Location
London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
£61,686 per annum

About the Role
An exciting opportunity to join the Edge of Care (EoC) team within Children’s Social Care in Tower Hamlets. The EoC team is a multi-disciplinary group consisting of Social Workers, Family Practitioners, Psychologists and a Family Therapist. The team provides individual and family therapeutic support to children, young people and parents/carers to enable them to remain in, or return to, the care of their family. The service supports children and young people subject to Child in Need, Child Protection and Looked After Children plans.

The post is line managed by the CAMHS Senior Psychologist within the EoC team, with clinical supervision provided by a senior Systemic Psychotherapist in wider Tower Hamlets CAMHS.

Main duties include:
- Providing systemic interventions to parents, carers and children on social care plans with significant parenting, relationship and behavioural difficulties.
- Working collaboratively with other team members, bringing a systemic perspective to family work.
- Providing systemic supervision to team members and Children’s Social Care staff.
- Supporting the development of systemic practice and training within Children’s Social Care.

Tower Hamlets is committed to creating a borough where people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities. The council values teamwork, openness, willingness, excellence and respect, and strives to be a dynamic, outcomes-based organisation using digital innovation and partnership working to meet the needs of its diverse community.

Experience
Experience working with families facing complex parenting, relationship and behavioural challenges within a social care context is essential.

About you
You will have a strong commitment to systemic practice and the ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team. Local knowledge of Tower Hamlets and its diverse cultural and ethnic communities is desirable. You will demonstrate a commitment to the council’s values and to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications
Applicants must have completed the four-year Systemic Clinical MSc and be registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).

Additional Information
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and appointment is conditional on a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Tower Hamlets Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

The council is a Disability Confident Employer and guarantees an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria. Care experience is recognised as an additional protected characteristic. Flexible working arrangements and applications from residents of the borough are welcomed.