Family Worker

The Systemic Family service sits within Kibble's Specialist Intervention Team and works with children aged 5 to 18 living away from home, along with their families. The role centres on systemic interventions with whole families, structured work with parents and carers, and liaison with education, health and local authority teams. It is a one-year fixed-term post, split between residential settings and family homes, and requires Safe Crisis Management training.

Fit depends on a degree with family intervention experience or registration as a counsellor or psychotherapist.

• Deliver systemic interventions for individuals, carers, staff, professionals and families using systemic models
• Work with children, young people and families in residential settings and, where needed, in the family home
• Provide direct family work: structured work with parents and carers, dyadic parent-child work, family-focused work with children and young people, and family support
• Work closely with the therapeutic practitioners and the psychology team
• Work with education, care teams, health, support agencies and the local authority around each young person
• Consult professionals and service users on systemic formulation and care planning
• Give systemic advice and guidance to professionals contributing to an intervention or care plan
• Communicate assessment, formulation and intervention plans sensitively and skilfully to children and families
• Write reports summarising systemic assessment, formulation or intervention outcomes

• Degree level or above, as an alternative to the counsellor or psychotherapist route

• Registration with a regulatory body as a counsellor or psychotherapist, as an alternative to a degree

• Experience of providing interventions to families

• Knowledge of systemic practice
• Understanding of mental health needs
• Skills for clinical roles within multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings
• High-level written and oral communication with colleagues, professionals and lay people
• Skill in building effective partnership working
• Flexible, creative approach, using playful methods to engage children

• PVG Scheme membership
• Car driver, ready to travel to multiple sites

• Fitness to complete Safe Crisis Management training, including theory and physical parts within four weeks of starting
• Ability to set priorities and organise workload effectively
• Ability to work within a team and autonomously
• Enthusiasm for systemic and family therapy approaches that promote family resilience

• Foundation and/or Intermediate Certificate in Systemic Practice
• Understanding of the impact of trauma and child development approaches
• DDP qualification
• Experience of working with families with complex needs
• Experience delivering interventions with families and young people, and monitoring individual or group work with challenged families
• Skills in providing consultation to professional and non-professional groups

• Further training, job variety and funded study
• Healthcare contribution towards dental treatment, new glasses and contact lenses
• Discounts on shopping and events through Blue Light Card, Costco and other partners
• Childcare discounts at Puddle Lane children's nursery
• Immediate access to confidential counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Generous holidays