Children at the heart of our system.

About Us

Following the success of our Systemic Practice Team we are expanding our intervention offer and developing a Family Therapy Clinic across the Children and Families Service. We have an established, dedicated and highly skilled team of workers focused on the achieving our key priorities;

• Rehabilitation of children home to their families where it is possible and safe to do so
• Prevention of accommodation by the Local Authority where possible and safe to do so
• Sharing systemic practice through Consultation Sessions and training to support the use of systemic skills across the service and with multi-agency colleagues
• Supporting the stability of placements for children looked after by the Local Authority

The team's vision is to provide focused therapeutic interventions to families alongside supporting our Family Support and Social Work colleagues to continue developing a menu of evidence-based interventions drawing on Restorative Practice, including Non-Violent Resistance and trauma informed practice.

The development of a Family Therapy Clinic is in recognition of the high quality and effective support we have offered family and professional systems to date and we hope to increase the capacity to offer specialist systemic interventions moving forward.

We are seeking energetic, enthusiastic and flexible practitioners who can contribute their creativity, passion and skills to our dedicated team. There will be an opportunity to work alongside colleagues at different levels of their Systemic training as well as contribute to peer CPD and supervision spaces dedicated to ongoing development of our skills in practice.

Role

We are looking for a skilled, experienced and inspirational Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join our dedicated team at an exciting time of expansion of the service as a Team Manager. The post holder will join a dedicated service of Systemic Practitioners and Family & Systemic Psychotherapists who are based in the Edge of Care Service within Safeguarding and Support Teams around the county of Warwickshire. As well as line managing Systemic Practitioners, the successful candidate will be an integral member of the Family Therapy Clinic, delivering family therapy within the Social Care context. The Team Manager also has a key role in supporting colleagues to utilise relationship-based interventions across Social Care through delivering Systemic Consultation and Training.

There will be an assessment and selection process for these posts. For further details about the role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.  

Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

For an informal discussion contact rutheden@warwickshire.gov.uk or sharronsandeman@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing Date: 18^th August 2022

Interview Date: 24^th August 2022 at Oakfield Park in Rugby.

To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button.
 
Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so. 

If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.
 

You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.   

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.   

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.  

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.