# Highly Specialist Family Therapist

**Company**: West London NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £63665.00 to £70887.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a permanent Band 8a Higher Specialist Systemic and Family Psychotherapist to join the Cross-borough Eating Disorder Team, based at Ealing CAMHS. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work alongside other family therapists in a family therapy clinic in addition to holding an individual caseload.

The post holder will be part of a growing team of clinicians with a special interest and expertise in working with children, and young people, who are presenting with complex mental health needs.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing family therapy and family-based interventions to families where there is a diagnosed eating disorder

- Supporting the continued development of these interventions and supporting colleagues in the facilitation of systemic interventions

- Working alongside other family therapists in a family therapy clinic and holding an individual caseload

- Receiving regular clinical, professional and management supervision from a Principal Systemic & Family Psychotherapist

Requirements:

- Post-graduate training in systemic family therapists as accredited by IFT or AFT

- Professional registration with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

- Minimum four years' practice in relevant first profession including experience of safe-guarding children

- Experience of working with young people who have an eating disorder and their families/carers

- At least three years' experience of work with children and adolescents in a mental health or equivalent setting

Desirable:

- CYP IAPT training

- Training in Systemic supervision and consultation

- FT-AN/FBT/MFT training

- Experience of running Multi Family Therapy groups (MFT)

- Experience of teaching and training in systemic psychotherapy

The salary for this post is £63,665 to £70,887 a year.

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## Skills

### Required
- Systemic Family Therapy
- Family-Based Interventions
- Eating Disorder Treatment
- Multi-Disciplinary Working
- Supervision and Consultation

### Nice to have
- CYP IAPT training
- Systemic Supervision and Consultation
- FT-AN/FBT/MFT training
- Multi Family Therapy groups (MFT)
- Teaching and Training in Systemic Psychotherapy

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