Systemic Practitioner (Up to 12 months Fixed Term Contract, Maternity Cover)

Who are we?

Kibble is a specialist provider of services for at risk children and young people across the UK. Many of the young people the charity cares for have experienced significant trauma in their lives and we provide a safe, stable environment that is both nurturing and therapeutic. With a robust support network and wide range of integrated services, we offer young people opportunities and encourage them to believe in themselves, feel a sense of belonging, and realise their own self-worth.

Are you interested in making a real change with families with complex needs?

The Systemic Family service are part of the Specialist Intervention Team who work with children 5-18 years old. We work across the range of facilities, including the safe centre, community services and early years provisions. You will become an integral part of the SIS team, which is responsible for the planning, implementation and evaluation of a range of specialist interventions for young people and their families. The service prides itself on working alongside families who have previously struggled to engage with services.

We are looking to recruit a motivated and passionate systemic practitioner to work with families using intensive therapeutic approaches. The post involves providing direct systemic therapy with all of the family, structured work with parents and carers, family focused work with children and young people and family support. The role involves working closely with all the systems who work with the young person and their family such as education, the care team, health, support agencies and the local authority. The role requires a candidate to be able to work with younger children. The candidate is required to be flexible, creative, and be able to use playful approaches to engaging children in a therapeutic process. We also work with young people who have complex emotional and behavioural difficulties therefore having an understanding of mental health needs is essential. 

Main Duties:

• To implement a range of systemic interventions for individuals, carers, staff, professionals and families using systemic models.
• To work with young people, children, and their families both within a residential setting and where required within the family home.
• To work in collaboration with the therapeutic practitioners and psychology team.  
• To provide consultation to professionals and those using the service regarding systemic formulation and care planning.
• To help formulate and then implement plans for the systemic support and therapy for children, young people and / or family members based on an appropriate conceptual framework, and using methods based on evidence of effectiveness and efficacy.
• To evaluate and make decisions about intervention options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, or group.
• To provide systemic advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to an intervention or care plan of those using the service.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and intervention plans of children and families.
• To write reports summarising systemic assessment, formulation or intervention outcomes.

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