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As part of our dedication to expanding and upskilling the workforce in our CAMHS Family Therapy teams, we are delighted to be able to offer a Trainee Systemic Family Therapist post.

This is a training post for Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Registered Mental Health Nurses with post registration experience to work within our established CAMHS Teams, providing services for Children and Young People with Emotional and Mental Health problems.

All applicants must be:
available to interview on 31st March 2023 with a joint Exeter University and CAMHS interview panel,

able to start the training in September 2023 at to Exeter University

possess a qualification in systemic family practice permitting access to an MSc Family Therapy Course .

A separate application to Exeter University is also required by midnight on 6th March (earlier than the course closing date) for joint shortlisting purposes.

Systemic Therapy MSc | Postgraduate taught | University of Exeter

This post is subject to your successful application to a course commencing in September 2023. The course will be fully funded and you will be provided adequate study time for your course commitments. You will receive supervision from a Systemic Family Therapist who is experienced in working within CAMHS, alongside the support you receive on the masters course.

Following successful completion of the university course, you will be eligible to apply for a Band 7 Family Therapist post.

The post holder will be a member of the West Team for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and will have responsibility for the assessment, treatment and evaluation of treatment provided to clients referred to the team in addition to being aligned to our Family Therapy clinics.

You'll join the team in supporting children/young people presenting with a broad range of complex difficulties including anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, trauma and those presenting with associated risk.

The post holder will work autonomously and collaboratively with team members providing services at clinical bases and within client’s homes, as well as a range of other settings as appropriate.

What can we offer you?

• Our CAMHS West team are a very well established, friendly and supportive team.
• There are various different training and development opportunities available to those that want to progress including specialist therapy training such as Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).
• CAMHS offer excellent clinical supervision, peer supervision, safeguarding supervision and management supervision with a workable caseload.

The hours of work are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone’s throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan – there is truly something for everyone!

If you are interested in working with children and young people but would like to find out more, please do get in touch!

• The post holder will be a member of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and will have responsibility for the assessment, treatment and evaluation of intensive treatment provided to clients referred to the team.
• The post holder is responsible for providing comprehensive, holistic psycho-social assessment and interventions for children and adolescents presenting with mental health difficulties, and their families/carers, referred to Specialist CAMHS.
• The post holder will work autonomously and collaboratively with team members providing services at clinical bases and within client’s homes, as well as a range of other settings as appropriate.

The post holder will provide support to other team members and clinical supervision to junior members of the team.

Please see detailed JD attached for more information