Job summary The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a prominent mental health trust which combines patient services, research and consultancy with a national remit for delivering mental health-related education and training. Are you looking for an opportunity to build on your experience as a Senior Family Therapist or step up to such a role? If so, we have a great opportunity for an experienced and dynamic Systemic Family Psychotherapist who has passion for CAMHS and innovative ways of working and who wishes to develop leadership and management skills. Main duties of the job This post is an integral part of the service with varied and exciting opportunities.You will be part of the Family Mental Health Team (FMHT) within the newly established Child Complex Mental Health service line structures.You will offer clinical and line management supervision for junior members of staff including qualified Systemic Family Therapists (SFT), Systemic Family Practitioner (Recruit to Train)Trainee and MA SFT students on placement with FMHT. You will have a leadership role in the systemic discipline in the team and oversee the allocations of systemic family therapy cases to M6 (MA in SFT) clinics in the Family Mental Health Team. You will be offering consultation to colleagues and network. You will attend referrals meetings and provide support to junior clinicians with intake work. You will provide direct clinical input to children, young people and their parents/carers. As a senior clinician you will be providing services to clients presenting with a high level of risk and complexity in a multi-agency environment. As one of the senior members of the team, you will work alongside other senior staff and contribute to the team's development, as we continue to strive to be 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 leadership and strategic skills with support from senior colleagues. About us 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. With 500 staff across a number of sites, 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 thepromotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health. For more information, please access the following link: https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/ Date posted 08 April 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8a Salary £61,927 to £68,676 a year per annum including HCAS pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number 260-TP-892-A Job locations Family Mental Health Team, Complex Child & Adult Mental Health, Tavistock Centre Tavistock Centre 120 Belsize Lane London NW3 5BA London NW3 5BA Job description Job responsibilities Please find attached Job description and person specification for more details about the roles and responsibilities of the vacancy. Job description Job responsibilities Please find attached Job description and person specification for more details about the roles and responsibilities of the vacancy. Person Specification Qualifications Essential First qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession (such as Social Work, Clinical/Counselling Psychology, Nursing or Counselling) and post-qualifying experience in the first profession MSc qualification in family/systemic psychotherapy Full and current registration as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist with UKCP Qualification of Systemic and Family Therapy Supervision and registration with AFT as a systemic supervisor, or currently undertaking training and is due to be registered in near future or willingness and ability to undertake the training in future Training in safeguarding issues and contextual safeguarding issues, e.g. CSE, CCE, domestic violence/abuse Desirable Training in parenting interventions, e.g. Incredible Years, Non-Violence Resistance parenting groups Additional training in other therapeutic approaches, e.g. trauma-focused work, mindfulness, mentalization-based therapy, VIG, motivational interviewing Training in Quality Improvement Experience Essential Substantial experience of working in the relevant first profession with children, young people, parents/carers and families, including the ability to work autonomously. Substantial post-qualifying experience as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist of working with children, young people, parents/carers, families and professional network, including the ability to work autonomously. Substantial post-qualifying experience as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging client populations requiring skilled and complex interventions. Substantial post-qualifying experience as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist of working with multi-agency/professional networks and awareness of issues for such networks and teams. Substantial post-qualifying experience as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist of working in a community CAMHS setting and conducting CAMHS assessments and interventions. Experience of the application of CAMHS assessments and interventions within a multi-cultural framework. Substantial experience of working with a high level of complexity and risk, risk assessment and management in various areas of risks, including mental health and safeguarding risks. Substantial experience in working in partnership with the Local Authority/Children's Social Care and wider network to manage cases with a high level of safeguarding concerns including abuse, neglect and contextual safeguarding issues and cases in/near care proceedings Experience of working with children and families within a community multi-professional team. Experience in engaging hard to reach populations in community CAMHS. Experience of providing systemic consultations regarding complex clinical matters in a multidisciplinary / multiagency context. Experience of working as a CAMHS clinician in an outreach setting. Substantial experience of providing systemic supervision Experience of using outcome measures in a CAMHS setting Desirable Experience of parenting assessment for Court and writing reports for care proceedings as expert witness Experience of conducting research in a clinical setting. Experience of providing systemic supervision to qualified family & systemic psychotherapists and other professionals Experience of providing live supervision to a family therapy team Experience of line management in CAMHS Experience of delivering training and teaching on a range of relevant topics, including CAMHS issues and systemic approaches Experience of working with children with neuro-developmental disorders, such as ASD and ADHD. Experience of running groups, e.g. groups for CYP and parenting programme Experience of Quality Improvement projects Experience of service user involvement initiatives Experience of service development and being involved with strategic developments of services Experience of supporting other staff with using outcome measures and embedding them organisationally in a CAMHS setting Person Specification Qualifications Essential First qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession (such as Social Work, Clinical/Counselling Psychology, Nursing or Counselling) and post-qualifying experience in the first profession MSc qualification in family/systemic psychotherapy Full and current registration as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist with UKCP Qualification of Systemic and Family Therapy Supervision and registration with AFT as a systemic supervisor, or currently undertaking training and is due to be registered in near future or willingness and ability to undertake the training in future Training in safeguarding issues and contextual safeguarding issues, e.g. CSE, CCE, domestic violence/abuse Desirable Training in parenting interventions, e.g. Incredible Years, Non-Violence Resistance parenting groups Additional training in other therapeutic approaches, e.g. trauma-focused work, mindfulness, mentalization-based therapy, VIG, motivational interviewing Training in Quality Improvement Experience Essential Substantial experience of working in the relevant first profession with children, young people, parents/carers and families, including the ability to work autonomously. Substantial post-qualifying experience as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist of working with children, young people, parents/carers, families and professional network, including the ability to work autonomously. Substantial post-qualifying experience as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging client populations requiring skilled and complex interventions. Substantial post-qualifying experience as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist of working with multi-agency/professional networks and awareness of issues for such networks and teams. Substantial post-qualifying experience as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist of working in a community CAMHS setting and conducting CAMHS assessments and interventions. Experience of the application of CAMHS assessments and interventions within a multi-cultural framework. Substantial experience of working with a high level of complexity and risk, risk assessment and management in various areas of risks, including mental health and safeguarding risks. Substantial experience in working in partnership with the Local Authority/Children's Social Care and wider network to manage cases with a high level of safeguarding concerns including abuse, neglect and contextual safeguarding issues and cases in/near care proceedings Experience of working with children and families within a community multi-professional team. Experience in engaging hard to reach populations in community CAMHS. Experience of providing systemic consultations regarding complex clinical matters in a multidisciplinary / multiagency context. Experience of working as a CAMHS clinician in an outreach setting. Substantial experience of providing systemic supervision Experience of using outcome measures in a CAMHS setting Desirable Experience of parenting assessment for Court and writing reports for care proceedings as expert witness Experience of conducting research in a clinical setting. Experience of providing systemic supervision to qualified family & systemic psychotherapists and other professionals Experience of providing live supervision to a family therapy team Experience of line management in CAMHS Experience of delivering training and teaching on a range of relevant topics, including CAMHS issues and systemic approaches Experience of working with children with neuro-developmental disorders, such as ASD and ADHD. Experience of running groups, e.g. groups for CYP and parenting programme Experience of Quality Improvement projects Experience of service user involvement initiatives Experience of service development and being involved with strategic developments of services Experience of supporting other staff with using outcome measures and embedding them organisationally in a CAMHS 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). 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 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). 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 Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Address Family Mental Health Team, Complex Child & Adult Mental Health, Tavistock Centre Tavistock Centre 120 Belsize Lane London NW3 5BA London NW3 5BA Employer's website https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)