Highly Specialist Systemic Family Therapist

Job summary

Are you an experienced family therapist passionate about delivering high-quality clinical interventions within a friendly and established psychological therapies team?

We have an exciting opportunity to join our specialist adolescent inpatient services in secure settings, working with young people and their families.

One vacancy is at Austen House, which is comprised of two co-located services - a brand-new adolescent Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and a Low Secure adolescent service, this is a permanent full time vacancy at 37.5 hours per week.

If the vacancy has closed and you are still interested in applying, we welcome offline applications. Please contact our recruitment team directly to discuss how to proceed.

Main duties of the job

Austen House Family therapy is a highly valued provision in the team and wider service. There is strong support from the Team Manager for the successful candidate to utilise their specialist skills and experience to contribute to the team. The successful candidate will be working directly with families and young people alongside another family therapist and also help to influence the units' culture.

You will work alongside other therapy colleagues (registered psychologists, psychological therapists, arts therapists and assistant psychologists) and a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team. The post contains a range of duties which include a combination of direct clinical work with young people and families, as well as work with other members of the MDT in promoting a psychologically informed environment through teaching, consultation and supervision. You will have the willingness to think creatively, commitment to compassionate care and flexibility to think outside traditional clinical models.

You should have a good understanding of young people presenting with severe mental health and behavioural difficulties. You will need to be a confident practitioner, ideally with experience in inpatient or CAMHS services, and be adaptable to ever changing needs and pressures.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Details

• Date posted: 06 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8a
• Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata.
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 348-CFS-12424
• Job locations: Austen House, Tatchbury Mount, Calmore, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 2TA, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).