Job summary
We are excited to be recruiting a Senior Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join the Mood, Emotions and Relationships (MERs) Pathway within Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD).
The post is available at 0.8 WTE (30 hours per week) and is based in Torbay & South Devon. This senior role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to a developing pathway supporting children and young people experiencing moderate to severe and mental health challenges.
As a valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, you will deliver systemic & family psychotherapy as well as contribute to specialist assessments, care planning, consultation, supervision, and service development. You will join a growing and friendly network of systemic practitioners across CFHD, with regular supervision and access to development opportunities.
We offer:
- Regular clinical supervision and access to a supportive peer network
- Opportunities for leadership, consultation, and supervision, depending on experience
This post is ideal for a qualified Family and Systemic Psychotherapist looking for either their first senior post, or for an experienced practitioner ready to take on a Band 8a role within a supportive and collaborative team
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialist family and systemic assessments and interventions for children, young people, and their families in line with evidence-based practice and NICE guidelines
- Manage a caseload of children and young people with complex mental health presentations, ensuring care is timely, collaborative, and tailored to individual needs
- Contribute to multi-disciplinary team discussions and care planning, offering systemic consultation and reflective input
- Provide supervision and support to junior colleagues and systemic trainees as appropriate to your level of experience
- Offer training and consultation to internal colleagues and external partners to promote systemic thinking across services
- Actively contribute to service development and quality improvement, including participation in audits and feedback-led changes
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical records, and adhere to professional and organisational standards
About us
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework.
CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
Our children and young people say
We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached Job Description for full person specification and job description.
The role of the Senior Family and Systemic Psychotherapist is to provide, develop and clinically lead a range evidenced based interventions in their clinical pathway. Working as part of a multi-professional team, this role will clinically supervise others whilst also assessing and providing care for children, young people and their families/carers who present with a range of complex needs.
Within this role the post holder will:
Provide clinical leadership to within their pathway, and potentially to others, share responsibility for the systematic provision of high quality evidence-based psychological therapy to children/ young people and their families/carers presenting with a range of complex needs.
Use a strengths-based approach; ensure clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice and Routine Outcome Measures.
Have outstanding communication skills and the ability to adapt their approach to engage with children/young people and their families/carers, who present with a range of complex needs.
Undertake assessments, including risk assessments, contribute to care planning and deliver evidence-based interventions in collaboration with children, young people and their carers.
Manage risks and hold a complex caseload for children and young people of all ages, with a range of needs.
Contribute to the systematic provision of clinical supervision and guidance for staff delivering systemic practice and/or systemic psychotherapy trainees and students
Provide clinical supervision and support to other clinicians with the ability to demonstrate compassionate leadership, to understand and follow HR policies and procedures, ensure staff wellbeing and development and adopt a collaborative approach to engage staff with a range of skills and communication needs.
Work effectively with operational, professional and clinical leadership colleagues to support clinicians in devising and implementing evidence-based care to suit the individual needs of children and young people.
Organise, lead and chair relevant meetings with the ability to present information in a range of formats, adapting communication to meet the needs of others.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached Job Description for full person specification and job description.
The role of the Senior Family and Systemic Psychotherapist is to provide, develop and clinically lead a range evidenced based interventions in their clinical pathway. Working as part of a multi-professional team, this role will clinically supervise others whilst also assessing and providing care for children, young people and their families/carers who present with a range of complex needs.
Within this role the post holder will:
Provide clinical leadership to within their pathway, and potentially to others, share responsibility for the systematic provision of high quality evidence-based psychological therapy to children/ young people and their families/carers presenting with a range of complex needs.
Use a strengths-based approach; ensure clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice and Routine Outcome Measures.
Have outstanding communication skills and the ability to adapt their approach to engage with children/young people and their families/carers, who present with a range of complex needs.
Undertake assessments, including risk assessments, contribute to care planning and deliver evidence-based interventions in collaboration with children, young people and their carers.
Manage risks and hold a complex caseload for children and young people of all ages, with a range of needs.
Contribute to the systematic provision of clinical supervision and guidance for staff delivering systemic practice and/or systemic psychotherapy trainees and students
Provide clinical supervision and support to other clinicians with the ability to demonstrate compassionate leadership, to understand and follow HR policies and procedures, ensure staff wellbeing and development and adopt a collaborative approach to engage staff with a range of skills and communication needs.
Work effectively with operational, professional and clinical leadership colleagues to support clinicians in devising and implementing evidence-based care to suit the individual needs of children and young people.
Organise, lead and chair relevant meetings with the ability to present information in a range of formats, adapting communication to meet the needs of others.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy.
- Active registration with the UKCP as a Systemic and Family Therapist
- Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people
- Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy.
- Active registration with the UKCP as a Systemic and Family Therapist
- Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people
- Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in 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.
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.
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).
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