CAMHS Clinical Specialist or Family and Systemic Psychotherapist inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 22 AUG 2024

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

A new opportunity has arisen for a Systemic Family Therapist in our Children and Families (under 12) team. This is a well-established, dynamic and supportive service including psychiatry, clinical psychology, family therapy, nursing, art therapy and occupational therapy. We provide assessments, evidence-based treatment and care coordination to children and young people referred to the service for complex mental health and behaviour difficulties. The post will offer will support and advise parents and carers through parenting interventions and psychoeducation, as well as offer consultation and advice to their professional networks. The post holder will have strong formulation skills and offer consultation to the MDT and supervision to junior colleagues.

  • To provide a highly specialist systemic family interventions to children and families CAMHS including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
  • To provide CAMHS assessments, evidence-based treatment and care coordination to children under 12 referred to the service for complex mental health and behaviour difficulties as part of the MDT
  • To contribute the Children & Family’s MDT by providing a systemic perspective to clinical formulations of presenting difficulties.
  • To provide support and advise parents and carers through parenting interventions and psychoeducation, as well as offer consultation and advice to their professional networks
  • To think creatively, work flexibly and have a range of clinical skills in working alongside others to support a complex range of service users and their network.
  • To provide systemic supervision and consultation as appropriate and enable other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
  • To contribute to service evaluation, audit and research.
  • To work as an autonomous professional within AFT and UKCP guidelines and guided by principles and policies or procedures, taking full responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.


Some Of Our Benefits Are Highlighted Here


  • Generous pay, pensions and leave. We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
  • Work life balance. We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
  • Career development. There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
  • Car lease. Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
  • Our staff benefit from keyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.
  • NHS discounts. With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.


Other Benefits Include


  • Counselling services
  • Wellbeing events
  • Long service awards
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Childcare vouchers
  • Staff restaurants

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vicky Brady Job title: Child and Family Team Lead Email address: Telephone number: 02
A new opportunity has arisen for a Systemic Family Therapist in our Children and Families (under 12) team. This is a well-established, dynamic and supportive service including psychiatry, clinical psychology, family therapy, nursing, art therapy and occupational therapy. We provide assessments, evidence-based treatment and care coordination to children and young people referred to the service for complex mental health and behaviour difficulties. The post will offer will support and advise parents and carers through parenting interventions and psychoeducation, as well as offer consultation and advice to their professional networks. The post holder will have strong formulation skills and offer consultation to the MDT and supervision to junior colleagues.

  • To provide a highly specialist systemic family interventions to children and families CAMHS including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
  • To provide CAMHS assessments, evidence-based treatment and care coordination to children under 12 referred to the service for complex mental health and behaviour difficulties as part of the MDT
  • To contribute the Children & Family’s MDT by providing a systemic perspective to clinical formulations of presenting difficulties.
  • To provide support and advise parents and carers through parenting interventions and psychoeducation, as well as offer consultation and advice to their professional networks
  • To think creatively, work flexibly and have a range of clinical skills in working alongside others to support a complex range of service users and their network.
  • To provide systemic supervision and consultation as appropriate and enable other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
  • To contribute to service evaluation, audit and research.
  • To work as an autonomous professional within AFT and UKCP guidelines and guided by principles and policies or procedures, taking full responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some Of Our Benefits Are Highlighted Here

  • Generous pay, pensions and leave. We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
  • Work life balance. We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
  • Career development. There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
  • Car lease. Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
  • Our staff benefit from keyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.
  • NHS discounts. With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.


Other Benefits Include

  • Counselling services
  • Wellbeing events
  • Long service awards
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Childcare vouchers
  • Staff restaurants

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vicky Brady Job title: Child and Family Team Lead Email address: Telephone number: 02


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