Job requirements
Essential
23 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Substantial experience at graduate level or equivalent in a mental health or social welfare.
- Experience
Substantial experience post – qualifying as a Family Therapist, working with eating disorders.
- Experience
Experience of working therapeutically with families and children in various contexts
- Disposition
Tactful, trustworthy and sensitive to other peoples’ feelings
- Disposition
Calmness when dealing with conflicting pressures
- Disposition
Ability to work with other professionals in multi disciplinary team
- Qualifications
Post-graduate degree in an appropriate mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent
- Qualifications
Masters/Doctoral level qualification or equivalent in Systemic Family Therapy
- Qualifications
Further specialist training gained through C.P.D.
- Qualifications
Registered with the UKCP (United Kingdom Child Psychotherapy)
- Qualifications
Member of AFT/IFT or similar
- Physical Skills
Telephone skills
- Physical Skills
IT skills
- Physical Skills
Current full driving license
- Physical Skills
Advanced video skills
- Knowledge and Skills
A high level of skill in assessing the client system, and identifying and prioritising interactional patterns, family dynamics and context
- Knowledge and Skills
Highly developed communication skills in relation to complex conditionrelated conversations with children, parents, family systems, carers and professionals in other agencies
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of Children Act, 1989/2004 and ability to work with child protection procedures.
- Knowledge and Skills
Organisational skills and an ability to plan and prioritise own patient workload and family sessions in the Family Therapy clinic
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to interpret and act within ethical and Trust guidelines and in accordance with the rules of professional conduct
- Knowledge and Skills
Highly developed negotiating skills with families often in a very emotive atmosphere with multiple perspectives
- Knowledge and Skills
Advanced skills in report and letter writing
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to work autonomously being accountable for own professional decisions
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working therapeutically in a multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team.
- Experience
Experience of teaching and training Systemic Family Therapy to other professionals
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of psychiatric disorders and risk assessment.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of research methodology and audit practices as practiced within clinical Family Therapy research
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to train and supervise trainees and other professionals in the Systemic Family Therapy modality
- Knowledge and Skills
Interest in working with sexually abused children/young people and their families.
Job overview
Milton Keynes Lifespan Eating Disorder Service (MK-LEDS) are offering an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, ambitious and motivated Systemic and Family Psychotherapist to join our team. Working within CNWL - MK there are lots of opportunities for development, training and working across a lifespan eating disorder service and CAMHS.
Main duties of the job
The role of Family and Systemic Psychotherapist is to provide an active clinical role to compliment the wider multi-disciplinary team which is made up of psychiatrists, therapists, nurses and support workers. This is an NHS Specialist Eating Disorder Service intended to meet the complex mental health needs of young people and adults and their families.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a highly specialist systemic assessment of service users and families presenting with significant and highly complex mental health and relationship issues, using the appropriate interpretations and integration of complex information from a variety of other professionals.
For further information about this post please see attached job description
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.
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This advert is for Highly Specialist Family Therapist with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust in Ashford, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Family therapist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum (pro rata if P/T). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Oct 2026.
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