Family and Systemic Psychotherapist | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 15 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | London, N4 2ES |
| Cwmni: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7660380/363-FOR7660380 |
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We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Systemic Family Psychotherapist to join our innovative Systemic Family Therapy Service in the Forensic Directorate. The post holder will join a team of Systemic Family Psychotherapists who are part of the Psychological services and work across the Medium and Low Secure units and Forensic Outreach teams, ELCFS (The East London Community Forensic Service) and FindNEL (Forensic Intellectual and Neuro-developmental Disabilities Service, North East London). The Forensic Service has eleven medium secure inpatient wards and five low secure inpatient wards.
The post holder will be responsible for delivering specialist systemic interventions to service users referred to the Family Therapy Service. This will involve providing specialist assessment and psychotherapy to service users, their families, and to other non-professional carers. The post involves offering inreach services to service users approaching discharge, working with inpatient wards, new community teams, service users and their families. To assist the whole system to manage the transition into the community.
This is a split post and the successful candidate will be working across in-patient services and the community outreach team, ELCFS (The East London Community Forensic Service). ELCFS is multidisciplinary service, for service users in the process of and following discharge from the Forensic inpatient service.
• Provision of specialist systemic & family psychotherapy services to service users and their families and /or carers within inpatient setting and in the community.
• To offer inreach services to service users approaching discharge, working with inpatient wards and community teams.
• Facilitating systemic case discussions, co-leading formulation meetings, and actively participating in Risk meetings and seclusion reviews.
• Providing systemic consultation for service user management, offering supervision, training, and guidance on psychological care.
• Provision of Supervision and Management to Carer Peer Support Workers in the Community Forensic Service
• To contribute to and participate in the teaching and training of staff members of the MDT in the community and inpatient settings on the principles of systemic psychotherapy. This is through methods such as offering live supervision in the family therapy clinic, joint work modelling systemic psychotherapy and teaching and training across the forensic directorate and to partners where appropriate (e.g. accommodation providers).
• To contribute to service wide innovations, representing systemic family therapy (E.g. Trauma Informed care service, Inequality and Diversity Forum, Carer's forum, Recovery College for Carers).
• To contribute and meet ELFT's Carer's Strategy, offering staff training, systemic consultation and supervision across the inpatients and community services, to be aware of carers and engage with carers effectively
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.
• Provision of specialist systemic and family psychotherapy services to service users and their families and /or carers within an inpatient setting and in the community.
• To offer inreach services to service users approaching discharge, working with inpatient wards and community teams.
• Facilitating systemic case discussions, co-leading formulation meetings, and actively participating in Risk meetings and seclusion reviews.
• Providing systemic consultation for service user management, offering supervision, training, and guidance on psychological care.
• Provision of Supervision and Management to Carer Peer Support Workers in the Community Forensic Service
• To contribute to and participate in the teaching and training of staff members of the MDT in the community and inpatient settings on the principles of systemic psychotherapy. This is through methods such as offering live supervision in the family therapy clinic, joint work modelling systemic psychotherapy and teaching and training across the forensic directorate and to partners where appropriate (e.g. accommodation providers).
• To contribute to service wide innovations, representing systemic family therapy (E.g. Trauma Informed care service, Inequality and Diversity Forum, Carer's forum, Recovery College for Carers).
• To contribute and meet ELFT's Carer's Strategy, offering staff training, systemic consultation and supervision across the inpatients and community services, to be aware of carers and engage with carers effectively
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Feb 2026