Systemic and Family Psychotherapist

Transformationunitgm; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - GBP 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in London is seeking a Systemic and Family Psychotherapist to join their dynamic CAMHS team. This role involves providing clinical input to children and families, delivering services in schools, and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team. Candidates should hold a postgraduate degree and UKCP registration, with experience in mental health assessment and safeguarding. The team focuses on delivering innovative, responsive care to improve patient experience. This position offers a competitive salary of £56,276 - £63,176 per annum.

Qualifications

• Degree level as a minimum plus developed specialist knowledge.
• Registration as a Systemic and Family Psychotherapist is required.
• Experience with Child and Adolescent Mental Health is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical input to children and families.
• Deliver CAMHS input in schools.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Clinical experience with children and adolescents

Understanding of safeguarding and risk management

Knowledge of mental health assessment

Experience in school settings

Project work and quality improvement

Education

Postgraduate degree/Masters level

Registration with UKCP as a Systemic and Family Psychotherapist

Job description

Employer Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site South Camden Open Minded Community Team Town London Salary £56,276 - £63,176 per annum including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 24/02/2026 23:59

Systemic and Family Psychotherapist

NHS AfC: Band 7

It is a condition of this employment that you must live in and remain a resident of the United Kingdom during your employment with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19. We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3 rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

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The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.

We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people’s lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and prevention and treatment of mental ill health

We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.

As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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Job overview

Are you looking for an opportunity to build on your experience as a CAMHS clinician or step up to such a role? If so, we have a great opportunity for dynamic Family and Systemic Psychotherapist who has passion for community CAMHS and innovative ways of working. We very much welcome dual qualified clinicians – such as Mental Health Nurses, Clinical Psychologists, Child Psychotherapists and Social Workers, and will consider staff due to complete their training in the next few months. You will support the Family Therapy and CAMHS teams in providing an accessible, responsive and innovative service with patient care and patient experience at its heart. There will be a number of opportunities to develop your skills with support from senior colleagues. For example, we currently run a weekly Family Therapy clinic using a reflective team model.

Main duties of the job

You will join the South Camden Community Team (SCCT), one of the two Camden CAMHS’s Community Teams - Open Minded. We are a multi-disciplinary team staffed by highly experienced clinicians and part of a large and vibrant child and family department. You will have a crucial role in the team, consisting of Clinical Psychologists, Family and Systemic Psychotherapists, Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists, Nurses and Consultant Psychiatrist and many trainees studying at Tavistock Centre. You will provide direct clinical input to children, young people and their families/carers in a multi-agency environment. You will deliver CAMHS input in schools as part of the schools’ programme.

Working for our organisation

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgroundstobettermeettheneedsoftheserviceusersandstudentsthatweserve. TheTrustaimstoensurethatalljobapplicants,employeesorclientsaretreatedfairlyandvaluedequallyregardlessofsex,marriageorcivilpartnership,pregnancyandmaternity,domesticcircumstances,age,race,colour,disablement,ethnicornationalorigin,socialbackgroundorempoymentstatus,sexualorientation,religion,beliefs,HIVstatus,genderidentity,politicalaffiliationortradeunionmembership.Selectionfor training and development and promotion will be based on the individual’s ability tomeettherequirementsforthejob.Youareresponsiblefor ensuringthattheTrust’s policies, procedures and obligations in respect of promoting equality and diversity are adhered to in relation to both staff and services.

Missionand values

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification added to this vacancy for role responsibilities.

Person specification

Candidate Guide for role requirement

• Degree level as a minimum plus developed specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate degree/ Masters level
• Registration with UKCP as a Systemic and Family Psychotherapist
• Evidence of clinical experience working with relevant client population (Child and Adolescent Mental Health 0-18s).
• Clinical experience of assessing mental health and wellbeing needs of clients
• Experience of managing clinical complexity and high-risk patients
• Demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues
• A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face
• High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management
• Basic keyboard skills for updating client records Ability to manage own clinical case load
• Experience of working with schools.
• Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement

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The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality diversity and inclusion. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the service users and students that we serve.

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Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you areeligible under theUKVI points based system .

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

We communicate to all job applicants via the email address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure you check your email on regular basis and inform us if you would prefer an alternative option or any changes to your details after making your application.

PLEASE NOTE:

• The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
• Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification on their application will be shortlisted for this job.
• Candidates suitable for shortlisting will be contacted within three weeks. If you have not heard from us within this time then you have not been successful on this occasion.
• Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using runarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visitwww.trustid.co.uk

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Natalino Putzu Job title Principal Systemic and Family Psychotherapist Email address [emailprotected]