Child And Family Therapist

Government of Jersey; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A government organization in Jersey is seeking a Senior Clinical Family Therapist to lead a family and systemic psychotherapy service within CAMHS. You will be responsible for systemic assessments and interventions with children and families, delivering clinical supervision and training. The ideal candidate will have a postgraduate qualification in Systemic and Family Psychotherapy and experience in therapeutic work with families. This role offers a unique opportunity to live and work in an island community committed to enhancing mental health services.

Qualifications

• Registered with UKCP or AFT or eligible for registration.
• Experience working therapeutically with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Lead a specialist family and systemic psychotherapy service.
• Conduct systemic assessments using valid tools.
• Provide clinical supervision and training to colleagues.

Skills

Therapeutic work with children

Systemic therapy skills

Crisis management

Communication skills

Education

Post-graduate qualification in Systemic and Family Psychotherapy

Job description

Key aspects of the role include :

• Salary Range : £76,236.77 to £83,790.38
• Providing systemic assessment and family therapy to children, young people, and their families.
• Delivering evidence‑based interventions within multi‑disciplinary treatment plans.
• Offering systemic consultation and reflective practice across the CAMHS service and wider partner agencies.
• Supporting complex case formulation through a systemic lens to enhance understanding and care planning.
• Contributing to service development, training, and supervision within the CAMHS team.
• Participating in multi‑agency meetings to ensure cohesive and integrated care for families.

The role :

This is a senior clinical opportunity to lead and deliver a specialist family and systemic psychotherapy service within CAMHS. You will provide highly specialist systemic assessments, formulations and interventions, using approaches such as interviews, family interaction observations, genograms, questionnaires and validated tools including SCORE-15 and RCADS.

You will work autonomously within relevant professional frameworks (AFT / UKCP / BPS / HCPC), holding a defined caseload, conducting risk assessments and developing safeguarding plans that prioritise the needs of the young person and their social context.

A key part of this role is to provide systemic consultation, clinical supervision and training to colleagues and trainees, supporting the development of family intervention skills across the service. You will also contribute to duty work, triage, initial assessments, information‑sharing and outreach to homes and schools.

The work includes supporting families experiencing trauma, distress, high emotion or interpersonal conflict, requiring resilience, reflective capacity and sensitive, skilful communication.

For a full job description, click here :

Child and Family Systemic Family Therapist JD

About You :

You will hold a relevant post‑graduate qualification in Systemic and Family Psychotherapy and be registered with UKCP or AFT (or eligible for registration). You will bring experience of working therapeutically with children, young people, and families in a mental health or social care setting and be confident working systemically with high levels of complexity and risk.

For an informal conversation

Please contact :

Iris Corrales – Consultant Systemic & Family Psychotherapist

[e-mail]

or

Richard Dyer – Head of Children’s Health & Wellbeing (CAMHS)

[e-mail]

Application deadline : 15 December 2025

Island life :

Living in Jersey offers the opportunity to be part of a beautiful and accessible island with a close‑knit community. You can make a meaningful difference to Islanders’ lives on a daily basis while working with a smaller population in high‑quality environments. The island setting provides a unique balance of professional challenge, community connection and quality of life.

Further information about relocating to Jersey is available here :

Relocation To Jersey Brochure.pdf