Systemic Family Practitioner (SFP)

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Clinical

• To undertake thorough specialist systemic assessments of women referred to the team. This includes the gathering of appropriate information from the family, utilising a range of systemic methodologies (e.g. interactional patterns, levels of context) and from other professionals and agencies.
• To provide a specialist level of systemic assessment, formulation and intervention with women in the perinatal period and their families. This includes delivery of a range of systemic skills and techniques to individuals, couples, and families, in the context of professional and wider social systems.
• To undertake risk assessment and the management of risk following an act or intent of deliberate self-harm.
• To hold a complex caseload and to exercise autonomy within supervisory and managerial structures for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients.
• Following assessment, in conjunction with the patient and family when appropriate to derive a clinical formulation and treatment plan and communicate this in writing to the referrer and other professions within limits of confidentiality.
• To implement directly a variety of systemic skills as appropriate to client needs and to the level of systemic qualification held including couples, co-parenting and family interventions.
• To provide advice, guidance, and consultation to other team members as appropriate in groups or on an individual basis, drawing upon systemic theory, knowledge and evidence base as in line with the level of systemic qualification held and core professional qualification.
• To provide systemic intervention under the supervision of a clinical Family and Systemic Psychotherapist supervisor and to work in ways which are sensitive to the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.
• To identify and respond appropriately to child protection issues within procedures set down by trust and local child protection committee.
• To observe professional confidentiality in all matters relating to your work.
• Establish and maintain good relationships and clear communication with other local agencies [e.g. Social Services, Midwives, Health Visitors and GP].
• To facilitate collaboration and joint working with other relevant professionals.

Teaching, training and support 

• To participate in service and team reviews, in line with Trust, Directorate Needs.
• To participate in appropriate training courses, talks and seminars to other disciplines and organisations, statutory and non-statutory.
• To participate in regular systemic clinical supervision from a qualified Family Therapist and other relevant supervision from senior professional colleagues including the team clinical psychologist, team social worker.
• To keep up-to-date with current developments and research-based practice in perinatal mental health and systemic practices.
• To participate in and undertake individual performance review and to maintain professional standards and be involved in personal / professional development and update as necessary or required.
• Co-operating with management in the formulation of, and adherence to, procedures relating to Health and Safety Policy.
• To provide consultation, advice and training as appropriate to professionals outside of the team as in line with the level of systemic qualification held and core professional qualification.

Administration 

• To maintain up-to-date comprehensive clinical notes and prepare formal documents such as letters, reports and summaries.
• To record and submit statistical information as required by the service. Statistical information will be to both local for team information or to the Trust data collection system.
• To ensure administrative tasks are completed within the time scales set down in service protocols.
• To attend and participate in team referral meetings, business meetings, supervision and support meetings.
• To contribute to the formulation and evaluation of policies and the development of ideas for changing policies as appropriate.

Clinical governance 

• To participate in team evaluations, team reviews and risk assessments
• To participate in audit meetings as set down by team, to contribute to team projects such as audit, evidence-based practice, research.
• To assist in ensuring that all practice is both clinically safe and can show evidence of evidence-based practice.
• To assist in any research projects running or set up within local team, directorate or Trust.
• To participate in team initiatives to ensure quality of service e.g. client satisfaction questionnaires.