Lead Systemic Family Psychotherapist - CAMHS

NHS; Kidderminster; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking an experienced Lead Systemic Family Psychotherapist to contribute to the provision of evidence-based treatment for children with mental health difficulties. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience within an NHS setting, hold UKCP registration, and be capable of leading specialist family therapy clinics. Offering competitive compensation, flexibility, and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay for unsocial hours

Flexible and agile working opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working within the NHS, social services or related agencies.
• Experience with children and adolescents in family therapy settings.
• Experience assessing needs of children and families.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop innovative systemic practice in the team.
• Provide consultation and training to other professionals.
• Supervise newly qualified family therapists.

Skills

Ability to challenge poor behaviour

Good written and verbal communication

Good time management and organisational skills

Good listening and interpersonal skills

Education

UKCP registration as Systemic Family Psychotherapist

Postgraduate qualifications and family therapy at doctorate level

Job description

Lead Systemic Family Psychotherapist - CAMHS

The closing date is 16 October 2025

We are seeking an experienced family and systemic psychotherapist to join our well-established and valued family therapy service within specialist CAMHS in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

The post holder would contribute to the provision of the evidence-based treatment of children with mental health difficulties by developing and supporting systemic thinking and practice within CAMHS. They would contribute to the work of core CAMHS and lead specialist family therapy clinics across the county. They would provide consultation and training to other professionals within CAMHS and supervision to newly qualified family therapists and those on introductory and intermediate training. There is much scope to develop innovative systemic approaches to improve outcomes for young people and families at all stages of the CAMHS journey.

This is full time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part time.

Main duties of the job

The post holder would join a vibrant group of systemically trained professionals including four qualified and experienced family therapists and two AFT registered supervisors, a systemic therapist currently in training and 4 practitioners who are trained (or in training) to intermediate level. They would participate in all aspects of the systemic family therapy service including provision and receipt of training and supervision as appropriate to their level of experience. The service has strong links to both Birmingham and Exeter University training courses and has trained a growing number of staff through securing HEE funding.

The post is an ideal opportunity for an experienced family and systemic psychotherapist to lead and develop innovative systemic practice in a supportive team environment.

The post holder would need to be fully qualified in systemic family therapy with substantial post qualification experience in an NHS setting working with families, holding registration with the UKCP via the Association of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice. A qualification in systemic supervision recognised by AFT would be desirable.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• UKCP registration as Systemic Family Psychotherapist
• Member of the Association of Family Therapists
• Postgraduate qualifications and family therapy at doctorate level within the family therapy Specialism
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Experience

• Considerable experience of working within the NHS, social services or related agencies
• Considerable experience of working with children and adolescents with mental health problems in a family therapy setting
• Assessing the needs of individual children and families
• Considerable experience of interagency and multiagency working
• Working with children, young people who are experiencing significant mental health problems and their families at times of distress
• Working with children and families who may have cultural or language issues
• Training, supervision and consultation of staff

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• Good written and verbal communication
• Able to work independently
• Able to negotiate and collaborate with a wide range of professionals
• Able to function as part of the team
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Good listening and interpersonal skills
• Able to design and deliver training to others (e.g. multi-agency groups)
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance and make use of clinical supervision
• Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information

Additional Criteria

• Flexible cooperative attitude to work
• Confidence and enthusiastic
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role

Knowledge

• Good working knowledge of mental health issues
• Working knowledge of health service structure, patients charter, health of the nation
• Awareness of National pressures on mental health services, research methodology and principles
• Knowledge of approaches to assessment and intervention with young people with mental health and their families
• Good knowledge of safeguarding issues
• Working knowledge of Community CAMHS
• Experience and knowledge of working with eating disorders and offering support to the child, young person and their family

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a year pro rata for part time