Family Therapist

Looking for a Family Therapist role where you have the support and development from over 50 Qualified Psychologists and Psychological Therapists?

Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Medium Secure Services

Our Charity

We are St Andrew’s, a mental health Charity which inspires Hope. We working together with a number of organisations to transform the lives of people with complex mental health needs. We provide specialist mental healthcare and deliver a range of inpatient and community mental healthcare services, education and research that helps to improve lives.

Our vision for the future is a society in which everyone living with mental health need is heard, valued and has hope for their future.

As a charity, all of our profits are re-invested into new services and new facilities. And because we’re independent, we have the flexibility to make a real difference. Joining us is your chance to make a big contribution to amazing work that is transforming the lives of some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) 

Our CAMHS is a Trauma Informed Care Service, ensuring that everything we do is driven by an understanding of how trauma affects the whole person; physically, mentally and socially. We provide low and medium secure Tier 4 CAMHS inpatient services, with the objective of enabling young people to live well and to their full potential in the least restrictive environment possible.

Medium Secure Service

Our medium secure service has both male and female forensic wards as well as some specialist medium secure wards too.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Family Therapist to join St Andrew’s Healthcare in Northampton on a full-time, permanent basis to work across our CAMHS and Medium Secure Services.

Previous experience in mental health settings, particularly inpatient services, would be an advantage. However, applications from newly qualified therapists are also welcome.

Duties of the role:-

• Provide family therapy assessment/treatment services
• Arrange and attend family therapy meetings & workshops
• Work effectively with other agencies including social services, primary care & the voluntary sector
• Contribute to the development of the multidisciplinary team
• Ensure that all duties are carried out in line with our policies & statutory requirements
• Engage in clinical governance & regular audits of the service
• Maintain accurate records of clinical activity & keep up to date with current research

More about you:-

• Master’s degree qualified in Family Therapy
• AFT & UKCP registered or equivalent
• Experienced in working with complex family dynamics & high levels of risk
• Skilled in clinical governance, auditing & clinical supervision
• Passionate about working with people with a range of complex mental health needs
• Dynamic, enthusiastic, compassionate, professional & committed to working to a high standards

Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.

We offer an excellent package that includes:

Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing to 41 after 10 years' service; Life cover; Salary Sacrifice Electric Car scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications. On-site facilities such as gym and swimming pool access and cafés all set within beautiful grounds. 

For further details please contact our Internal Recruitment Consultant, James Farrelly jcfarrelly@stah.org