Highly Specialist Systemic Psychotherapist: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 63,665 to 70,887 £ / Year

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Weseekto appoint an experienced and enthusiastic Systemic Psychotherapist (Family Therapist)to join Bexley Adult Community Mental Health Services across different teams, including the Older Adults Team.

You will have a Masters or Doctorate level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy, with post registration systemic psychotherapist experience, and theadditionaltraining as a systemic supervisor, approved orin the process of beingapproved by the AFSP.

You will have a UKCP registration and excellent therapeutic skills, be skilled in assessing and managing risk, and be able to be responsive and flexible in working with people across the age range.

You will besupportteams and clinicians to embed ways of engaging and working with families.

The role covers the Erith Centre and the Bexleyheath Centre.

Main duties of the job

As a Systemic Psychotherapist, you will assess patients’ mental health needs and theirfamilies, andoffer evidence-based interventions to families with specific needs.

You will liaise with members of the MDT and other teams,servicesand agencies as part of the ongoing care plan as and when needed.

You will offer consultationand trainingto all the adult community mental health teams and offer supervision to our colleagues in the acute service.

You will also offer live supervision to systemic practitioners and family therapy trainees.

You will contribute to research and service improvement initiatives related to Adult Mental Health and systemic psychotherapy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters Quaification in Systemic Psychotherapy
  • Current UKCP Registration
  • Willingness to train in Systemic Supervision

Experience

Essential

  • Working with families in a relevant mental health or social welfare setting
  • Working with wide variety of client groups and degrees of severity
  • Care coordination experience and MDT relationships
  • Working with psychosis or personality disorder diagnoses

Skills / Ability

Essential

  • Using a wide range of systemic theories / interventions / client focus
  • Working with racial / diverse communities
  • Extensive experience of live supervision of FT clinics

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 23 September 2026

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