Systemic Family Therapist for Fostering, Adoption and Permanence

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Systemic Family Therapist to join our Children in Care Health Team and Specialist CAMHS team for Fostering, Adoption and Permanence team covering the Dorset Council area. Consideration will be given to a newly qualified Family Therapist as a progression post.

As a Systemic Family Therapist, you will provide assessments and interventions for children, young people, and their families/carers within the context of care, adoption, and kinship arrangements.

You will work autonomously providing a highly specialist Family Therapy provision to young people and their families referred to the service, as well as being confident in consultation, supervision and training of colleagues.

We are looking for someone to join our friendly and supportive team who shares the same passion and enthusiasm as our team members that will improve the outcome's of children in care and care experienced young people.

As an integral member of the team, you will work both clinically with families, but also bring expertise in supporting the team to ensure that systemic thinking and understanding lies at the centre of the clinical service.

This post is part time post of 30 hours per week, flexible working would be considered providing the service needs are met., To work as a member of the specialist Children In Care multi-disciplinary team to specifically provide systemic assessments and interventions across the fostering, adoption and kinship care services.

To provide systemic assessments of need and systemic interventions for carers experiencing high levels of relational distress such that it is creating instability within the care arrangements for their young people.

The role focuses on supporting complex family dynamics, promoting emotional wellbeing, and improving placement stability through evidence-based systemic practice.

To provide systemic formulations for carers to support increased psychological understanding of the relational dynamics occurring within the family system.

To be an integral part of the specialist MDT and ensure that systemic thinking is embedded within clinical thinking, and to participate in service wide clinical pathways for systemic interventions e.g., NVR

To provide family therapy consultation and supervision to multi-agency colleagues with a specific focus on local authority staff.

As a B8a Systemic Psychotherapist, to hold additional responsibilities for providing consultation, supervision and training across the CiC health service and system. To hold a caseload of families with the highest level of need and complexity.

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do, and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities, and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion, and expertise in all we do.