Bristol South CAMHS Lead Systemic Family Therapist

Bristol South CAMHS is seeking an experienced and dynamic Lead Systemic Family Therapist to help shape and strengthen our systemic practice across the service. The successful applicant will take a lead role in the local provision for Eating Disorders in Bristol South CAMHS. This is a senior clinical leadership role for someone who is passionate about relational approaches, committed to high-quality care and excited by the opportunity to influence service culture and development.

You'll join a warm, skilled and forward-thinking multidisciplinary team working with children, young people and families experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties. Your systemic expertise will be central to supporting families, guiding colleagues and embedding systemic thinking throughout the service.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the wider AWP CAMHS Community Eating Disorder Service, including the Eating Disorder Home Treatment team, community NG feeding and Eating Disorder 'Hub'.
• Actively contribute to the wider service aims of: supporting young people to remain at home as far as is practically possible reducing rates of admission and length of stay to acute hospitals and reducing the need for admissions to CAMHS General Adolescent Units (GAUs) and Specialist Eating Disorder Units (SEDUs).
• Lead on a local provision for Eating Disorders in order to meet the needs of those referred and to work alongside all ED teams across BNSSG. This includes working closely with adolescent in-patient units, the acute wards, the eating disorder 'HUB' and ED Home Treatment Team.
• Take the lead and supervise specific systemic interventions within a CAMHS team.
• Take the lead in offering systemic interventions in accordance with the CCHP care pathways and according to NICE guidance.
• Ensure that appropriate levels of clinical supervision are maintained and that clinical governance is of an excellent standard.
• Participate fully in the work of CAMHS, as well as participating in the referral and assessment process (Choice & Partnership Approach/I-thrive approach).
• Train others & offer supervised clinics for example, Systemic MSc and Systemic Family Practice.
• Work within all latest relevant clinical frameworks and guidelines including (but not limited to) NICE, Future in Mind, Eating Disorders Commissioning Guide etc.
• Apply a sound knowledge of safeguarding issues and child development to work with young people and families referred to CAMHS and identify when to refer to other agencies.
• Use professional skills in on-going clinical evaluation, which will include the use of appropriate routine outcome measures and through responding effectively to feedback from members of the client and professional system.
• Hold an appropriate caseload.