An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Family Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team working within a new service in Warrington.
Warrington Council, in partnership with healthcare providers, is about to open a care home designed to support children and young people with complex mental health needs to live at home and in their communities.
The service will offer outreach support to families wishing to stay together, as well as 4 short to medium-term beds registered under the Children's Homes Regulations 2015.
The successful candidate will join the multidisciplinary team (MDT), which includes Senior Mental Health Practitioners, Social Workers, and Residential Staff, working collaboratively to provide holistic care planning, risk management, and therapeutic treatment. The post holder will be based within the care home and will receive management and clinical supervision from the CYP Crisis Response Team.
We are seeking an experienced candidate who shares our passion for supporting our most vulnerable children.
As a Family Therapist, you will deliver high standards of evidence-based, client-centered care to children and young people with mental health problems within this residential setting.
This role aligns with the CYPMH strategy and is expected to evolve in line with national and local initiatives.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, including children's and adults' barred list checks.
Main Duties of the Job
To provide specialist assessments of referred clients using interviews and other appropriate assessment methods. To develop treatment plans and deliver interventions using a range of models suitable to the service, including both short and long-term approaches. To offer specialist mental health advice and consultation to other professionals and agencies. To work autonomously in providing assessment and treatment services within the community. To participate in multidisciplinary assessments and treatments. To manage a caseload of families requiring long-term family and systemic psychotherapy. To produce reports and communicate effectively regarding assessments, treatment plans, and client needs. To liaise with health, social care, and education staff from various agencies. To conduct clinical work in health and education settings, as well as clients’ homes, to best meet their needs.
About Us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical and mental health services in the North West, serving over 1.4 million people across our region, with commissioned services covering the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services supporting physical and mental health, including inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK offering high secure mental health facilities.
Our commitment to 'perfect care' — safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient — guides everything we do. We support our staff to excel and work alongside service users, families, and carers to co-design future services. We are currently undertaking a programme of organisational and service transformation to improve quality and reduce costs.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job Responsibilities
As detailed above; further information is available in the full job description. Please contact the lead interviewer for additional details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Post-graduate or doctoral qualification in family and systemic psychotherapy recognized by DOH and AFT.
Knowledge & Experience
* Experience in generic and discipline-specific mental health assessments and treatments for children and families of various ages.
* Ability to formulate and develop treatment plans for diverse presentations, including short and long-term approaches.
* Experience working autonomously with families in assessment and treatment roles.
* Participation in multidisciplinary team meetings and co-working assessments and treatments within clinic settings.
* Case management experience for families requiring long-term family and systemic psychotherapy.
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsiveness to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discretion
* Change orientation
Skills
* Advanced knowledge of family and systemic psychotherapy theories and practices.
* Proficiency in various models for child mental health assessment and treatment, including family and systemic theories and evidence base.
* Effective communication skills, both oral and written, for complex, sensitive, and technical information with clients, families, and professionals.
* Knowledge of relevant clinical research literature and its application in child mental health.
* Understanding of legislation related to client groups, mental health, education, and child protection laws.
* Ability to build collaborative working relationships in multidisciplinary and multi-agency settings.
* Capacity to identify and implement mechanisms of clinical governance to support practice.
* Registration as a Family Therapist.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check will be required to assess any criminal convictions through the DBS process.
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