Highly Specialist Family & Systemic Psychotherapist

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 May 2025

Job summary

The Children and Young People's Directorate in Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for a Band 8a Specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join our CYPS Community Team East, formally known as CAMHS.

Applications are invited from qualified and experienced Family and Systemic Psychotherapists registered with the UKCP.

You will be supporting children, young people and families who require emotional health and well-being support across the alliance and specifically within the 'getting more help' element of the iTHRIVE framework.

The post offers an excellent opportunity for a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist looking to enhance their clinical experience and expertise within this specialist service.

The post holder will have a passion for working with children, young people and their families and contribute to providing mental health assessment and treatment to children and families in the Northeast Hampshire locality. The post holder will be based in Redhill and Leatherhead and will support the delivery of the CYPS care pathways with an 80 (Family Therapy)/ 20 (Community Team) split of clinical direct time.

Main duties of the job

My job makes better lives by promoting the health and independence of people who use our services by delivering high quality systemic assessments, formulation, interventions and consultation and providing supervision and guidance to the multi-disciplinary team.

The main responsibilities of the post holder will be to provide high quality assessments, care coordination and an evidence-based Family Therapy Service to children and adolescents referred into CYPS Community Team. The post offers very varied and interesting clinical opportunities working with the richness and complexity of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. In addition, the post holder will contribute to the management of the duty system and provide systemic consultation within the multi-disciplinary team and to external agencies and partnership organisations.

To provide high quality evidence-based family therapy services to children and families in the CYPS Community Team East, while receiving regular clinical supervision.

To lead on family therapy sessions and clinics within the team,

To support systemic supervision within the multi-disciplinary team who are engaged in family / systemic work, such as liaising with social services, community mental health teams and other relevant services.

To provide systemic consultation to the wider network.

To provide administrative support to the clinic work as required

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey and Hampshire are beautiful counties lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

03 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,877 to £62,626 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-6919441-CYPS

Job locations

CYPS Community Team East, Gatton Place

St Matthews Road

Redhill

RH1 1TA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, to provide systemic assessments and treatment in family therapy for children, adolescents and their families, practicing within relevant Codes of Practice and drawing on a range of models and techniques.

To provide systemic psychotherapy as an autonomous clinician, drawing on a range of models and techniques. To practice in a way which is inclusive and considerate of the needs of each individual in the system, their varying developmental stages and current emotional state. Ensuring that consultation, assessment and treatment interventions are provided in partnership with children, adolescents and their families.

To provide consultation, advice and guidance, supervision to other professionals working with families both within the service and in partner agencies.

Please see the Job Description for further details of the role requirements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide consultation, advice and guidance, supervision to other professionals working with families both within the service and in partner agencies.

Please see the Job Description for further details of the role requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

AFT Qualifying level course in Systemic Psychotherapy or equivalent at Masters/Doctoral level
UKCP Registered

Experience

Essential

Minimum 4 years' experience working with children, young people, families and groups
Substantial experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Ability to prioritise case referrals, assessment and discharge effectively on an individual basis or within multidisciplinary team.
Specialist expertise in particular areas e.g., eating disorders, child protection issues, attachment difficulties
Experience in working with multiple types of family structure
Group work experience
At least two years' experience of working in a mental health setting
Minimum two years working as a Band 7 within a multi-disciplinary setting

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

AFT Qualifying level course in Systemic Psychotherapy or equivalent at Masters/Doctoral level
UKCP Registered

Experience

Essential

Minimum 4 years' experience working with children, young people, families and groups
Substantial experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Ability to prioritise case referrals, assessment and discharge effectively on an individual basis or within multidisciplinary team.
Specialist expertise in particular areas e.g., eating disorders, child protection issues, attachment difficulties
Experience in working with multiple types of family structure
Group work experience
At least two years' experience of working in a mental health setting
Minimum two years working as a Band 7 within a multi-disciplinary setting

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.