Job Opportunities
(Part-Time Secondment)
The School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work wishes to recruit suitable part-time (either one 0.4 FTE or two 0.2 FTE) BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural psychotherapists to teach and supervise trainees at postgraduate level, on the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programmes and related courses and to contribute to the School’s administration/outreach activity. Applications are particularly invited from female candidates
Duties will include the following components based on the needs of the programme and teaching/ supervision demands in each semester
- Teaching and supervision on the PG Dip in CBP
- Teaching inputs on the PG Cert in CBP
- Teaching and supervision may also be required as necessary on the MSc in Specialist (Trauma) CBT
The post will be available for the equivalent of 1 or 2 days per week period and applications are invited from those interested in a part-time secondment from a current clinical post.
Appointments will be made at AFC band 8a and will be initially for three years.
Interviews are expected to take place in August 2024, the date to be confirmed.
Informal enquiries may be made to m.duffy@qub.ac.uk
Closing date: 5pm on Friday 2nd August 2024 CV and statement to be emailed to sseswschoolmanager@qub.ac.uk
The School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work wishes to appoint an experienced and committed part time (0.2 FTE) UKCP accredited Systemic Family Psychotherapist to supervise, teach and assess trainees at various levels of the postgraduate Systemic Practice and Family Therapy training programmes (Foundation /PG Certificate; Intermediate/PG Diploma; MSc Systemic Practice; Masters Qualifying level/MSc Systemic Psychotherapy). These NISCC and AFT accredited multidisciplinary courses attract practitioners throughout N. Ireland, UK and the Republic of Ireland working in a wide range of statutory and voluntary sector adult and children’s settings.
The successful candidate will liaise closely with the two Systemic Pathway Programme Directors to agree a programme of work. Duties will vary but will include:
- Large group teaching: Single session teaching, including the provision of accompanying teaching resources e.g. PPT, additional reading materials
- Small group teaching: Regular small group teaching and experiential learning facilitation
- Assessment: Contribution to design of appropriate assessments; assessing student work and progress by reference to assessment criteria; provision of constructive formative and summative feedback to students within an agreed timeframe
- Tutor: Provision of tutor support to individuals or small groups of students to encourage engagement with learning
- Clinical supervision: Provision of clinical supervision to individuals or small groups of students on their agency practice
- Research supervision: Support to students undertaking Masters dissertations
- Administration: Any administration duties associated with the role e.g. keeping of records, responding to QUB administrative/governance processes, as well as accreditation processes of the Association of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT) and N. Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) etc.
- Course development and recruitment: Contribution to the ongoing development of the systemic courses at Queen’s and student learning; contribution to course promotion e.g. presentations, design of web-resources etc.
Applications are invited from those interested in a part-time secondment from a current post.
This post is equivalent to 1 day per week, however there will be times across the academic calendar when more/less time will be required e.g. at times of assessment.
Appointments will be made at AFC band 8a and will be initially for three years.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
Clinical Practice
- MSc Systemic Psychotherapy or equivalent
- Current AFT and UKCP registration or equivalent
- At least five years’ experience of working in a professional capacity with children and young people/adults and families
- Knowledge and experience of liaising with statutory, voluntary and community organisations
- Experience of working with a diverse range of presenting therapeutic issues across child and adult settings
- Excellent knowledge and experience of working in the context of safeguarding concerns
Training
7. Experience of design and facilitation of practitioner training/workshops/experiential learning
8. Ability to communicate complex information clearly
9. Effective interpersonal skills to encourage student commitment to learning
10. Experience of providing constructive oral and written feedback to professional trainees
11. Excellent oral and written communication skills. IT competent
Team
12. Experience of working as part of a team to meet agreed aims and objectives
13. Experience of working flexibly to meet job demands
DESIRABLE CRITERIA:
1. Experience of design and delivery of Systemic Practice and Family Therapy training/workshops
2. Experience of providing clinical supervision
3. Accreditation as Systemic Supervisor
4. Applied research skills
5. Published research and/or relevant scholarly articles
Informal enquiries may be made to Suzanne Mooney s.mooney@qub.ac.uk
Closing date: 5pm Thursday 15th August 2024
CV and statement to be emailed to sseswschoolmanager@qub.ac.uk
Candidates should ensure their employer is supportive of a secondment before applying.
Interviews will take place on Thursday 22nd August 2024 with successful candidates commencing preferably in October 2024.
This page will be updated as and when job opportunties arise.