Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 33.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-CS-21757
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Aldrington Centre
- Town
- Hove
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
Highly Specialist/Senior Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
We are delighted to offer this opportunity for a dynamic fully-qualified Family and Systemic Psychotherapist with a passion for community CAMHS.
This is a permanent 4.5 days, 8a post, alternative and flexible working options available. (0.9 WTE)
You will provide assessment, systemic formulation, intervention and consultation, joining a thriving community of Family & Systemic Psychotherapists and systemic practitioners developing high-quality services for young people and families, working with other key young people's services and supporting practice and practitioner development through supervision, consultation, training and other CPD opportunities.
The applicant will be expected to thinking strategically about the development of the service and adhere to clinical governance, including the involvement/evaluation of outcomes measures.
The successful applicant will use their systemic knowledge and skills to contribute into the team thinking regarding the complexities of families and systems. This post includes training, consultation and supervision as well as the strategic planning of the service and being a leader to influence changes within the service.
Our service model is a blend of face to face and remote work with young people and families.
The post-holder will receive high standards of individual and group supervision, plus peer and Trust Wide CPD opportunities.
Main duties of the job
- providing a high-quality, specialist family & systemic psychotherapy service for children and young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties and their families/carers/networks of care
- supporting staff, team, project and systemic practice development through supervision, consultation and training
- participating in clinical governance
- providing generic mental health assessment, care planning, risk assessment and specialist systemic formulation and assessment
utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development and research
Working for our organisation
We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Working in Sussex:
- Travel easily between stunning countryside, picturesque villages and seaside towns, with great access to London
- Easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow plus excellent railway links across the UK
Our organisation is rated 'outstanding' for caring and 'good' overall by the Care Quality Commission.
Our staff agree, with:
82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
In order to be a successful Highly specialist/ Senior Family & Systemic Psychotherapist in our team you will:
- Be accredited in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
- Have substantial experience in a relevant field of practice
- Have evidence of relevant continuing professional development.
Access to own transport is recommended as this post involves occasional travel to sites across Sussex. Working from home remotely may be required where clinically applicable and in agreement with your line manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised accredited post graduate level training in family & systemic psychotherapy, as specified in the relevant Appendix
- Professionally registered as specified in the appendix
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group served by the post, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
- Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context.
- A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision
- Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context
- Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service
- Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group
- A high level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the appendix, as applied to the client group using this service
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the appendix
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
- John Cavanagh
- Job title
- Consultant Family & Systemic Psychotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 0061
- Additional information
Fran Boulter , General Manager
07710978409
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