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	Wimbledon Guild Counselling Service

Systemic Family Therapy Development Worker and Co-ordinator
Salary: Band 7
Closing Date: 1 July 2008
The post holder will take responsibility for co-ordinating and developing systemic family therapy within the Wimbledon Guild Counselling Service. The Wimbledon Guild is a local charity that offers a range of services to the local community. Family Therapy was added to existing services five years ago. This part of the service presently has five volunteer trainee family therapists who see families that self refer, or are referred from a variety of local sources. The post is two sessions a week that can be worked flexibly. Responsibilities include developing the service and co-ordinating all aspects of the day to day running of the service, including liaising with referrers, allocating clients, setting up administrative procedures, data entry to the service database etc.. Clinical supervision is provided outside the service and internal management supervision is provided by head of counselling, a registered psychotherapist. There is a fully equipped family therapy suite. We are looking for a qualified and registered family therapist who is capable of taking responsibility and initiative. It is desirable that the post holder has some experience of the NHS, management experience and some experience of working with volunteers.
For further details about the organisation please see our website: www.wimbledonguild.co.uk . For further information or a job description please contact the Wimbledon Guild on 0208 946 0735.
The WG strives to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.