# CAMHS Family & Systemic Psychotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-family-and-systemic-psychotherapist/efe2a6e5-2065-4b67-91da-e21133a752cf - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-family-and-systemic-psychotherapist/efe2a6e5-2065-4b67-91da-e21133a752cf.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Beech Close Resource Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-14T12:20:34.400Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Dunstable/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CAMHS_Family_Systemic_Psychotherapist/CAMHS_Family_Systemic_Psychotherapist-v8211150 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8211150?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a creative, forward thinking and motivated Systemic Family Therapist to join our friendly and professional multi-disciplinary Emotional & Behavioural CAMHS Team based in Dunstable, within the South Bedfordshire Specialist CAMHS Service. Our team is inclusive and we consciously think about the varying contexts we work within (i.e. racial, cultural and socio-economic factors). Our work is underpinned by strong values to treat each other, service users and agency partners with respect and care. We would be happy to consider requests for flexible working. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will have significant post qualification experience of working in CAMHS. You will be offering assessment and therapeutic treatment to young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties and their families/carers, including generic CAMHS assessments as needed. You will be joining with our team’s existing systemic psychotherapist and co-facilitating family therapy clinics and groups as appropriate (e.g. NVR and parent sessions), potentially also working alongside therapists from other local CAMHS teams. You will involve parent/carers, schools and other agencies as required. In addition, the post holder will offer consultations, clinical supervision, and internal CPD. You will require a high degree of professional autonomy, organization, and self management, with the ability to work well in a team. You will be supported by regular specialist clinical and management supervision sessions, access to a variety of internal CPD sessions, and annual performance appraisals. You will also participate in weekly clinical discussions with the teams, monthly complex case discussions and a monthly reflective space. There are opportunities to take part in discipline-specific meetings within Bedfordshire CAMHS and ELFT. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information please see attached job description Dr Louise Scrivener, Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Team Lead, Dunstable CAMHS, tel 01582 707635 or email louise.scrivener1@nhs.net ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of continuing professional development as required by UKCP/AFT guidelines - Knowledge of and skill in using a wide variety of systemic theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting - Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients - Knowledge of child and adolescent development **Desirable** - Knowledge of current development in CAMHS - Masters or Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology consistent with systemic practice ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in relevant first profession - Post-qualifying experience - Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse - Experience of working with children and young people in an emotionally demanding environment. **Desirable** - Experience of teaching and training systemic psychotherapy - Experience/knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community and of working with interpreters. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as Social Work, Nursing, Psychology, Psychiatry, Teaching OR AFT-agreed equivalent Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy or AFT agreed equivalent - UKCP Registration - Evidence of CPD - NVR training **Desirable** - Registration as Clinical Supervisor by Association for Family Therapy ## Documents - [elft strategy (pdf, 153.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1708) - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [systemic psychotherapist (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10518421) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.