Child And Family Therapist

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

Job summary

A local health service in the UK is looking for a Senior Clinical Family Therapist to lead a specialist systemic psychotherapy service within CAMHS. The ideal candidate will provide systemic assessments and interventions while supporting families through complex situations. The position requires a relevant post-graduate qualification and experience in therapeutic work with children and families. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a difference in the community, along with a competitive salary range of £76,236.77 to £83,790.38.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health or social care setting with children and families.
• Confidence in working systemically with high levels of complexity and risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver a specialist family and systemic psychotherapy service.
• Provide systemic consultation and clinical supervision to colleagues.
• Conduct risk assessments and develop safeguarding plans for young persons.

Skills

Therapeutic work with children

Systemic and family psychotherapy

Risk assessment

Clinical supervision

Education

Relevant 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