Job summary
- Main area
- Systemic Psychotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week (Core hours, on site working)
- Job ref
- 363-TH7634385
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mile End Centre for Mental Health, Mile End Hospital
- Town
- Mile End
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 per annum pro rata inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Systemic Psychotherapist- Family and Relationship Support Service -
NHS AfC: Band 7
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you know and understand adult mental health and the challenges and opportunities of inpatient admissions? Do you want to share your skills of working with systems to improve the health and care of our residents?
If so, we would love to talk to you about this role. It is based in an innovative, small service which reaches into our wards to supports those where relationship patterns contribute to long or repeat admissions.
Working alongside a family and systemic psychotherapist who leads the team and trainee clinical psychologists, this role will make a difference to those returning to their homes or accommodation in the community.
Serving a diverse client population with a wide range of needs means this role offers an interesting and unique experience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team. They will consider the needs of families and networks. This may include representing the discipline in meetings, offering specialist systemic consultation or co-working as appropriate. The post holder will work across a number of settings including inpatient wards, community teams and supported accommodation and will form strong professional and therapeutic relationships with a wide variety of service users and stakeholders. They will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached JD and person specification for more information.
The main areas of work are the identification of need in our wards, working with families and wider systems to support sustained discharges from the inpatient wards. The service supports a wide variety of clinical presentations, with a focus on individuals and the families/carers of individuals with psychotic spectrum difficulties. A range of systemic interventions, including psychoeducation and practical support will be offered within a brief treatment framework of up to twelve sessions.
We are also passionate about reflecting the communities we serve and would encourage applications from those with similar heritage to the people to whom we offer care .
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification in a mental health or social welfare discipline or agreed Association of Family Therapy (AFT) equivalent
- An AFT recognised four-year training leading to a qualification in Systemic Family Psychotherapy.
- United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registration with the College for Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as required by UKCP/AFT guidelines, leading to continuing registration.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an Adult Mental Health setting, in either first profession or as a systemic practitioner
- Experience of working at either primary or secondary care level.
- Experience of conducting risk assessments, preparing risk management plans and initiating appropriate action where indicated
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in psychological therapies at either primary or secondary care level
- xperience of working in the NHS.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from other disciplines and in other settings in order to establish effective working relationships and partnerships that support care packages
- Knowledge of other modalities (e.g. psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural therapy, psychiatry) to a degree sufficient to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients.
- An ability to use systemic skills to manage complex professional networks and processes in relation to individuals and families.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to comprehend and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information in a manner appropriate to a range of settings and audiences, including complex highly emotive situations and those with significantly impaired communication capacities.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to teach and train others using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Skills in both live and indirect supervision of systemic psychotherapist s and/or multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Adequate keyboard skills and understanding of IT packages
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Wczacek
- Job title
- Systemic Psychotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07483 947705
- Additional information
Helen is available on Mondays and Wednesday at present.
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