Job summary
We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Systemic Family Therapist to join our Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Jersey. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a growing and dynamic service, delivering systemic and family-based interventions for children, young people, and families experiencing complex emotional and mental health difficulties.
As a senior clinician, you will provide direct therapeutic input and systemic consultation within our Specialist CAMHS pathway, working with presentations such as mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, self-harm, eating disorders, and neurodevelopmental needs. You will contribute to multidisciplinary assessment, formulation, and care planning, ensuring a holistic and family-focused approach to recovery.
Key aspects of the role include:
- Providing systemic assessment and family therapy to children, young people, and their families.
- Delivering evidence-based interventions within multi-disciplinary treatment plans.
- Offering systemic consultation and reflective practice across the CAMHS service and wider partner agencies.
- Supporting complex case formulation through a systemic lens to enhance understanding and care planning.
- Contributing to service development, training, and supervision within the CAMHS team.
- Participating in multi-agency meetings to ensure cohesive and integrated care for families.
Main duties of the job
To lead on the development and provision of a specialist family and systemic psychotherapy
service in CAMHS including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and
monitoring of outcomes.
To provide professional leadership and clinical supervision to other workers undertaking family
therapy and family work in the service and to support training programmes in family interventions
for other members of the clinical team, taking a lead in providing on-going support to help them
develop their family interventions skill
About us
Jersey is just 14 miles (20km) from the west
coast of France and 85 miles (137km) from the south coast of England. The
island is easy to get to from the UK and mainland Europe. There are up to 40
daily flights in and out of the island
Striking scenery, a safe and inclusive
society, miles of sandy beaches, high performing schools, an enviable work-life
balance, a heritage, political and economic stability, low personal taxes, warm
summers and mild winters.
Find out more at gov.je/movingtoJersey
Jersey has been a Crown Dependency since
1290, which means its not part of the UK but a self-governing possession of The
Crown. Jersey has its own democratically elected parliament, government, tax
system, and laws. However, the island does have a close historic relationship
with France and the UK and relies on the UK for defence and international
relations. It is also part of the Common Travel Area (CTA) which allows British
citizens to move freely between the UK, Republic of Ireland, and the Channel
Islands without a passport.
Jersey offers extensive and quality
healthcare services, with private and state supported options available. The
NHS is not available in Jersey, healthcare services are delivered by Health and
Community Services. For the first 6 months, health care services will be
provided at an added cost.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1.To work as part of a multi-disciplinary community CAMHS service which provides clinic based
outpatient services, outreach and liaison to support integrated practice and seamless service
delivery for young people and their families. To work as an autonomous professional within
relevant professional guidelines (e.g. AFT, UKCP, BPS or HCPC) and the policies and procedures
of the service.
2.To contribute to the generic functions of the team as required by undertaking initial assessments,
working as a Duty Worker, offering a triage service to referrers and concerned professionals,
responding to service users and parents, gathering and sharing information with partner agencies,
undertaking home and school observations.
3.To undertake detailed, highly specialist systemic assessment and interventions for children and
families using a range of assessment approaches including interviews, observations of family
interactions, genograms, individual and family questionnaires and other measures as appropriate.
4. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management and safeguarding plans
for referrals to Family therapy that prioritise the needs of the young person and takes in to account
their social context.
5.To provide a consultation and training role in delivering systemic family interventions to
professionals working with families where systemic issues are indicated and to co-ordinate multiprofessional groups to be able to deliver systemic therapies within their areas of work.
6.To exercise responsibility for the governance of systemic family therapy practice within the
service, by: taking responsibility for maintaining an appropriate, defined caseload, and a balance
between treatment, consultative, and administrative tasks; undertaking risk assessment and risk
management, particularly in the area of safeguarding for clients and to provide advice to other
professionals on aspects of risk management.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1.To work as part of a multi-disciplinary community CAMHS service which provides clinic based
outpatient services, outreach and liaison to support integrated practice and seamless service
delivery for young people and their families. To work as an autonomous professional within
relevant professional guidelines (e.g. AFT, UKCP, BPS or HCPC) and the policies and procedures
of the service.
2.To contribute to the generic functions of the team as required by undertaking initial assessments,
working as a Duty Worker, offering a triage service to referrers and concerned professionals,
responding to service users and parents, gathering and sharing information with partner agencies,
undertaking home and school observations.
3.To undertake detailed, highly specialist systemic assessment and interventions for children and
families using a range of assessment approaches including interviews, observations of family
interactions, genograms, individual and family questionnaires and other measures as appropriate.
4. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management and safeguarding plans
for referrals to Family therapy that prioritise the needs of the young person and takes in to account
their social context.
5.To provide a consultation and training role in delivering systemic family interventions to
professionals working with families where systemic issues are indicated and to co-ordinate multiprofessional groups to be able to deliver systemic therapies within their areas of work.
6.To exercise responsibility for the governance of systemic family therapy practice within the
service, by: taking responsibility for maintaining an appropriate, defined caseload, and a balance
between treatment, consultative, and administrative tasks; undertaking risk assessment and risk
management, particularly in the area of safeguarding for clients and to provide advice to other
professionals on aspects of risk management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The post holder must hold a
- professional qualification in a
- core health / social care
- profession and be registered
- with the relevant professional
- body, e.g. first level mental
- health nurse (RMN),
- psychology degree plus an
- applied qualification in
- clinical/educational/counselling
- psychology, medicine e.g.
- MBChB, occupational therapy
- (Dip OT), State Registered
- Arts Therapy Senior 1, Social
- work e.g. Dip SW.
-
- A specialist MSc level
- qualification in Family Therapy
- or equivalent qualification and
- accreditation and registration
- with an appropriate
- professional body e.g.
- Association of Family Therapy
Desirable
- Has undertaken or
- plans to undertake
- additional training
- associated with Family
- Therapy e.g. CBT,
- NVR, DBT or RO-DBT.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years post
- qualification relevant
- experience working within a
- community CAMHS team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The post holder must hold a
- professional qualification in a
- core health / social care
- profession and be registered
- with the relevant professional
- body, e.g. first level mental
- health nurse (RMN),
- psychology degree plus an
- applied qualification in
- clinical/educational/counselling
- psychology, medicine e.g.
- MBChB, occupational therapy
- (Dip OT), State Registered
- Arts Therapy Senior 1, Social
- work e.g. Dip SW.
-
- A specialist MSc level
- qualification in Family Therapy
- or equivalent qualification and
- accreditation and registration
- with an appropriate
- professional body e.g.
- Association of Family Therapy
Desirable
- Has undertaken or
- plans to undertake
- additional training
- associated with Family
- Therapy e.g. CBT,
- NVR, DBT or RO-DBT.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years post
- qualification relevant
- experience working within a
- community CAMHS team.
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).