Family & Systemic Psychotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 18/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a UKCP-registered Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join the newly redesigned Children & Young People's Inpatient Mental Health Unit at Chalkhill. You will deliver family and systemic interventions for young people requiring inpatient care, working closely with the COAST team. The position involves assessment, formulation, and timely intervention to support young people and families in their recovery within a multidisciplinary team. The unit focuses on purposeful admissions, therapeutic care, and trauma-informed practice.
Essential criteria
- Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in one of the Appendices
- Professionally registered as specified in the same Appendix
Desirable criteria
- Additional pre- and/or post-qualification training as specified in the same Appendix
- Substantial experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse. n and treatment), as specified in the same Appendix,
- A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy ?Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context.
- A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of delivering group interventions
- communication
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Proven ability to establish, maintain and conclude therapeutic relationships with clients
- Good inter-personal and inter-professional skills and ability to work autonomously as a single discipline practitioner in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- A capacity to reflect upon the therapeutic process and upon one's own part in it.
- An ability to make effective use of clinical supervision and to utilise these skills in contributing to clinical consultation within the team and to other professional and non-professional groups
- planning
- Ability to work within a large geographical area effectively, managing travel arrangements and using creative working solutions.
- Ability to assist or take a lead in specific service development projects
- Ability to plan and manage a work load
- leadership
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to supervise and support psychological professionals, in the locality, undertaking appraisals and managing sickness and annual leave where appropriate
- Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in one of the Appendices
- Professionally registered as specified in the same Appendix
- Additional pre- and/or post-qualification training as specified in the same Appendix
- Substantial experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse. n and treatment), as specified in the same Appendix,
- A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy ?Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context.
- A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of delivering group interventions
- communication
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Proven ability to establish, maintain and conclude therapeutic relationships with clients
- Good inter-personal and inter-professional skills and ability to work autonomously as a single di
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Family & Systemic Psychotherapist
The closing date is 18 September 2026
Job summary
We are excited to be recruiting to our newly redesigned Children & Young People's Inpatient Mental Health Unit at Chalkhill, reopening in Autumn 2026. Following extensive engagement, co-design, and investment in our clinical model, workforce, and environment, we are creating a modern therapeutic service where young people receive purposeful, high-quality care.
Following extensive co-design with young people, families and staff, this is an exciting opportunity to work in a modern, recovery-focused inpatient service delivering high-quality care to young people with acute mental health needs. Listen to our EBE podcast here:
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Our refreshed CAMHS inpatient service is built around:
- Purposeful admissions with early review points
- Structured, therapeutic care programmes delivered across 7 days
- Strong links with crisis and community services, including COAST**** (Crisis Outreach Acute Support Team),
- Trauma-informed and autism-aware practice
- A focus on least restrictive practice and improving experience and outcomes
- Supportive MDT working, safe staffing and clinical leadership
You will work as part of a skilled and supportive multidiscipli
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