8a Family Systemic / Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist / Psychologist
| Posting date: | 09 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,631 - £68,623 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 March 2026 |
| Location: | Enfield, EN2 6NZ |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7794906/455-NLFT-0487-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at North London NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking to recruit an innovative energetic child psychotherapist or Family Systemic Psychotherapist to our growing under 5’s provision. The postholder will bepart of a newly formed under 5s team, undertaking complex specialist assessments, formulating, managing risk, providing specialist interventions,teachingand consultation to partner agencies. This post is based in Enfield and is funded by LB Enfield’s Family Hubs programme. Responsibilities will include working with the Social Care and Looked After Children’s team to offer specialist consultation and provide interventions for vulnerable families and children referred by the Family Hubs Teams.
To provide generic mental health and specialistmental healthassessments of children and their families/carers referred to the 0-5 team, drawing on a variety of sources including psychological self-report measures and rating scales, as well as direct and indirect clinical observations and clinical interviews with children, family members and others involved in the child’s care.
To formulate and implement plans for the treatment and/or management of the child and their family’s mental health needs, based uponan appropriate conceptualframework of the presenting problem(s), and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings, in consultation with the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).
To reflect upon assessments and treatment formulations adjusting and refining them, drawing upon different explanatory models, andmaintainingseveral provisional hypotheses.
To be responsible, in consultation with the Clinical Pathway Lead, for implementing a range of interventions for children and their families/carers,within and across teams,appropriate toyour specialism (psychodynamic/psychoanalytic or systemic psychotherapy)
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT)is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1.We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home
2.With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3.We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care
4.We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology
Why NLFT?
· We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities
· We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives
· NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
· Excellent internal staff network
The postholder will be aligned with our Values:
· We Are Kind
· We Are Respectful
· We Work Together
· We Keep Things Simple
· We Empower
· We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
To providethe under 5s teamwitha high-quality evidencebasedpsychotherapeuticor psychologicalservice to children, their families, carers, and professional networks, including assessment and therapy to patients and their families.
To provide specialist advice and consultationregardingdiagnoses and treatment to CAMHS colleagues, external agencies, working both autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. As part of this role, the post holder will work closely with the Enfield Family Hubs to offer consultation to social services colleagues. This aims to offer indirect support to families who are being supported by social care, such as those on child protection or child in need plans, and those supported by the Early Help team.
To provide clinical supervision to Team members asrequired.
The post holder will make positive contributions to any future service developments and the delivery of high-quality evidence-based care pathways
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Feb 2026
We are looking to recruit an innovative energetic child psychotherapist or Family Systemic Psychotherapist to our growing under 5’s provision. The postholder will bepart of a newly formed under 5s team, undertaking complex specialist assessments, formulating, managing risk, providing specialist interventions,teachingand consultation to partner agencies. This post is based in Enfield and is funded by LB Enfield’s Family Hubs programme. Responsibilities will include working with the Social Care and Looked After Children’s team to offer specialist consultation and provide interventions for vulnerable families and children referred by the Family Hubs Teams.
To provide generic mental health and specialistmental healthassessments of children and their families/carers referred to the 0-5 team, drawing on a variety of sources including psychological self-report measures and rating scales, as well as direct and indirect clinical observations and clinical interviews with children, family members and others involved in the child’s care.
To formulate and implement plans for the treatment and/or management of the child and their family’s mental health needs, based uponan appropriate conceptualframework of the presenting problem(s), and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings, in consultation with the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).
To reflect upon assessments and treatment formulations adjusting and refining them, drawing upon different explanatory models, andmaintainingseveral provisional hypotheses.
To be responsible, in consultation with the Clinical Pathway Lead, for implementing a range of interventions for children and their families/carers,within and across teams,appropriate toyour specialism (psychodynamic/psychoanalytic or systemic psychotherapy)
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT)is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1.We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home
2.With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3.We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care
4.We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology
Why NLFT?
· We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities
· We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives
· NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
· Excellent internal staff network
The postholder will be aligned with our Values:
· We Are Kind
· We Are Respectful
· We Work Together
· We Keep Things Simple
· We Empower
· We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
To providethe under 5s teamwitha high-quality evidencebasedpsychotherapeuticor psychologicalservice to children, their families, carers, and professional networks, including assessment and therapy to patients and their families.
To provide specialist advice and consultationregardingdiagnoses and treatment to CAMHS colleagues, external agencies, working both autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. As part of this role, the post holder will work closely with the Enfield Family Hubs to offer consultation to social services colleagues. This aims to offer indirect support to families who are being supported by social care, such as those on child protection or child in need plans, and those supported by the Early Help team.
To provide clinical supervision to Team members asrequired.
The post holder will make positive contributions to any future service developments and the delivery of high-quality evidence-based care pathways
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Feb 2026