# Family and Systemic Psychotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/family-and-systemic-psychotherapist/e9f26e65-2932-4a5a-82c7-9611172f7a16 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/family-and-systemic-psychotherapist/e9f26e65-2932-4a5a-82c7-9611172f7a16.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Chalkhill - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pa - **Contract type:** 5 months (Fixed term contract until 31st March 2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-28T12:40:50.678Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Lewes/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8285663 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8285663?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Family and Systemic Psychotherapist to join Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on a full-time fixed-term contract until 31 March 2027. The post will focus on delivering systemic family consultation interventions for young people and their families within CAMHS across Sussex. The postholder will provide brief, focused systemic interventions, to support young people, families and wider systems in addressing difficulties and promoting positive change. The successful applicant will receive direct clinical and professional supervision from the Family and Systemic Therapy Professional Lead and will play a key role in expanding access to timely, evidence-based systemic support for children, young people and their families across Sussex. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced systemic practitioner who is passionate about delivering high-quality family interventions and promoting systemic practice within integrated CAMHS teams. ### Main duties of the job Responsibilities will primarily focus on providing high-quality systemic family consultation and therapeutic interventions for children and young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties, and their families, carers and wider networks. The post has been established as a fixed-term initiative to increase access to systemic interventions and reduce waiting times for families within CAMHS. The postholder will deliver brief, focused episodes of care, typically offering between 3 and 6 systemic sessions, undertaking assessment, formulation and intervention with young people and their families. They will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure timely access to support and effective care planning, while maintaining accurate and timely clinical records. The successful applicant will receive direct clinical and professional supervision from the Family and Systemic Therapy Professional Lead and will contribute to the delivery of evidence-based systemic practice across Sussex CAMHS. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Working as part of multidisciplinary teams, the postholder will undertake specialist assessment, care planning and risk management, contributing to effective and collaborative treatment plans for children, young people and their families. They will liaise closely with colleagues and partner agencies to ensure continuity of care, communicate formulations and recommendations sensitively and effectively, and maintain accurate clinical records. The postholder will be supported through direct clinical and professional supervision from the Family and Systemic Therapy Professional Lead and will contribute to service evaluation and outcome monitoring to support the aims of the project. ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in one of the Appendices - Professionally registered as specified in the same Appendix ### Knowledge/Experience **Essential** - Substantial experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the same Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse - 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 representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context - Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service - Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group. - A high-level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the same appendix, as applied to the client group using this service - Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework - Evidence of continuing professional development as equired by the professional registration/accrediting body specified in the same appendix ## Documents - [qia (pdf, 73.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10602872) - [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254) - [dbs policy statement (pdf, 231.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2263) - [specialist psychological therapist or psychotherapist (pdf, 488.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10602873) ## 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.