Family Therapist
Job Description
Title
Family Therapist
(For Brent Council’s Inclusion and Alternative Education Service)
Reporting to
Co-Head of Programme Services for Schools
Employer
The Anna Freud Centre
Salary
£35,396pa to £54,393pa FTE, pro rata, plus 6% contributory
pension scheme
Location
Anna Freud Centre, 12 Maresfield Gardens, London NW3 5SU
plus various locations in Brent
Working hours
Part time: 18.75 hours per week
Term of contract
One year fixed term (in the first instance)
The Anna Freud Centre (AFC)
As a Centre of Practice the AFC is dedicated to developing innovative and effective
treatments and services for children and families. The Centre provides specialist help for
children and young people in emotional distress, helping to put them back on track for a
brighter future. As a Centre of Learning AFC pioneers training and research dedicated to
improving understanding of children and young people’s emotional problems. The Centre is
affiliated to UCL with which it offers three master’s degree programmes (one of which is
also offered with Yale University) and a clinical doctorate and undertakes collaborative
research studies.
Overview of the post
Brent Council’s Inclusion and Alternative Education Service
The AFC has been commissioned to provide clinical input to Brent Council’s Inclusion and
Alternative Education Service. The purpose of the Inclusion Support Team is to improve
educational outcomes and well-being in children and families by providing input to schools
using models backed by research and training. This post is part of a group of four
experienced Clinicians, who will offer a clinical service to the multi–disciplinary Inclusion
Support Team, and referring schools. The task will be to offer some comprehensive
assessments and short term work with a number of pupils with complex needs, contributing to
their successful integration and reintegration through a multi-agency approach, and to
strengthen skills and competencies in the professionals around them. The team will be
supported through clinical supervision.
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Duties and responsibilities
The post-holder will be expected to:
 Work as a Family Therapist for the Anna Freud Centre, as a member of the clinical
team supporting Brent’s Inclusion and Alternative Education Service
 Participate in and contribute to all activities supporting this post.
 Provide clinical consultation and supervision as appropriate, with individuals and
groups.
 Liaise with families, social care, schools, the Inclusion Support Team ,and other
professionals
The post-holder will be expected to:
 Conduct assessments of referred pupils and families
 Undertake short term work with a small number of pupils and /or their families
 Implement a swift engagement programme with these families and the professionals
around them.
 Deliver a systemically oriented service at all levels
 Participate in team meetings and on-going discussion of clinical work with other
members of the team
 Exercise autonomous professional responsibility based on the code of professional
conduct and ethics of the post-holder’s professional body
 Work within the appropriate child protection, deliberate self-harm, substance misuse
and other guidelines, by reporting to and liaising with the team, project leads and
external agency staff
 Keep clinical records and communicate appropriately with clients, referrers and
other agencies, complying with the centre’s requirements regarding outcome
monitoring etc., and with guidelines on confidentiality and data protection. Where a
significant degree of clinical judgment is required about the management of
information, with potentially serious legal and clinical consequences, the clinician will
be expected to consult with colleagues, including psychiatrists, project leads and the
Services for Schools Co-Head of Programme.
 Adhere to clinical governance guidelines, including keeping up-to-date and accurate
clinical records.
Service development and evaluation
The post-holder will be expected to:
 Support and develop collaboration with other projects within the AFC, as appropriate
together with other team members, ensure that clinical service users, research
participants, training users and other key stakeholders have an appropriate voice
within the project.
 Promote the work of the AFC at all levels as appropriate.
Continuing professional development
The post-holder will be expected to:
 Ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional
standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training
and development programmes, regular professional supervision and appraisal, active
engagement with current developments and attendance at appropriate training
courses, study days and workshops
 Attend an annual Review and Development meeting with the line managers, which will
include the formulation of a professional development plan and specific details of
continuing professional development in relation to the tasks of the post and its
development over time
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
Attend recommended and mandatory governance-related trainings including fire and
health and safety training and participate in clinical effectiveness activity.
Other
 To actively follow and promote AFC policies, including Equal Opportunities.
 To maintain an awareness and observation of fire, health and safety regulations.
 The welfare of the children, young people and vulnerable adults who come into
contact with our services either directly or indirectly is paramount and all staff have a
responsibility to ensure that best practice is followed, including compliance with
statutory requirements.
To be noted
This is not an exhaustive list of tasks. The post-holder will be asked to undertake any other
ad hoc tasks commensurate with the scope and purpose of this post.
This job description reflects the present requirements of the post, and as duties and
responsibilities change/develop, the job description will be reviewed and be subject to
amendment in consultation with the post-holder.
The post-holder will be required to have an enhanced DBS disclosure which the Centre will
apply for.
March 2015