# Senior Family Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-family-therapist/d44a3e3e-2714-499f-becf-dbaaa16b2d3c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-family-therapist/d44a3e3e-2714-499f-becf-dbaaa16b2d3c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - **Town:** Cardiff - **Region:** Cardiff - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £58,379 - £65,723 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-29T13:52:33.723Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Cardiff/Cardiff_Vale_University_Health_Board/Senior_Family_Therapist/Senior_Family_Therapist-v7914752 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7914752?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://cavuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to lead on the delivery of family based interventions and systemic psychotherapy within Cardiff and Vale’s Children and Young People’s Eating Disorders Team.  The successful candidate will be working within a Psychology-led multi-disciplinary team consisting of Clinical Psychologists and Psychological therapists, Nurses, Medics (Psychiatry and Paediatric) and a Dietitian; as well as two Specialist Eating Disorder transitions clinicians embedded within the team.  The team has developed rapidly over the past four years and has clear processes for service delivery and risk management, with strong links to the wider Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Service (including core interventions, SPOA, Crisis and CITT amongst others).   The successful candidate will therefore have access to peer support from other Family Therapists working across the service. ### Main duties of the job The role of a Senior Family Therapist is highly valued and respected within the team in order to ensure fidelity and adherence to the main evidence based intervention for children and adolescents with an Eating Disorder through a range of activities including assessments, delivering specialist therapeutic interventions, contribution to formulation, and the delivery of care through consultation. MDT working is embedded throughout each stage of a young person’s journey through the service.  As a systemic psychotherapist/family therapist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service user caseload, including assessing service users with complex needs, supporting families with care planning and designing and delivering specialist interventions within children and young people’s Eating Disorder services. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. The post is part time. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Job Details We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to lead on the delivery of family based interventions and systemic psychotherapy within Cardiff and Vale’s Children and Young People’s Eating Disorders Team. The successful candidate will be working within a Psychology-led multi-disciplinary team consisting of Clinical Psychologists and Psychological therapists, Nurses, Medics (Psychiatry and Paediatric) and a Dietitian; as well as two Specialist Eating Disorder transitions clinicians embedded within the team. The team has developed rapidly over the past four years and has clear processes for service delivery and risk management, with strong links to the wider Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Service (including core interventions, SPOA, Crisis and CITT amongst others). The successful candidate will therefore have access to peer support from other Family Therapists working across the service. ## Job Description The role of a Senior Family Therapist is highly valued and respected within the team in order to ensure fidelity and adherence to the main evidence based intervention for children and adolescents with an Eating Disorder through a range of activities including assessments, delivering specialist therapeutic interventions, contribution to formulation, and the delivery of care through consultation. MDT working is embedded throughout each stage of a young person’s journey through the service. As a systemic psychotherapist/family therapist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service user caseload, including assessing service users with complex needs, supporting families with care planning and designing and delivering specialist interventions within children and young people’s Eating Disorder services. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. The post is part time. ## Responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Highly developed skills in systemic practice. Family therapy interviewing; training packages; consultation. ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience of working as a family therapist. Experience of implementing evidence-based family therapy. Experience of supervising/ managing other family therapists. **Desirable** - Experience of supervising other professionals. ### Qualifications **Essential** - UKCP accredited Family/ Systemic Therapist. Honors degree. Post grad qualification in Family Therapy. Prior professional qualification. **Desirable** - Other Related academic qualification. ### Special knowledge **Essential** - Highly developed knowledge of systemic theory and practice - Knowledge of research design and methodology as practised within family therapy. - Knowledge of leigislation relevant to children. - Evidence of CPD ### Personal qualities **Essential** - Ability to work with organisation stress and contain the stress of others - Highly distressing clinical material and help others to manage this. - Flexible approach to MDT working - Working in highly complex and changing contexts ## Documents - [oh form (docx, 102.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10191936) - [jdps - english (pdf, 888.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10191886) - [guidance notes for applicants nov25 (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2843) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2852) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy (pdf, 2.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2851) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1630) - [croeso i fwrdd iechyd prifysgol caerdydd a’r fro (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2422) - [welcome to cardiff and vale university health board (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2421) ## 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.