Family and Systemic Psychotherapist | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider is seeking an experienced Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join their Early Intervention in Psychosis Services (EIP) team in Ashford, England. The ideal candidate will offer high-quality family interventions, provide case consultation, and enhance their practice in a supportive environment. A Master’s qualification in relevant therapy and experience in mental health are essential. This role provides an opportunity to contribute to better mental health care for communities.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health, especially psychosis.
• Specialist Postgraduate Qualification in relevant Family and/or Systemic Psychotherapy.
• Full, valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Offer high quality family interventions and lead on carer interventions.
• Provide case consultation, supervision, and joint working with staff.
• Support development of own practice within a highly professional service.

Skills

Experience in Mental health

Family interventions

Case consultation

Education

Specialist Postgraduate Qualification to Masters level in relevant Family and/or Systemic Psychotherapy

Tools

UK driving licence

Job description

Overview

Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.

The Early Intervention in Psychosis Services (EIP) and now including the A Risk Mental State (ARMS) pathway are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join the service. Intent on providing evidence-based interventions, this service is committed to providing good quality psychological therapies for people with psychosis and their families.

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

At Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Responsibilities

• Offer high quality family interventions and lead on carer interventions/education programs across the East Kent EIP teams.
• Provide case consultation, supervision and joint working with staff in the multidisciplinary teams.
• Support development of own practice within a highly professional service for people with psychosis and their families.

Qualifications

• Experience in Mental health (especially psychosis) and a Specialist Postgraduate Qualification to Masters level or equivalent in relevant Family and/or Systemic Psychotherapy.
• Full, valid UK driving licence and access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Service Context

The Early Intervention for Psychosis Service is a well-respected and well-established multi-disciplinary service with a reputation for excellence. The EIP psychological therapies service is integrated within the EIP service and committed to providing support, excellent supervision and to developing its staff.

Additional Notes

Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Nov 2025