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Specialist Services Directorate
City and Hackney Specialist CAMHS
Family and Systemic Psychotherapist. Emotional and Behavioural Team and WAMHS (Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools Team)
Band 7
Full-time, 1.0wte (0.80wte E&B & 0.20wte WAMHS)
- hours. 12 months fixed term post
We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Family and Systemic Psychotherapist with CAMHS experience to come and work in the socially and culturally diverse borough of City and Hackney.
Applicants who have experience and appreciation of some of the richness and complexities of working inter-culturally are welcomed. This post is part of a comprehensive Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, within the East London NHS Foundation Trust and as part of the wider Hackney CAMHS Alliance.
This post will include the provision of specialist CAMHS advice/consultation and mental health assessment, family interventions and liaison with other agencies, and the opportunity to supervise other clinicians.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and supportive multidisciplinary child and adolescent mental health team. There is a strong commitment to clinical supervision and professional development within CAMHS and the wider NHS Foundation Trust including many learning and teaching opportunities.
The post will involve working within the Emotional and Behavioural pathway team. This role will include a WAMHS role (Wellbeing and Mental health in Schools), working in a secondary school one day a week. The role may also include an opportunity of group work.
The role will be varied and will include managing a caseload within the multi-disciplinary E&B Team in order to provide brief treatment for often co-occurring emotional and behavioural difficulties. The team values consultation, liaison with professional networks and formulation within a systemic and community context. The role will include regular contribution to the established duty rota.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
FULL JD/PS ATTACHED
To provide a specialist service within CAMHS to young people and their families. This is a community-based post, located within the Emotional & Behavioural Team in City and Hackney Specialist CAMHS offering episodes of care, assessments and treatments to a wide variety of clinical presentations.
The post holder will also provide a school consultation role via a CAMHS Worker In Schools role (CWIS) for 3 sessions. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- Skills in applying systemic theory to work with individuals, couples, family systems, groups and organisations
Knowledge
Essential
- A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
- 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.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health problems
- Experience of care planning
Qualifications
Essential
- Prior qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Nursing or Counselling
- Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy or AFT agreed equivalent
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This advert is for Family & Systemic Psychotherapist with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 PER ANNUM. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 05 Jul 2026.
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