Family and Systemic Psychotherapist

Main duties of the job

• Provision of specialist systemic & family psychotherapy services to service users and their families and/or carers within inpatient setting and in the community.
• To offer inreach services to service users approaching discharge, working with inpatient wards and community teams.
• Facilitating systemic case discussions, co-leading formulation meetings, and actively participating in Risk meetings and seclusion reviews.
• Providing systemic consultation for service user management, offering supervision, training, and guidance on psychological care to different teams.
• To contribute to and participate in the teaching and training of staff members of the MDT in the community and inpatient settings on the principles of systemic psychotherapy.
• To contribute to service wide innovations, representing systemic family therapy (e.g. Trauma Informed Care service, Inequality and Diversity Forum, Carer's forum, Recovery College for Carers).
• To contribute and meet [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s Carer's Strategy, offering staff training, systemic consultation and supervision across the inpatients and community services, to be aware of carers and engage with carers effectively.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job details

• Date posted: 29 April 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8a
• Salary: £64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum Inc HCAs
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 12 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 363-FOR7660380-A
• Job locations: Centre for Forensic Mental Health/Forensic Community Service, Wolfson House, Green Lanes, London, N4 2ES

Person Specification

Education

• An AFT recognised Postgraduate qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy/Family Therapy.
• Post-graduate qualification in a mental health or social welfare discipline and demonstrable practice (or established equivalence according to Association of Family Therapy (AFT) criteria
• Registration as a systemic psychotherapist with United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) or equivalent body
• Provide Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as required by UKCP/AFT guidelines leading to continuing registration

Experience

• Substantial experience practice in relevant first profession. Experience of working with a Multidisciplinary Team
• Experience in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems where there may be high expressed emotion, verbal abuse and threats of violence.
• Experience of conducting risk assessments, preparing risks management plans and initiating appropriate action where indicated.
• Experience of systemic consultation and supervision.
• Experience of contributing or leading systemic knowledge and practice to service wide innovations

Knowledge and Skills

• Skills in the use of methods of Systemic Psychotherapy / Family based assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• A high level of sophistication in regard to relationship and communication skills when working with clients, families and/or professionals, including where the atmosphere might be highly emotive with clients and families expressing anger and hostility
• An ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from other disciplines and in other settings including primarily CMHTs, in order to establish effective working relationships and partnerships that support care packages.
• Ability to apply analytical skills to multi-layered complex cases
• Ability to formulate comprehensive assessments and offer effective treatment based on systemic principles.
• Provide evidence of continuing Professional Development as required by UKCP/AFT guidelines leading to continuing registration
• Skills in providing systemic/Family Therapy consultation, teaching and training to other professional and nonprofessional groups
• Skills in both live and indirect supervision of systemic psychotherapists and/or multidisciplinary colleagues
• Knowledge and skills of risk management and ability to perform a clinical risk assessment.

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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

• Employer name: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]
• Address: Centre for Forensic Mental Health/Forensic Community Service, Wolfson House, Green Lanes, London, N4 2ES
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Contact for questions about the job

• Lead Systemic and Family Psychotherapist, Dr Rakhee Haque
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