Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Family & Systemic Psychotherapist (Band 7) with generic CAMHS experience to work within a multi-disciplinary team in Westminster CAMHS. This is a full-time permanent post and is part of a well established systemic discipline where professional development and innovative work is actively encouraged. Westminster CAMHS is a very dynamic & friendly service which welcomes new skills and new ideas. It is part of Central & North West London (CNWL) Foundation Mental Health Trust. We are committed to collaborative multi-disciplinary work and there are very good links with partnership agencies in the borough. The post will be supervised by the Lead Family & Systemic Psychotherapist in Westminster Tier 3 CAMHS and line managed by the Team Manager. Westminster is a culturally diverse borough and we are keen to provide culturally appropriate services to families. We are looking for an enthusiastic systemic therapist who has a good amount of CAMHS experience and is able to integrate quickly into a busy CAMHS team. To find out more about working in CAMHS pleaseClick here for video Main duties of the job Provide family assessments of children and young people referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources. Formulate and implement Care plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person's problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings Be responsible for implementing a range of family therapy. interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, grounded in the principles and techniques of systemic and family therapy. These will include long and short-term interventions as appropriate to need. Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans. To undertake risk assessment and risk management. About us We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care in a community setting or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our young persons, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, emotional disorder,Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Enhancement Treatment, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL. The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings. Date posted 05 March 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum incl. HCAS Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 333-G-CA-1507-B Job locations Westminster CAMHS 7a Woodfield road London W9 2NW Job description Job responsibilities To provide a specialist family therapy service to children and young people with mental health problems across all sectors of care as part of a multi-disciplinary CAMHS service. Providing specialist family assessment and therapy to service users and their families/carers and advice and consultation on their care to non-family therapy colleagues and the professional network involved in their support. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. They will utilise research skills for audit to support policy and service development; and undertake research within the area served by the service and of relevance to young people their families and carers. The post holder will provide generic CAMHS assessment and intervention as well as providing specialist family therapy interventions and contribute to support plans for the care of children and young people with learning disability, young offenders, refugees and asylum seekers and eating disorders. They will also contribute to highly specialist assessments of children with complex mental health presentations such as ASD, OCD and Eating Disorders and support case formulation and treatment plans in line with best practice and evidence-based interventions. They will also undertake parenting capacity assessment as part of a multidisciplinary court assessment service. The post holder will provide advice and consultation to non-family therapists in the service on family therapy and systemic interventions. The post holder will provide clinical supervision to trainees and non-family therapists Job description Job responsibilities To provide a specialist family therapy service to children and young people with mental health problems across all sectors of care as part of a multi-disciplinary CAMHS service. Providing specialist family assessment and therapy to service users and their families/carers and advice and consultation on their care to non-family therapy colleagues and the professional network involved in their support. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. They will utilise research skills for audit to support policy and service development; and undertake research within the area served by the service and of relevance to young people their families and carers. The post holder will provide generic CAMHS assessment and intervention as well as providing specialist family therapy interventions and contribute to support plans for the care of children and young people with learning disability, young offenders, refugees and asylum seekers and eating disorders. They will also contribute to highly specialist assessments of children with complex mental health presentations such as ASD, OCD and Eating Disorders and support case formulation and treatment plans in line with best practice and evidence-based interventions. They will also undertake parenting capacity assessment as part of a multidisciplinary court assessment service. The post holder will provide advice and consultation to non-family therapists in the service on family therapy and systemic interventions. The post holder will provide clinical supervision to trainees and non-family therapists Person Specification Qualifications Essential oPost-graduate family therapy training to MSc level or equivalent. oUKCP registration as family therapist Desirable Post-qualification training in additional some CAMHS related specialized work Recent Safeguarding children training CYP IAPT training Qualification in core mental health or social welfare profession (e.g. social work, mental health nursing, psychology, occupational therapy) and significant post qualification experience Experience Essential Newly qualifies significant post qualifying experience of working within a multidisciplinary team and preferably CAMHS team Experience of working with complex cases Experience of delivering systemic training to non CAMHS professionals Able to deliver parent training and groups Experience of developing and delivering clinical training to colleagues Desirable Fluent in an additional language Experience in supervising as Family Therapist Core Competencies Essential Mental Health Assessment: Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and emergency CAMHS assessment Mental Health Assessment: Understands developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly Assessment of risk/safeguarding: Understands the need for and able to competently assess risk Assessment of risk/safeguarding: Understands individual and service safeguarding responsibilities, policy and procedure Engagement: Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice Engagement: Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication Engagement: Able to foster strong therapeutic alliances Engagement: Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices of CYP IAT Engagement: Understanding of and commitment to service user involvement, patient led care and choice Family and parenting: work Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support Cultural: competence Understands the importance of assessment that explores and considers individual cultural identity and associated support needs. Consultation and Liaison: Experience of providing consultation and liaison support to colleagues, referral agencies and services responsible for the care, support and wellbeing of service users and their families/carers Psychoeducation: Able to promote self management and recovery by working with service users and their families to understand their condition and identify and reinforce strengths, resources and coping skills Interdisciplinary work: Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting duty and emergency rota's, peer support, training and skills development Transition: Able to confidently and safely plan for and manage change and transition Professional Development: Actively uses supervision and opportunities for development of skills Experience Essential oFamily and parenting work Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support Mental Health Assessment Essential Mental Health emergency CAMHS assessment. Specialist Competencies Desirable Experience of running parenting groups (triple p, mellow, Webster Stratton, etc) and other types of group work group such as multi- family group Administration and Record Keeping Essential Microsoft Office (Word, Excel): Able to use word and excel to write reports and analyse and present basic data Clinical Recording Systems Competent in the use of clinical recording systems such as SYSTMONE. Understands the process for keeping safe, secure and relevant clinical records Email and Communication Able to use email to support effective communication in line with CNWL policy. Able to use Microsoft PowerPoint and other communication methods to support the delivery of high quality, engaging training and presentations Desirable European Computer Use of SYSTMONE Use of COMMIT and other related CYP IAPT recording Attitude, Aptitude and Personal Characteristics Essential Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working Able to prioritise own workload Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change Honesty, enthusiasm and a sense of loyalty Conducts self in a professional, courteous manner at all times and able to maintain professionalism in an often emotionally challenging environment Other Essential Sickness (or attendance) record that is acceptable to the Trust Declared medically fit by the Occupational Health department to perform the duties of the post Understands and able to implement and promote the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job Understands and can apply confidentiality and information sharing policy and procedure Person Specification Qualifications Essential oPost-graduate family therapy training to MSc level or equivalent. oUKCP registration as family therapist Desirable Post-qualification training in additional some CAMHS related specialized work Recent Safeguarding children training CYP IAPT training Qualification in core mental health or social welfare profession (e.g. social work, mental health nursing, psychology, occupational therapy) and significant post qualification experience Experience Essential Newly qualifies significant post qualifying experience of working within a multidisciplinary team and preferably CAMHS team Experience of working with complex cases Experience of delivering systemic training to non CAMHS professionals Able to deliver parent training and groups Experience of developing and delivering clinical training to colleagues Desirable Fluent in an additional language Experience in supervising as Family Therapist Core Competencies Essential Mental Health Assessment: Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and emergency CAMHS assessment Mental Health Assessment: Understands developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly Assessment of risk/safeguarding: Understands the need for and able to competently assess risk Assessment of risk/safeguarding: Understands individual and service safeguarding responsibilities, policy and procedure Engagement: Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice Engagement: Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication Engagement: Able to foster strong therapeutic alliances Engagement: Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices of CYP IAT Engagement: Understanding of and commitment to service user involvement, patient led care and choice Family and parenting: work Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support Cultural: competence Understands the importance of assessment that explores and considers individual cultural identity and associated support needs. Consultation and Liaison: Experience of providing consultation and liaison support to colleagues, referral agencies and services responsible for the care, support and wellbeing of service users and their families/carers Psychoeducation: Able to promote self management and recovery by working with service users and their families to understand their condition and identify and reinforce strengths, resources and coping skills Interdisciplinary work: Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting duty and emergency rota's, peer support, training and skills development Transition: Able to confidently and safely plan for and manage change and transition Professional Development: Actively uses supervision and opportunities for development of skills Experience Essential oFamily and parenting work Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support Mental Health Assessment Essential Mental Health emergency CAMHS assessment. Specialist Competencies Desirable Experience of running parenting groups (triple p, mellow, Webster Stratton, etc) and other types of group work group such as multi- family group Administration and Record Keeping Essential Microsoft Office (Word, Excel): Able to use word and excel to write reports and analyse and present basic data Clinical Recording Systems Competent in the use of clinical recording systems such as SYSTMONE. Understands the process for keeping safe, secure and relevant clinical records Email and Communication Able to use email to support effective communication in line with CNWL policy. Able to use Microsoft PowerPoint and other communication methods to support the delivery of high quality, engaging training and presentations Desirable European Computer Use of SYSTMONE Use of COMMIT and other related CYP IAPT recording Attitude, Aptitude and Personal Characteristics Essential Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working Able to prioritise own workload Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change Honesty, enthusiasm and a sense of loyalty Conducts self in a professional, courteous manner at all times and able to maintain professionalism in an often emotionally challenging environment Other Essential Sickness (or attendance) record that is acceptable to the Trust Declared medically fit by the Occupational Health department to perform the duties of the post Understands and able to implement and promote the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job Understands and can apply confidentiality and information sharing policy and procedure 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 Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Address Westminster CAMHS 7a Woodfield road London W9 2NW Employer's website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)