Job summary
- Main area
- Systemic Family Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-SS7349219
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- TH CAMHS
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 28/08/2025
Employer heading
Systemic Family Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
Tower Hamlets CAMHS - Systemic Family Therapist
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Tower Hamlets strive to provide the very best services for our children and young people.
The service embraces continual improvement and the staff and management team have a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement. The emotional and behavioral team assesses and treats children, families & young people with a wide range of presenting difficulties, in this busy East London CAMHS. The team aims to offer an accessible, flexible, timely and responsive CAMHS input to children, young people and their families, and their referrers.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for good communicators with energy, motivation and enthusiasm; the ability to work with families and individuals with complex difficulties, and to work effectively with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency contexts; flexibility of approach; commitment to evidence-based practice; and, the pursuit of the highest possible quality of service.
It is a challenging, exciting and deeply rewarding job and we look forward to hearing from candidates who have the qualifications and experience to work in a busy and sometimes challenging Tier 3 CAMHS, and who want to extend their experience and knowledge of working in specialised and innovative ways. This post would suit a newly qualified family therapist as well as a more experienced family therapist looking for a new challenge. We welcome applications from the local community.
You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, which includes three other family therapists, offering goal-based episodes of care to young people, children and families presenting with a variety of challenges. You will also contribute to the duty rota.
Working for our organisation
The successful applicant will be based at the Greatorex Street Clinic, and we anticipate that work will continue to be a blend of working in the office and from other sites in the community, and with the possibility of working from home.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for full details.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Phil Myers, Lead Family Therapist on 07932 337450 or by email philipmyers@ nhs.net
Person specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Family Therapy qualification
- Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy or AFT agreed equivalent
- UKCP Registered
- Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development (CPD) in keeping with qualification period
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS
- Experience of working with (assessment, formulation and treating) a wide range of CAMHS clinical presentations
- Experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of working with children, young people and families in emotional crisis
- Experience of care planning and delivering episodes of evidence-based interventions
- Experience, skills and flexibility to contribute to and facilitate effective working within a multi-disciplinary team setting
- Experience of working with partner agencies to support children and young people
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse area and inner-city area, and delivering culturally sensitive care
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working providing modified interventions for children and young people who may have mental health needs in the context of neurovariance
- Experience of delivering brief, consultative interventions
Knowlege and Skills
Essential criteria
- A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
- Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS (such as Child Protection Guidelines, THRIVE Framework, Green Paper) and relevant legislation (e.g., Children’s Act)
- In depth knowledge of CAMHS issues including assessment and interventions
- Knowledge of standard setting and audit implementation
- Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS assessments evidence-based interventions
- Evidence of clinical skills required to work with children and young people with mental health needs in the context of neurovariance
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Able to manage own time and caseload
- Basic computer skills
Other
Essential criteria
- Commitment to equal opportunities
- Self-motivated, assertive and flexible
- Proven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional and physical demands of specialized therapeutic work with disturbed and distressed children, adolescents and their families/carer networks
- Freedom to act: Physical effort: Confined sitting position(therapy); travelling within community
- Mental effort: writing reports; planning teaching; concentrating for therapy sessions /clinical supervision; managing psychiatric emergencies; precise accuracy when administering medication (for nurses)
- Emotional effort: Dealing with families in breakdown; experiencing trauma and abuse; occasional patient complaints; conveying of unwelcome news Working conditions: Occasional verbal and physical abuse; unpredictable clinical scenarios e.g., emergency home visits; travel in community all weathers.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Phil Myers
- Job title
- Lead Family Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07932 337450
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