in partnership by Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. The post-holder leads the family therapy clinic, providing specialist assessment and therapy to children, young people and their families while coordinating care with partner agencies. Protected time for family therapy sits alongside clinical supervision duties, with full-time, part-time and some remote working possible. Applicants need a family and systemic psychotherapy qualification and current registration with a regulatory body.
What the job involves
- Lead the family therapy clinic
- Provide specialist assessment and therapeutic interventions to children, young people and their families
- Liaise and engage with partnership agencies to provide an integrated, coordinated care plan
- Provide clinical supervision to clinical practitioners
Qualifications
- Core profession under BABCP accreditation criteria
- Professional qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy, or equivalent trained overseas or an EFTA-validated ECP
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Certificate in supervision skills or equivalent experience
Registration & licences
- Current registration with an appropriate regulatory body
Experience
- Substantial post-qualification experience, including senior-level work in services
- Working with children, young people, families and carers
- Clinical supervision, mentoring and case management of colleagues and students
- Working within multidisciplinary teams and with external agencies
- Leading the development, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based clinical care packages
Skills & knowledge
- Assessing clinical risk and developing risk management plans, including safeguarding
- Knowledge of child mental health, relevant legislation, NICE guidance and child development theory
- Communicating complex, sensitive or contentious information to children, parents and professionals
- Using assessment tools and routine outcome measures (ROMs)
Checks & eligibility
- Right to work in the UK, or eligibility for Health and Care visa sponsorship
Other
- Understanding of clinical governance and willingness to follow Trust policy
Nice to have
- Relevant postgraduate qualification in a related field
- Experience of managing or leading service developments
- Line management and professional management of staff
- Project management experience
- Experience of group work and workshops
- Community mental health experience across a range of settings
- Good analytical and strategic skills
- Advanced IT skills
What’s offered
- Free parking and free EV charging at Mandarin Court
- Bicycle storage and on-site changing facilities
- Short walk from Warrington Bank Quay station
- Flexible working opportunities
- Protected time for family therapy
- Some remote working
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
