# Family Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Pinewood House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Family therapist
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 pro rata pa inc
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 33.75 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-04T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-18T11:51:08.066Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Erith/Oxleas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Family_therapy/Family_therapy-v8299778
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8299778?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.oxleas.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Bexley CAMHS provides specialist mental health care for children and young people from birth to 18 years with their parents/families/carers. We provide specialist assessment and treatment for children and young people with severe and enduring emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties. Specialist CAMHS has a responsibility to assist professionals working with children in universal services to enhance the capacity and capability of these services to identify and provide early intervention for children with mild to moderate mental health needs. This is provided through support, advice, mental health consultation, training and joint clinical work. The service provides a responsive, timely and accessible service, targeted at those children, young people and their families who are most in need of specialist mental health services.

### Main duties of the job

These posts will provide:

i) Assessments and multi-disciplinary clinical interventions for children, young people, their families and carers with moderate significant and enduring mental health difficulties. The clinical work is short and medium term.

ii) Care in partnership with the child’s caring network – to advise and support where necessary.

iii) Mental health advice, consultation, training and support to professionals working with children in order to enhance the capacity and capability of those professionals / services to identify mental health problems and provide early intervention of mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full time Systemic Psychotherapist will join a team which provides a well-established, highly specialist service for young people in Greenwich. You will work with young people up to 18 years and their families/carers, with significant and acute mental health difficulties.

This post holder is situated within Greenwich CAMH Service.

To provide the CAMHS team with a high quality, evidence based systemic psychotherapy service to children, their families, carers and professional networks, in keeping with CYP-IAPT principles.

To provide specialist systemic assessment and therapy to families with children and adolescents who are referred to CAMHS.

To provide specialist advice and consultation regarding diagnoses and treatment to CAMHS colleagues, external agencies, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to overall service delivery as required.

To contribute to the development, implementation, and audit of services for families with children presenting to the Service.

### Applicant requirements

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**

- Experience working with YP, risk, nhs 2+ yrs

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience as qualified FT 2+ yrs

### Qualification

**Essential**

- Relevant family therapy qualification

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1847)
- [privacy notice for staff (pdf, 268.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1659)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 328.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10618992)
- [important additional information for candidates (please read carefully) (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1656)

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