Senior Family Therapist / Systemic Psychotherapist
| Posting date: | 28 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £57,528 - £64,750 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2026 |
| Location: | Ormskirk, L39 2JW |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7972689/351-CEN2513-LG |
Summary
A Vacancy at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.
Would you like to be part of a service which is innovative, forward-thinking and committed to enabling people who are experiencing eating disorders to recover and discover their potential?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Family Therapist/ Systemic Psychotherapist to join our busy All Age Eating Disorder Service (EDS), which covers the Lancashire and South Cumbria area. This post will be based in our West team, covering the Ormskirk, Skelmserdale, Burscough and Banks areas. You should be an excellent communicator and team player, with successful applicants joining a dynamic multi-disciplinary team of professionals, including Clinical Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Dietitians, specialist therapists and medics.
The successful candidate will be expected to offer systemic assessment, formulation and intervention with children, young people and adults with eating disorders. You will contribute to the broader aims of the service through joint working, consultation, training, supervision and service development/ research. You will be joining the service at a real time of development and will be able to help influence change going forward.
• To provide a high quality specialist family therapy service to service users and families with complex emotional and mental health needs as part of the All Age Eating Disorder Service.
• To provide specialist assessment, formulation and therapy within the service.
• To offer advice, consultancy and supervision, and support the work of colleagues providing care and treatment, according to expertise.
• To provide training to a range of qualified and unqualified staff across mental health areas, as agreed.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• To utilise research skills for audit, and contribute to research and training within the areas served by the teams and service.
• To be involved in service developments, as appropriate.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 12 May 2026
Would you like to be part of a service which is innovative, forward-thinking and committed to enabling people who are experiencing eating disorders to recover and discover their potential?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Family Therapist/ Systemic Psychotherapist to join our busy All Age Eating Disorder Service (EDS), which covers the Lancashire and South Cumbria area. This post will be based in our West team, covering the Ormskirk, Skelmserdale, Burscough and Banks areas. You should be an excellent communicator and team player, with successful applicants joining a dynamic multi-disciplinary team of professionals, including Clinical Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Dietitians, specialist therapists and medics.
The successful candidate will be expected to offer systemic assessment, formulation and intervention with children, young people and adults with eating disorders. You will contribute to the broader aims of the service through joint working, consultation, training, supervision and service development/ research. You will be joining the service at a real time of development and will be able to help influence change going forward.
• To provide a high quality specialist family therapy service to service users and families with complex emotional and mental health needs as part of the All Age Eating Disorder Service.
• To provide specialist assessment, formulation and therapy within the service.
• To offer advice, consultancy and supervision, and support the work of colleagues providing care and treatment, according to expertise.
• To provide training to a range of qualified and unqualified staff across mental health areas, as agreed.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• To utilise research skills for audit, and contribute to research and training within the areas served by the teams and service.
• To be involved in service developments, as appropriate.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 12 May 2026