Lead Systemic Family Psychotherapist - CAMHS

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Redditch; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Lead Systemic Family Psychotherapist to lead family therapy services within CAMHS. The role includes providing consultation and training to professionals, developing systemic approaches for mental health treatment, and supporting families in distress. The ideal candidate will have substantial NHS experience and UKCP registration. This full-time position offers a salary of £55,690 to £62,682 per year, with part-time applicants considered.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Substantial post qualification experience in an NHS setting.
• Experience working with families and children with mental health issues.
• Considerable interagency working experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide systemic thinking and practice within CAMHS.
• Lead family therapy clinics across the county.
• Consult and train other professionals in CAMHS.

Skills

Ability to communicate clearly in English

Good time management

Ability to design and deliver training

Good listening and interpersonal skills

Ability to reflect on performance

Flexibility to travel

Education

UKCP registration as Systemic Family Psychotherapist

Postgraduate qualifications at doctorate level

Member of the Association of Family Therapists

Job description

Go back Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Lead Systemic Family Psychotherapist - CAMHS

The closing date is 16 October 2025

We are seekingan experienced family and systemic psychotherapist to join our well-establishedand valued family therapy service within specialist CAMHS in Herefordshire andWorcestershire.

The post holderwould contribute to the provision of the evidence-based treatment of childrenwith mental health difficulties by developing and supporting systemic thinkingand practice within CAMHS. They would contribute to the work of core CAMHS andlead specialist family therapy clinics across the county. They would provideconsultation and training to other professionals within CAMHS and supervisionto newly qualified family therapists and those on introductory and intermediatetraining. There is much scope to developinnovative systemic approaches to improve outcomes for young people andfamilies at all stages of the CAMHS journey.

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

Main duties of the job

The post holderwould join a vibrant group of systemically trained professionals including fourqualified 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 aspectsof the systemic family therapy service including provision and receipt oftraining and supervision as appropriate to their level of experience. Theservice has strong links to both Birmingham and Exeter University trainingcourses and has trained a growing number of staff through securing HEEfunding.

The post is anideal opportunity for an experienced family and systemic psychotherapist tolead and develop innovative systemic practice in a supportive teamenvironment.

The post holderwould need to be fully qualified in systemic family therapy with substantialpost qualification experience in an NHS setting working with families, holdingregistration with the UKCP via the Association of Family Therapy and SystemicPractice. A qualification in systemic supervision recognised by AFT would bedesirable.

About us

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

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people ofall ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexibleworking 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 valuediversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you workunsocial 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

Forfull details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the jobdescription 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 yearpro rata for part time