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Essential
7 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Substantial experience in relevant first profession
- Experience
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience
Experience of multi disciplinary team working
- Experience
Experience of inter agency working
- Experience
Experience of safeguarding and Child Protection experience and skills in risk assessment, management and intervention with individuals, their families and/or social networks
- Training & Qualifications
Qualified Systemic Family Psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) via the College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy,
- Training & Qualifications
post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession with demonstrable practice over a minimum of four years, OR additional short training and post-qualification experience in mental health consolidated over a minimum of two years
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working with eating disorders
- Experience
Experience of leading case reviews
- Experience
Experience of working in the NHS
- Training & Qualifications
Clinical Systemic Supervision Training
- Training & Qualifications
Registration as Clinical Supervisor by Association for Family Therapy (AFT)
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a family therapist within our leading-edge adult eating disorder services. The service supports both the direct work with adults and their families on the adult specialist eating disorder unit and supports with the integrated eating disorder care pathways. We are looking for an experienced family therapist who is interested in working in this fascinating area. Please note you do not need to have experience in eating disorders as we will provide support and training to develop this specialist knowledge.
The successful candidate will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team on the ward in the delivery of evidence based psychological systemic therapies.
Main duties of the job
Avalon ward is a 15-bedded unit for adults suffering with severe eating disorders, often at a very low weight and there is a high level of co-morbidity with other conditions. The team is a recovery focused service, working with patients on the goal of discharging safely back to their local community services where they can continue to work towards recovery. The team is made up of nurses, healthcare assistants, psychiatrist, dieticians, occupational therapists, social worker, psychologists and peer support workers.
The ward receives adult patients from both the local Eating Disorders Service as well as from other outpatient services nationally across the UK and Northern Ireland.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Support the development of the delivery of evidence based systemic family therapies adapted to an in-patient setting for adults with eating disorders.
- Participate in assessment and care planning for people admitted to the ward.
- Facilitate psycho-educational workshops and parent/carer support groups.
- Support nursing & healthcare assistant staff to implement care plans through the dissemination of systemic frameworks and interventions.
- Support management of ROMs and audit.
- Offer systemic family therapy to carers and clients using a range of systemic interventions and family therapy for anorexia nervosa.
- Attend all multi-disciplinary meetings and care planning reviews.
- Run systemic consultations across the MDT and contribute to thinking about the patients and their families from a systemic psychotherapy perspective.
- Set up and run reflecting team groups to develop systemic thinking across the staff groups.
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 Systemic Psychotherapist with South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £66,274 - £73,496 per rata inclusive of Inner London HCAs. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Sep 2026.
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