Systemic Family Therapist

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health provider in the UK is seeking part-time Systemic Family Therapists to join their Kingston CAMHS team. In this role, you will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary setting to deliver systemic interventions, conduct assessments, and coordinate care for children and families facing mental health difficulties. The Trust offers support, training, and a commitment to diversity, alongside flexible working arrangements and a range of professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Supportive environment

Qualifications

• Experience working as a Systemic Family Therapist in a clinical setting.
• Ability to conduct assessments and deliver family therapy.
• Familiarity with ethical guidelines and team policies.

Responsibilities

• Join a multi-disciplinary team in Kingston CAMHS.
• Carry out high-quality assessments.
• Provide evidence-based family therapy treatments.
• Coordinate care for children, young people and families.
• Manage risk within team and Trust structures.

Skills

Experience working in CAMHS

High quality assessments

Evidence-based family therapy

Care coordination

Risk management

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a part time Systemic Family Therapist to work in our Kingston Tier 2/Getting Help Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in the London Borough of Kingston.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Systemic Family Therapist with experience of working in CAMHS to work in a supportive and friendly multi-disciplinary team to undertake assessments, and deliver systemic interventions with children, young people and their families.

Kingston CAMHS is an established Tier 2/Getting Help service that supports children, young people and their families with moderate mental health difficulties. Our multi-disciplinary service is made up of disciplines including psychology, family therapy, CBT therapists and child psychotherapy.

We have a range of CAMHS services within the Trust including Mental Health in Schools Teams, an Adolescent Outreach Team, an adolescent unit, Deaf CAMHS services, Learning Disabilities and Youth Offending CAMHS teams as well as a DBT service and a range of eating disorders services.

As well as regular individual supervision to support your development we offer a number of opportunities for support and training. There are regular family therapy meetings with other colleagues working across the service line.

The Post Holder Will

• Join a multi-disciplinary team in Kingston CAMHS
• Carry out high quality assessments
• Provide evidence-based family therapy treatments; contribute to family therapy clinics
• Have an agreed job plan with specified activity and throughput levels
• Co-ordinate care for children, young people and families on their caseload
• Manage risk within team, Directorate and Trust structures
• Work to relevant professional and ethical guidelines, and within the framework of Directorate and Trust policies and procedures
• Use screening and outcome measures in clinically meaningful ways to demonstrate treatment effectiveness and seek feedback about user experience

About our locations:

To create the very best environment to care for our patients, this site’s layout will be transformed in 2026 to add a number of wards to the existing three. Tolworth has a canteen and is near shops, the A3, Tolworth station, and is a bus ride from Surbiton station, with fast connections to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Philippa Sargeaunt
Job title: Psychology & Psychotherapies Lead
Email address: [e-mail]

Name: Davinia Davidson
Job title: Service Manager
Email address: [e-mail]

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.