Systemic Family Therapist - Part Time
Elysium HealthcareCharlwood, South East
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Elysium Healthcare based in Charlwood. The advertised salary is £52,000. Applications close on 30 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
With a formal Family Therapist qualification, you know one or two things about delivering great healthcare. From a friendly face, to providing profess...
The role of a Systemic Family Therapist at Elysium Healthcare involves working part-time at Emerald Place, Charlwood, a specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder service. As a qualified Family Therapist, you will deliver systemic family psychotherapy, offer systemic assessments and interventions to young people (ages 8-18) admitted with complex needs, and support their families. Responsibilities include conducting risk assessments, facilitating crisis planning, supporting staff development through training, and contributing to service development within the Therapies Team. The position provides opportunities for professional growth with regular supervision and collaboration within a multidisciplinary team.
With a formal Family Therapist qualification, you know one or two things about delivering great healthcare. From a friendly face, to providing professional support, you will join Emerald Place, where you will feel valued and supported. Working 22.5 hours a week, you will work alongside the dedicated team at Emerald Place a specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder service for children and you people aged 8-18 years. You will be a part of an environment that has a strong emphasis on teamwork and empowers recovery with career opportunities available to see your career grow. You will be responsible for the delivery of systemic family psychotherapy within the service, providing systemic assessments and interventions to young people who have been admitted to the ward and their families or support systems. You will support staff development in the service, and will take on a role in training, consultations and staff support, as well as providing systemic input into the multidisciplinary team.
You will receive regular clinical and professional supervision and will be supported to continue developing your clinical and leadership skills as part of your ongoing career development. You will join a proactive and enthusiastic Therapies Team, as well as having access to a strong network of CAMHS psychological therapists across Elysium Healthcare. There are excellent opportunities for professional development within the role.
You will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service users caseload, including assessing service users with complex needs, supporting families and care plans and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatment within CAMHS Eating Disorder services.
*All applications must have a formal Family Therapist qualification. As a Systemtic Family Therapist, you will be:
- Providing highly-skilled systemic interventions for the families of young people with severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, learning difficulties and/or developmental problems.
- Providing in-depth risk-assessments of young people who are at risk to themselves and to be able to formulate both short-term and long-term crisis planning.
- Providing evidence-based and formulation-driven systemic perspectives to multidisciplinary risk management, care planning and decision-making.
- Managing a complex caseload as the family therapist working within a multidisciplinary team, as well as facilitating groups where appropriate, such as carer support groups.
- Monitoring clinical progress through regular reviews of systemic treatment.
- Engaging and working with young people with a range of mental health needs and developmental difficulties, drawing upon your wealth of theoretical and practical knowledge.
- Supporting staff development through the provision of training, consultation, formulation meetings and reflective practice sessions.
- Contributing to service developments within the Therapies Team and wider service.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Completed a Qualifying course in Systemic Psychotherapy at Master’s or doctorate level, accredited by the AFT
- Registration with UKCP
- Experience working with adolescents and their families presenting with complex mental health needs, high-risk behaviours and neurodevelopmental conditions in a CAMHS setting.
Where you will be working Address: Emerald Place, Farmfield Drive, Charlwood, Surrey, RH6 0BN Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Elysium Healthcare have worked in partnership to provide a new purpose-built Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Surrey.
Emerald Place Clinic is a 12-bed general adolescent inpatient unit for the care and treatment of young people aged 13 up to the age of 18. You will be part of a team who supports young people who have a primary diagnosis of mental illness including those with neurodevelopmental disorders, mild learning disability and autism and those with disordered eating.
- Annual salary of £52,000 pro rata
- 25 days annual leave pro rata, Bank Holiday, plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
- Pension contribution to secure your future.
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check, holiday financing and much more.
About your next employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
Elysium Healthcare is a large, stable company with a workforce exceeding 8,000 employees. With over 90 services across England and Wales, it covers sectors such as Mental Health, Neurological, and Learning Disabilities & Autism. Their collaboration with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides a Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service at Emerald Place Clinic, an adolescent inpatient unit. Elysiums network is part of Ramsay Health Care, extending across 10 countries with over 86,000 global employees. Safer recruitment and staff commitment to safeguarding welfare are pivotal to their ethos.
Essential: - Completed a Qualifying course in Systemic Psychotherapy at Masters or doctorate level, accredited by the AFT; Registration with UKCP; Experience working in a CAMHS setting.
How this role compares
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