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Advert for Systemic Practitioner/Family Therapist - Full time Fixed term (2 year contract)P06/P07Royal Borough of Greenwich Children's Services has embedded systemic practice for several years and now has a dedicated team of Systemic Practice/Family Therapists. There is one vacancy for a full-time fixed term Clinician to support the embedding of theory to practice links, aligned with the Greenwich Children's Services Practice Framework and Practice Academy. Clinicians are at the forefront of driving theory to practice links within front facing children's services and ensuring that compassion minded, systemic and cognitive approaches are integrated into all work in the Children's Services Directorate.The successful applicant will need relevant education and necessary training and experience in systemic and CMT. We are looking for dynamic individuals able to respond with agility and flexibility to the wide-ranging needs of young people and families and practitioners within a social care environment. You will also be expected to deliver a wide-range of training, adapting the practice framework to different professional groups as well as consulting in practice meetingsPlease send an expression of interest showing how you meet the intended person specification criteria attached.If you are interested in applying for this role please contact:Amanda Srivastava, Service Leader Systemic and Compassionate practice, Practice, Improvement & Development ServiceAmanda.srivastava@For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Amanda Srivastava ; amanda.srivastava@royalgreenwich.gov.uk 020 8921 6542If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact or call 020-8921-8977Safer recruitment: Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.Internal Only Advert: This vacancy is being advertised internally only - this means it is only open to applications from existing employees, agency workers, apprentices and GSP/GSS employees.Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this to help you calculate a pro rata salary.Our Staff Values: are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.Related informationPlease read any attached documents before applying for this jobFile size: 349.49 KBFile size: 138.62 KBFile size: 292.83 KBExternal linkExternal linkExternal linkAt the Royal Borough of Greenwich we believe children should enjoy their childhoods, and we are determined to apply child-centred best practice in everything that we do.We have opportunities for Social Workers to join our Permanence and Safeguarding Service, including our MASH team (Multi- Agency and Safeguarding Hub).Social Work - Health & Adult ServicesOur people are important to us. We believe in a 21st century adult health and social care that makes the best use of peoplexe2x80x99s strengths and resources to ensure our residents, and our workforce, thrive.Royal Greenwich is proud to signal our commitment to a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace.Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe. Royal Greenwich proudly supports this.This award rewards the work London-based employers are doing to make their workplaces healthier, happier and more productive.

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