Family therapist x2

Job Ref: CYP-21-019
Job type: Full-time 35 hours per week
Closing date: Sunday 4th July 2021, 11:59pm
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £47,568 - £49,581 per annum (SWLO)

We are looking for Family therapists who are willing to work in new and innovative ways with children and families to ensure they receive the right help at the right time. We are looking for applicants who can bring skills, experience and enthusiasm to meet the needs of children/young people and their families with complex emotional and mental health needs. 

The role 
This is an exciting opportunity to join our newly redesigned Meliot Family Centre and First Response Team, Safe Space Service. The Meliot Family Centre works with children and families known to Children Social Care providing family support, contact supervision and undertaking parenting capacity assessments. The First Response Team works with children who are deemed to be on the edge of care, utilising a number of approaches to keep children within their families and return children home from care. 

We have expanded and developed the existing Meliot Family Centre and First Response team to establish an enhanced Edge of Care Family Support Service. This service will help create more sustainable family resilience, to reduce the need for long term or repeated periods of statutory CSC services and support more children and young people to stay safely within their naturally occurring networks, avoiding the need to be, or stay, in care. 

The Family Therapists will support in developing this new specialist service which aims to improve longer term outcomes for children and families. This is an opportunity to deliver therapeutic support to children and families and to lead on the provision of therapeutic, evidence based interventions. The post holders will work alongside social workers and practitioners across Children Social Care providing consultation to social care staff and participating in group supervision.

Location 
Laurance House, Catford, SE6 4RU

Salary details 

£47,568 - £49,581 per annum (SWLO) 

Further information

For an informal discussion about the role and recruitment process, please email LewishamWorkforceDevelopmentGroup@lewisham.gov.uk with your contact details and we will call you to discuss the role in more detail. 

Lewisham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds

The post is subject to a DBS.

For a full job description and person specification, and for further information about the recruitment process, please click on the links below. To apply please click on 'apply for job' at the top of the page.

Closing date

Sunday 4th July 2021, 11:59pm

Interview and assessment:  Week commencing 12th July 

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.