Principal Family Therapist

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; Kettering; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Kettering is seeking a Principal Family Therapist to work within community mental health teams. This role involves designing and delivering family therapy offers and supervising staff. A recruitment incentive of £5,000 over two and a half years and a relocation package of up to £8,000 are available. The trust values innovation, development, and growth, aiming to deliver high-quality mental health services to the community.

Benefits

Recruitment incentive of £5,000

Relocation package up to £8,000

Qualifications

• Must meet the essential criteria from the job description/person specification.
• Experience supervising others.
• Experience working in adult mental health and learning disabilities services.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver a Family Therapies offer.
• Supervise staff undertaking family therapy training.
• Engage in family-focused activities as part of the CMHT.

Skills

Supervision skills

Relevant therapy skills

Education

Additional relevant therapy training/qualifications

Additional supervision training/qualifications

Job description

Principal Family Therapist

Go back Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

The closing date is 23 January 2026

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in Adult Mental Health, predominantly in the Adult Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) and in the Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities (CTPLD) to design and deliver a Family Therapies offer.

There are a number of psychological therapy staff working in the CMHTs/ CTPLD and the successful applicant would be part of friendly and supportive teams. More broadly, the psychological therapies community in NHFT is large and vibrant. There are many opportunities for connecting with others and being involved in projects across the trust.

The role may include an aspect of remote working and benefits from a recruitment incentive of £5,000 pro rata for successful candidates over 2.5 years. Initial payment of £2,000 will be made in the 1st month with a subsequent payment of £2,000 made on the 13th month of employment. The remaining £1,000 will be paid out in the 18th month of employment. Terms and conditions apply.

A relocation package is available up to £8,000, if the successful postholder relocates to Northamptonshire and meets other eligibility criteria. This is subjected to approval.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work within CMHT Psychological Therapies and CTPLD carrying out a range of family focused activity. There will be the opportunity to supervise CMHT/ CTPLD staff undertaking different forms of family therapy training as well as working with staff on a more informal basis. For a more detailed overview of the main duties of this role please see the job description for more details.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• meets the essential criteria from the JD/PS
• can drive and has access to a vehicle
• additional relevant therapy training/qualifications
• additional supervision training/qualifications

Experience

• experience of supervising others
• experience of service development
• experience working in adult mental health/ learning disabilities services
• experience working in multi-disciplinary teams
• experience in a similar role/ developed a similar role

Skills

• any essential skills listed in the essential criteria of the JD/PS
• relevant skills to the role

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.

Address

St Mary's Hospital/ Lotus House/ Campbell House