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| Title: | MST Therapist |
| Employer: | Brandon Centre |
| Description: | The Brandon Centre is a charitable organisation providing psychotherapy, contraception and sexual health services for young people aged 12–21 years. The Centre also offers Multisystemic Therapy (MST), a well-researched family and community-based treatment model directed at young people on the edge of care or custody who are involved in antisocial and challenging behaviour. We currently have three MST teams, one of which is an adaptation of the model to treat young people displaying problem sexual behaviour (MST-PSB). We are seeking to recruit two therapists to the MST-PSB team: • An MST-PSB Therapist who will be working across several London boroughs and who will occasionally be asked to take MST Standard cases. • An MST Standard Therapist who will be working primarily in the London borough of Ealing with young people displaying antisocial behaviour and who will occasionally be asked to take MST-PSB cases. When requesting an application form, please state which post(s) you are applying for. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a criminal record check via the Criminal Records Bureau. Interested people may locate information about this treatment model at www.mstservices.com for MST Standard and www.mstpsb.com for MST-PSB. Multisystemic Therapy for Problem Sexual Behaviour Therapist Hours: Five days per week, including out-of-hours service Salary: £42,582 including inner-London weighting Band 8a The Brandon Centre is seeking an individual with mental health clinical training and experience to implement MST–PSB. Duties include assessment, treatment, and collaboration with families, young people, and community agency staff. The Therapist will function as part of an MST team and will participate in weekly Team Supervision and Consultation. Must be available to provide on-call 24-hour coverage on rotation with other team members. Specific experience in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Structural Family Therapy, Strategic Family Therapy and behaviourally-based treatments preferred. Masters degree in a mental health field preferred, although an undergraduate degree with extensive experience will be considered. The MST-PSB therapist will provide intensive, in-home treatment, support and crisis intervention to young people presenting with problem sexual behaviours and their families. The post holder is also expected to work with MST Standard cases. MST Therapist Hours: Five days per week, including out-of-hours service Salary: £42,582 including, inner-London weighting Band 8a The Brandon Centre is seeking an individual with mental health clinical training and experience to implement MST. Duties include assessment, treatment, and collaboration with families, young people, and community agency staff. The Therapist will function as part of an MST team and will participate in weekly team supervision and consultation. Must be available to provide on-call 24-hour coverage on rotation with other team members. Specific experience in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Structural Family Therapy, Strategic Family Therapy and behaviourally-based treatments preferred. Masters degree in a mental health field preferred, although an undergraduate degree with extensive experience will be considered. The post is based within the MST team for Problem Sexual Behaviour (MST-PSB) and while it is expected that most of the treatment cases allocated to the therapist will not be ones in which the young person is displaying problem sexual behaviour, the post holder will be expected to take on occasional MST-PSB cases. Full training will be given in the MST-PSB model. For an application pack, please contact Joanna Brett at familyservice@brandoncentre.org.uk or on 020 7424 9935. The closing date for applications is Monday 14 January at 9am. |
| Working Hours: | Full-time |
| Salary: | £42,582 |
| Location: | London |
| Closing Date: | 14/Jan/2013 |
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| Address: | [not recorded] |
Further Details | |
| Contact Name: | Joanna Brett |
| Contact Email Address: | familyservice@brandoncentre.org.uk |
| Contact Telephone No: | 0207 424 9935 |
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