Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Psychological Therapist: Family and Systemic Psychotherapy

The closing date is 03 May 2026

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic and innovative highly specialist family and systemic psychotherapist looking for a rewarding opportunity?

We have a permanent, full-time (37.5 hours) and a part time (30 hours) opportunities in our Winchester and Test Valley CAMHS team for experienced Highly Specialist Family & Systemic Psychotherapists to join our team.

Family Therapy is a valued provision in the team and wider service. The team has working Family Therapy suites with an attached observation room and audio-visual equipment in both bases to support the delivery of Family Therapy Clinics, one of which the successful candidate will lead and supervise. The successful candidate will be supported by our well-established countywide Family & Systemic Psychotherapy group and have the opportunity to be part of the course team delivering the Foundation and Intermediate Systemic training.

There will be some generic work and candidates will require experience of risk assessment and management. They should be able to demonstrate a good level of initiative and an ability to work with a range of presenting needs.

If you enjoy being a part of a team, are creative, seeking a new challenge and want to make a positive difference to the lives of children & young people and their families, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To work as a member of the community Hampshire CAMHS team, providing a high quality, specialist applied psychological therapy service to clients, their families, or carers. To support psychological practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation, and training, education. To participate in systematic clinical governance and to offer clinical supervision to assistant, trainee and more junior psychologists and other staff. To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the team and service. See full job description for more

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Date posted

20 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-CFS-10896

Job locations

Advertiser House

24-32 London Street

Andover

Hampshire

SP10 2PE

Cromwell House

15 Andover Road

Winchester

Hampshire

SO23 7BT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A recognised post graduate qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy (or equivalent).
Registration in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
A recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions recognised by the Association of Family Therapy (AFT): Clinical, Counselling or Educational Psychology, Social Work, Psychiatry, Teaching (with substantial counselling experience), Mental Health Nursing, Arts Therapies, Counselling (BACP accredited) Occupational Therapy or Speech and Language Therapy.
OR Completed an AFT accredited qualifying level training IN OR PRIOR TO 2007 Evidence of relevant continuing professional development. Evidence of post qualification training in clinical supervision

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A recognised post graduate qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy (or equivalent).
Registration in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
A recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions recognised by the Association of Family Therapy (AFT): Clinical, Counselling or Educational Psychology, Social Work, Psychiatry, Teaching (with substantial counselling experience), Mental Health Nursing, Arts Therapies, Counselling (BACP accredited) Occupational Therapy or Speech and Language Therapy.
OR Completed an AFT accredited qualifying level training IN OR PRIOR TO 2007 Evidence of relevant continuing professional development. Evidence of post qualification training in clinical supervision

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Advertiser House

24-32 London Street

Andover

Hampshire

SP10 2PE

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Advertiser House

24-32 London Street

Andover

Hampshire

SP10 2PE

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)