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Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
£55,399 – £69,947 per annum
Permanent
Full Time (36 Hours)
Wandsworth, London
February 2024 start

Want to join an award-winning social work organisation? Join us and drive transformative change for children and families and shape our ambitious and compassionate systemic social work practice model. 

As a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, you will play a pivotal role in supporting social workers, practitioners, and managers in developing ethical and relational safeguarding approaches that enable children to thrive. 

Your systemic interventions will facilitate children and families to experience safe, stable, and loving relationships. Driving the integration of systemic practice through supervision, training, and consultation, you will cultivate and strengthen communities of systemic practice around children and families. 

About the role

You will champion anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices, ensuring services are equitable and transformative for children and families of diverse backgrounds. Your practice will reflect values of safety, activism, compassion, curiosity, and reflexivity.

You will implement systemic interventions to foster protective and loving relationships for children and families. Additionally, you will embed systemic practice through supervision, training, consultation, and innovation projects. 

This is a dynamic role providing you opportunities to develop and grow as a practitioner and practice leader within Children Services. 

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Hold a Master’s (or equivalent) in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy, accredited by the UK Council for Psychotherapy.
• Demonstrate strong skills in formulating therapeutic needs and implementing systemic interventions to safeguard children and strengthen family relationships.
• Provide effective consultation, supervision, and training to embed systemic practice across Children Services and Early Help.
• Ability to embody and model anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices, bringing your values to life in the service of children and families. 

If you meet the above criteria and would like to join an award-winning social work service, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity. 

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Jordan Makmihe, Service Manager by emailing jordan.makmihe@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

Closing Date: 15th December 2024 
Shortlisting Date: 16th December 2024
Interview Date: 19th December 2024
Test/Presentation: Systemic Consultation with a Social Worker

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. 

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan. 

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