Family and Systemic Psychotherapist | East London NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	05 March 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£64,156 - £71,148 per annum Inc HCAs
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	04 April 2026
Location:	London, N4 2ES
Company:	East London NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7850315/363-FOR7660380-A

Summary

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 work across the Medium and Low Secure units and Forensic Outreach teams, ELCFS (The East London Community Forensic Service).



The post holder will deliver 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 in-reach services to service users approaching discharge, working with inpatient wards, community teams, service users and their families.



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.

This role is ideally suited to experienced Band 8A and Band 7 Systemic Family Psychotherapists who are seeking to advance their careers within a dynamic, innovative, and forward-thinking environment
•  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 to different teams.
 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 to teams.
 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 Monday 30 Mar 2026